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You are looking at the Bay Psalm Book printed in 1640, which will be auctioned by Sotheby's.
The auction firm estimates the sale price will be between $15 million and $30 million - and anything in excess of $12 million will ensure it becomes the world's most expensive printed book. It would need to reach $31 million to become the world's most expensive paper document, overhauling Leonardo da Vinci's journal, Codex Leicester, sold for $30.8 million in 1994.
"It's going to be far and away the most expensive book ever sold," said David Redden, vice chairman of Sotheby's when the auction was announced.
The Bay Psalm Book was the first book printed in what became the United States and this copy is owned by the Old South Church in Boston. And guess what? The church also has another copy that will not be sold. At one time, this church owned FIVE copies.
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