The oldest Hebrew Bible was sold at Sotheby's for $38.1 million.

This was one of the largest sums ever paid for a book or historical document. The Sassoon Code, which has gone under the hammer, includes all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, with the exception of the first 10 chapters of the Book of Genesis. The folio dates from the late ninth to early tenth century AD, making this Hebrew Bible the oldest in existence.