The Most Expensive Books in the World [iBB Live #6]
There's a piece of news that triggered us to discuss this topic. A medieval Hebrew prayer book is expected to be sold for about $6m at Sotheby’s. However, we want to approach this theme thoroughly.
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Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Books from the Rosenberg Collection to Auction
A collection of rare, illuminated manuscripts from the Medieval and Renaissance eras owned by the late New York philanthropists Elaine and Alexander Rosenberg will go under the hammer at Christie’s in a live auction on April 23rd in New York.
£42.5k – £350,000 – The most expensive books in Britain are being put up for sale!
Got a few hundred thousand pounds to spare and fancy a good read? Well then perhaps you’ll be interested to know that a selection of a few ultra-rare, first-edition, books are being put up for sale by UK rare book seller, Peter Harrington. Note that the cost of these books (unlike the article image featured image) are by no means small!
