Most Expensive Books Ever Sold
|
Sale price (in millions) |
Title |
Author |
Year |
Date of sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
$30.8 |
Original and only copy of the notebook |
Leonardo da Vinci |
1500s |
November 1994 |
|
$21.3 |
– |
1297 |
December 2007 |
|
|
$14.3 |
Unknown |
7th century |
April 2012 |
|
|
$14.2 |
First book printed in what is now the United States. |
– |
1640 |
November 2013 |
|
$13.4 |
Rothschild Prayerbook (aka Rothschild Hours) |
- |
c. 1500-20 |
July 1999 |
|
$11.7 |
Original and only copy |
Order of Saint Benedict |
1175 |
December 1983 |
|
$11.5 |
One of 119 complete copies known to exist |
John James Audubon |
1827–1838 |
December 2010 |
|
$8.8 |
One of 119 complete copies known to exist |
John James Audubon |
1827–1838 |
2000 |
|
$7.9 |
One of 119 complete copies known to exist |
John James Audubon |
1827–1838 |
January 2012 |
|
$7.5 |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
1478 |
1998 |
Sources: Wikipedia.org
