NEW YORK — The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million on Wednesday, May 17, Sotheby's said, one of the highest prices ever for a book or document sold at auction. Wednesday's winning bid for the Codex Sassoon was made via a donation by Alfred H. Moses, a former U.S. ambassador and president of the American Jewish Committee, who is giving it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. The price surpasses the $30.8 million paid in 1994 for Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester manuscript, Sotheby's said.

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