Ancient Hebrew Bible Sells for Record $38 Million at Auction
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A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, the Codex Sassoon, sold for $38 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York. Former US Ambassador to Romania Alfred H. Moses purchased it on behalf of the American Friends of ANU and donated it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The manuscript is believed to have been fabricated between 880 and 960 and is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts. It was sold by Sotheby's in Zurich in 1978 for around $320,000 and was purchased by Jacqui Safra in 1989 for $3.19 million.
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