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Sixteenth century Talmud fetches over US$9 mn at auction
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A 16th-century copy of the Talmud sold at auction Tuesday for US$9.3 million in New York, a global record for any piece of Judaica, auctioneers Sothebys announced.
The extremely rare Babylonian Talmud had been expected to fetch between five and seven million dollars.
"The extraordinary volume was purchased by Stephan Loewentheil for the 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop" in New York, the auctioneers said.
The so-called Bomberg Talmud led a sale of items from the Valmadonna Trust, the world's foremost collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts, which totaled US$14.9 million.
The precious volume had been preserved for centuries in the library of Westminster Abbey in London.
The Talmud is a book of rabbinical teachings on Jewish laws, customs and traditions.
Daniel Bomberg was the first to print a full edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1519-1523), widely regarded as one of the most important printed books in Hebrew, and in western civilization.
Only 14 full Bomberg Talmuds printed in the 16th century remain in existence.
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