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No. 00094

Most Expensive Printed Book Sold at Auction

Holder
The Bay Psalm Book
Country
United States
Date
2013
Location
USA

About this record

The Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in colonial America (1640), sold for USD 14.2 million at auction in 2013, the highest price ever paid for a printed book.