A remarkably rare stone tablet bearing the Ten Commandments is poised to fetch up to $2 million at a Sotheby’s auction in December. The 115-pound artifact, dating to the Late Roman-Byzantine period, ...
Read More »Ancient Hebrew Bible sells for $38 million at auction
An 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible recently sold for $38 million in an auction at Sotheby’s auction house in New York City. Known as The Codex Sassoon, the leather-bound, handwritten volume containing a nearly ...
Read More »Oldest known Hebrew Bible may bring as much as $50 million at auction
The oldest and most-complete Hebrew Bible known to exist soon will go on the market. Experts believe it could be sold for as much as $50 million. The Codex Sassoon, named after ...
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