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May 19, 2008: "Barron's" Explains Rare Book Investment

"The highest price paid for a printed book was $8.8 million for John James Audubon's Birds of America, sold by Christie's in 2000. The priciest manuscript or hand-printed book was Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester, bought by Microsoft's Bill Gates for $30.8 million in 1994."

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