Source: CBS News
“A Bible believed to date back to the late 9th or early 10th century, known as the Codex Sassoon, was purchased for $38.1 million on Wednesday. The Codex Sassoon is the most valuable book ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s. The record-breaking price surpassed the 1994 sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester manuscript, which sold for $30.8 million. U.S. Ambassador to Romania Alfred Moses purchased the Codex Sassoon on behalf of the American Friends of ANU. It’s being gifted to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. … The Bible was commissioned by and owned by private individuals for several centuries before it was donated to a synagogue in northeastern Syria in the 13th century, according to Sotheby’s.” (05/17/23)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-bible-codex-sassoon-sold-auction-sothebys-for-38-1-million/