One of 11 remaining copies of the first book ever written and printed in the United States has just sold for $14.2 million at a Sotheby's auction. According to CNN, the Bay Psalm Book set a record for a book sold at auction — even though the final price was well short of the $15 to $30 million Sotheby's expected the book to sell for. "It's so very valuable because it is the beginning of Western civilization in our country," said Sotheby's vice chairman David Redden. "In fact, it is the first poetry in America — it's as simple as that." It's only the second time a copy of the book has come up for auction since 1894, with the most recent auction taking place in 1947.
The copy of the Bay Psalm Book that sold at auction came from the...
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