Rare Psalm Book May Fetch up to $30 Million at Auction
- April 14, 2013 18:00
A colonial prayer hymnal, the first book ever printed in North America, is expected to bring a record $30 million at a Sotheby's auction in November.
Only eleven or so of the Puritans' 1,700 copies of The Bay Psalm Book, produced in 1640, have survived.
Two are owned by the Old South Church in Boston, and ABC News reprts that church elders have decided to auction one off to finance building repairs and the church's mission.
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![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
