Top Estimate $50 Million: Sotheby’s To Auction The 10th-Century Hebrew Bible Known As The Codex Sassoon

The Codex Sassoon holds pride of place as one of the earliest and certainly the most complete medieval versions of the bible in Hebrew. It's going under the hammer at Sotheby's in May, where it carries the largest auction estimate of any book or manuscript in the world. Herewith, the back story.