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Tag: Gutenberg Bible

  • Auction Result, Press Release

    One for the Books, as Heritage Auctions’ Rare Books Event Hits a Record-Setting $2.7 Million

    [Declaration of Independence]. The New-England Chronicle. Volume VIII. Numb. 413. Boston: Powars and Willis DALLAS, Texas (June 13, 2021) – The first Boston newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence soared to $175,000, and a single folio leaf from the first volume of the Gutenberg Bible brought a winning bid of…

    One for the Books as Heritage Auctions Rare Books Event Hits a Record Setting $2.7 Million
  • Auction Result

    The Most Expensive Books Ever Sold at Auction

    After the record sale of Shakespeare’s First Folio, Auction Daily revisits the category’s other high achievements Shakespeare’s First Folio. Photo by Christie’s. Last week, Christie's offered a complete copy of Shakespeare's First Folio at auction with a presale estimate of USD 4 million to $6 million. The lot easily beat…