After just six minutes of bidding at Sotheby’s auction house May 17, the world’s oldest Hebrew Bible, known as the Codex Sassoon, sold for $31.8 million, one of the highest prices for a book or historical document ever sold at an auction.
Hebrew Bible
Oldest Hebrew Bible Expected to be Big Ticket Item at Auction
Famed New York City auction house Sotheby’s — known for selling pricey art, jewelry, furniture, and wine — is about to delve into the spiritual world when it auctions the oldest, most-complete Hebrew Bible in May.
