RECORD PRICE FOR BOOK
■» —' GUTENBERG VELLUM BIBLE. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) VIENNA, September 27. (Received Sept. 27, at 9.30 p.m.) The Convent of St Paul, at Lavant, in Carinthia, sold a Gutenberg vellum Bible to Mr Otto Pollbebr, a New York collector, for £55,000 —a record price for a book. Another copy of this Bible was sold in May for £45,000. —A. and N.Z. Cable. j
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19260928.2.61
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 19906, 28 September 1926, Page 9
Word Count
65RECORD PRICE FOR BOOK Otago Daily Times, Issue 19906, 28 September 1926, Page 9
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.