Top 10 Most Expensive Books Ever

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Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci ($30.8 million, sold in 1994)

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The Bay Psalm Book ($14.2 million, sold in 2013)

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Birds of America by James Audubon ($11.5 million, sold in 2010)

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The Gospels of Henry the Lion ($11.7 million, sold in 2016)

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The Rothschild Prayerbook ($13.4 million, sold in 2014)

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Saint Cuthbert Gospel ($9 million, sold in 2012)

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The Gutenberg Bible ($9.8 million, sold in 1978)

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Shakespeare's First Folio ($9.9 million, sold in 2006)

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The Magna Carta ($21.3 million, sold in 2009)

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Declaration of Independence (copy signed by Thomas Jefferson) ($9.4 million, sold in 2019)

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