A Hebrew Bible which is more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
The Codex Sassoon -- which dates to the late ninth to early 10th century -- is the earliest near-complete Hebrew Bible known to still exist. It was sold by Sotheby's following a four-minute bidding battle between two bidders, the auction house said in a statement.
