The Most Expensive Book in the World!!!

The Most Expensive Book in the World!!!

The most expensive book in the world fetches $10.2 million.
A rare copy of the most expensive book in the world by Franco-American ornithologist John James Audubon sold more than eight million euros, on the auction house said, "Sotheby's".

The sale of the book "Birds of America" in exchange for 7.3 million pounds (8.6 million euros) is a new world record price for the printed work.

It is a book with 435 hand-colored illustrations of birds all life sized dating to 1827. The book measures 3 feet by 2 feet and has been painted using watercolors. Sotheby's sold the rare masterpiece for $10,270,000.The new owner is a dealer old books.
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