The first book ever printed in America, in the year 1640, will be going up for auction later this year, according to BBC News.
The expected price tag? Up to $30 million!
The Bay Psalms Book was printed in Plymouth Massachusetts, written by Pilgrims as a declaration of their independence from the Church of England.
The book was last up for auction in 1947, where it sold for $151,000 (equal to $1.56 million today).
The current record for a printed book sold at auction is $11.5 million, which was paid in 2010 for Birds of America, by famed ornithologist John James Audubon.
What's the most you would pay for a book? I bet it doesn't approach $30 million!
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