This comprehensive hardcover volume, edited by Diana de Froment and Lynn Lewis, documents the two hundred and forty-fourth season of the world-renowned auction house. It serves as a prestigious annual review of the international art market, featuring high-quality illustrations and scholarly articles on significant sales ranging from Old Master paintings to fine silver and antiquities. This specific edition is notable for documenting the record-breaking sales of the Robert von Hirsch collection and includes a frontispiece of Queen Elizabeth I. The book is in good vintage condition with a solid binding and clean internal pages; the dust jacket shows minor shelf wear, consistent with its age.