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Rare Bibles and Manuscripts

Rare Bibles and Manuscripts

Nov 27, 2005 | Books, Collectibles

More investors turning to Bible

Journal Gazette
Fri, Nov. 25, 2005

Returns often great for rare texts

By Colleen DeBaise
Dow Jones Newswires

“NEW YORK – More people are turning to the Bible as a safe refuge from a struggling stock market and rising inflation, pouring large sums of cash into rare 1611 King James Bibles, centuries-old Matthew-Tyndale Bible leaves, Hebrew scrolls, prayer books and other ancient liturgical texts.

At Sotheby’s Western Manuscripts sale in London in June, a three-volume, 13th century Bible in Latin with prologues attributed to St. Jerome sold for $1.8 million, and an 11th century Bible sold for $164,081, well above the estimate.”

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