Tag: Sotheby’s
World’s Most Expensive Bible Sold for $38.1 Million
The precious bible was acquired by Ambassador Alfred H. Moses, 93, who lives in Washington DC, and who gifted the manuscript to the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv.
Oldest Near-Complete Hebrew Bible to be Displayed at Tel Aviv Museum
Thousand-year-old Codex Sassoon manuscript is expected to fetch up to $50 million at Sotheby’s.
Sotheby’s to Auction Codex Sassoon, ‘World’s Oldest Hebrew Bible’
Bids for the precious bible are expected to reach an estimated $30 million to $50 million.
700-Year-Old Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor Sells for $8.3 Million
The Jewish cultural organization that let go of this treasure said they were forced into it because of their steep debts.
16th-Century Talmud Sells for $9.3 Million at Sotheby’s
Daniel Bomberg is responsible for the first complete edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1519-1523).
Book of Psalms Printed in US in 1640 Sold for $14.2 Million
The Puritans in the American colonies were God-fearing settlers who published the Bay Book of Psalms, whose remaining copies are worth millions even though the Puritans were not so religious on typos.
2 Museums Buy Steinhardts’ Rambam Manuscript for Record Price
The sale price exceeded $2.9 million.
Steinhardt Judaica Collection at Sotheby’s Monday
An exquisite collection, across generations.