A tiny book of psalms from 1640 has
sold for $14.2m (£8.8m) in New York City, setting an auction record for a
printed book. The Bay Psalm Book is believed to be the first book printed in
what is now the US.
Sotheby's offered it for sale on Tuesday evening. The
presale estimate was $15m to $30m. It was bought by US businessman and
philanthropist David Rubenstein, who plans to lend it to libraries around the
country.
Only 11 copies of the Bay Psalm Book survive in varying degrees
of completeness. The book sold was one of two copies held by Boston's Old South
Church
A copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America was the
record-holder. It sold for $11.5m at Sotheby's in 2010. Follow Me On Twitter & Instagram: @effiongeton
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