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That Gutenberg book she bought in 1950 was then sold 1989 for cca 5 million: https://librarianofbabel.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/estelle-doheny-collector-and-phi

• m-i-l 8y ago
  Bought in 1950 for "25,000 pounds sterling, the equivalent then of $70,093"[0] and sold in 1989 for "over $5 million"[1]. [0] https://lithub.com/the-quest-to-acquire-the-oldest-most-expensive-book-on-the-planet/ https://lithub.com/the-quest-to-acquire-the-oldest-most-expe... [1] https://librarianofbabel.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/estelle-doheny-collector-and-philanthropist/ https://librarianofbabel.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/estelle-do...