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World's Most Expensive Book Sells for $14 Mn in New York Auction

by Bidita Debnath on Nov 27 2013 11:55 PM

At an auction in New York, the first book printed in what is today the United States sold for nearly $14.2 million, Sotheby's said, becoming the world's most expensive book.

 World`s Most Expensive Book Sells for $14 Mn in New York Auction
At an auction in New York, the first book printed in what is today the United States sold for nearly $14.2 million, Sotheby's said, becoming the world's most expensive book.
The translation of Biblical psalms "The Bay Psalm Book" was printed by Puritan settlers in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1640 and was offered at a one-lot auction by Sotheby's.

Source-AFP


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