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Who is the former ambassador who bought a $38.1 million Bible from Sotheby’s?
By Kathryn Post — June 5, 2023
(RNS) — Alfred H. Moses, the 93-year-old former US ambassador to Romania, only learned about the rare, 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible three months ago.
Hebrew Bible purchased for $38.1 million for display at Jewish museum
By Kathryn Post — May 17, 2023
(RNS) — Purchased by the American Friends of the ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, Codex Sassoon is one of the most expensive historical documents ever sold at auction.
Norman Rockwell masterpiece sells for $46 million
By Maria Puente — December 5, 2013
(RNS) The artist's iconic painting "Saying Grace" fetched a record amount at Wednesday's auction in New York.
‘Crown jewel’ of American printing fetches $14.2 million in record auction
By David Van Biema — November 26, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) One of the 11 surviving copies of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book (and the first book of Scripture) printed in English in America, was sold Tuesday night for the highest price ever recorded for a print book in open sale.
Crucifixion images no longer command auction prices
By Menachem Wecker — June 18, 2013
(RNS) Cultural factors that may be contributing to the declining sales prices of Crucifixions are changing worship styles that rely more on words and music and less on visual images, and an unwillingness to openly and publicly display one’s religious commitments.
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