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A Thousand Year-Old Hebrew Bible Could Sell for $50 Million at Auction
The Codex Sassoon is the earliest most complete Hebrew Bible in the world.
The original parchment pages have been rebound several times in the last thousand years.
Source: Sotheby’s
A Hebrew Bible billed as the oldest nearly-complete example in the world is set to hit the auction block at Sotheby’s New York this May with an estimate of $30 million to $50 million.
It’s dubbed the “Codex Sassoon” by the auction house in reference to its onetime owner, the collector and philanthropist David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942). If it sells for its high estimate it will become the most expensive manuscript or book to ever sell at auction.