Most Expensive Book

The Bay Psalm book sold for 14.2 million dollars Tuesday making it the most expensive book in the world. Philanthropist David Rubenstein purchased the book said to be one of only 11 copies. The book itself is s a translation of the biblical psalms by the Puritans.

This is the first Psalm book of it's kind to be up for auction since 1947. That book sold for around 150,000.

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