WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A COMPLETE GUTENBERG BIBLE? THE WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE PRINTED BOOK

Adam Weinberger, an ABAA Rare Book Dealer, (aka the "Rare Book Buyer") considers what a complete Gutenberg Bible - the world's most valuable book- would be worth today on the market.
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[@chadsisco2247]

Love this channel and all the information you’re sharing. It’s few and far between to find people with the interest and knowledge, and even far more rare to find someone with the desire to share that information with others.

[@RareBookBuyer]

Thanks for the kind comment! Appreciate you watching

[@stephenroberts2638]

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[@amarenkhbat]

I always loved books. You and Rebecca talking about rare books was my favorite part of Pawn Stars. Maybe you two should collaborate again. I'd love to just listen to you and Rebecca talk about rare books. After landing a stable job, hopefully my goal is to start with some somewhat rare books and get into the world of book collecting. Maybe read some of them.

[@karentherhea5433]

Big dreams

[@stephenroberts2638]

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[@awdat]

The Gutenberg bible is the first printed Catholic bible. At the same time Gutenberg also printed the Catholicon, the first printed Catholic dictionary.

[@dnzswithwombats]

Just bought one at Goodwill. $2. I hope I didn't over-pay.

[@glenntolle4544]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for releasing another entertaining and informative video!

[@stephenroberts2638]

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[@deniselewis5160]

Thank u adam for doing a video on this bible i saw it on a episode of pawn stars and i am wondering if i should buy my own copy of this i already have the new testament in the Russian church slavonic language but i am also wanting this one

[@Kasparoscar]

This is the guy from Rick’s Pawn house.

[@flatearthwatertownnewyork1141]

What do you know about the hidden lands and firmament?

[@TranswarpXL]

How about the Codex Leicester? I believe it was purchased for $30M in 1994 and given what the Salvator Mundi sold for with questionable provenance I have to imagine the Codex would be over $300M today if not close to half a billion.

[@reppingl]

How did you arrive at those prices?

[@gregp4735]

To say that your videos are insightful and enjoyable to watch would be a gross understatement. I typically watch them more than once just to make sure I didn't miss anything. (Yeah, I'm slow). Would love to see more of this kind of content from you. Thanks.

[@RareBookBuyer]

I really appreciate such a lovely compliment

[@mimimariah8]

Here after seeing you in pawn stars ⭐️

[@RareBookBuyer]

Appreciate you watching

[@nashvillain171]

*"Go, Jesus"* 😁

[@IM-pe9hu]

Bro tell us info your keep going on and on about what

[@RareBookBuyer]

This might be my favorite comment of the year

[@MattysWeirdUploads]

saw a pawn stars short on yt about this Bible, typed it into search to gather more info to educate myself, ended up here, and got alot of good info, thank you!!

[@codyrobinson22]

Imagine if someone brought a complete Gutenberg Bible to sell to Rick lol

[@RareBookBuyer]

Future episode ;)

[@natalierickett1302]

My grandmother, along with her brother and sister inherited a complete Gutenberg Bible from their father. After having it appraised in New York by my Uncle they ended up donating it to a small town’s museum in Alabama. ( I know which one but that’s not something I will disclose) several years ago after my Grandmother died, my uncle tried to retake it from the museum but thankfully my Grandmothers only living sibling left of the three stopped him. Amazing piece of history I which our family still had.

[@stevenkennedy]

Outstanding!

[@stephenroberts2638]

Why don't read the bible instead you might learn something

[@codyrobinson22]

This is Awesome! This is cool! Very informative.

[@sandraembry3522]

I have a complete 95% perfect Gutenberg. Please advise on what I need to do to get it on the market

[@RareBookBuyer]

If you would like me to identify what you have send photos to [e-mail]

[@scottbrandon9390]

This talk about rare books brings back fond memories. I used to work in both the book restorations and archive/special collections section of a university library. We had an early copy of Canterbury Tales worth six figures. That was kept in a safe. There were even books written by scribes by hand (pre-printing press). Those were cool. We also had original papers by authors, which showed the creation of fiction and non-fiction books. In the restoration department, we would take old books in poor condition and restore them to good condition. Working there helped me have a greater appreciation for books and their connection to history.

[@RareBookBuyer]

I am thankful it brought back gold memories. Appreciate you watching

[@wangjinwen7708]

I wonder why he sold the pawn stars a leaf for 47k

[@RareBookBuyer]

Because I am a bit mad as the Cheshire Cat would say

[@gruesometwosome6098]

Very interesting.. 🤔 Thanks Adam, your knowledge of books knows no bounds 📚👍

[@RareBookBuyer]

Let’s not exaggerate. The fun of Bookselling is the daily refresher of how ignorant one is

[@gruesometwosome6098]

@@RareBookBuyer You never fail to enlighten me, so keep on selling 📚👍

[@myfavoritemixvideo1023]

im new here your my one favorite seller at pawnstar Adam :)

[@ivar4355]

I exchanged mine for a set of fresh mud and snow tires for my volvo xc70 back in 2007. I found it a well worth trade, got alot of winters out of em

[@nashvillain171]

Great video, Adam!

[@venkataraghotham7586]

Only 6 copies of Sir Walter Raleigh 's History of the World is known to exist Said to be as rare as Kepler's book.

[@alisitompul8656]

Love your video....Regards from Indonesia

[@marianacevallos7207]

This is fascinating! I always loved old, antique books, but was just this year that I totally fell in love with learning about them while working at a secondhand bookstore. Happy new year!🥸

[@myfavoritemixvideo1023]

What is the most expensive and rare book you have now Adam

[@RareBookBuyer]

Probably not a printer book but a manuscript of some old master drawings.

[@myfavoritemixvideo1023]

@@RareBookBuyer wow maybe you can do a vlog about it Adam ... waiting for it keep safe always thank you so much for your response ... im a fan from philippines

[@Michele-ii6fl]

It should not be forgotten that In China and Japan many books were printed with movable type long before the Gutenberg bible.

[@RareBookBuyer]

Yes but of course but Gutenberg gets deserved credit for refinements of the casting, matrix, press and ink that made it possible to launch a printing revolution.

[@WolfRamAndHart]

@@RareBookBuyer I was looking into this not too long ago....Korea probably developed movable type first. There's even a 14th Century example in Paris, that Korea is seeking to have returned. There's 2 main reasons why it didn't spread in Korea and China. One, is that they had a very complex alphabet system...not the 26 or so letters we have, making it extremely unwieldy. Two, is that only the ultra rich nobles were supposed to have access. Gutenberg refined the process, and when it was finished, it eventually spread to everyone. Though the Gutenberg Bible gets extra credit for the high quality that was done throughout.

[@RETROMANIAToronto]

The Gutenberg bible is one I would love one day in my life if a complete copy surfaces to go and see it in person would be facinating sight to see both from a dealer n collecters perspective

[@RareBookBuyer]

Next time in NYC drop my the Morgan Library . You can see which libraries have them on Wikipedia as there is a Census on the Gutenberg Bible page

[@angelagronitz9596]

So fascinating 👌🏼😄

[@simonhollad5511]

Hi I was rewatching old pawn stars book editions and was wondering what happened with your Wonderful wizard of Oz?

[@RareBookBuyer]

I sold it at Doyle’s auction - sadly at a loss as I restored it at great cost. Whoever bought it for a bargain as it was an interesting and unusually signed copy

[@WolfRamAndHart]

So as a corollary, what would happen if a book or scroll from the Library of Alexandria was discovered? The closest parallel I think is the Archimedes Palimpest, which is the lone known existing book from the original Libary of Constantinople.

[@RareBookBuyer]

I’d put the realistic chance of Gutenberg popping up at a magnitude higher. And of course despite the rarity and importance of an ancient discovery you still need buyers that can impress friends by saying they own a household name book to convince them to pay $100M + I think

[@WolfRamAndHart]

@@RareBookBuyer Well, what's also interesting, is when the Archimedes Palimpsest was sold in auction in 1998, for over $2 Million, the technology to "read" the previous works through different wavelengths was not as developed...today, I would think if anything like that is re-discovered, the seller might try to ascertain what may lay beneath first. So not quite a mint pack of 1951 Bowman Baseball cards, which may have a Mantle Rookie card. And though it's still only a relatively few institutions that do these x-ray type analyses, they would probably make room for a 2000 year old book or scroll.

[@daleneff89]

Happy first day of April. I love listening to you tell the history of books. After a day of the world jungle, what a lovely way to relax watching and listening to you taking us back. Thank you! Nice chair.

[@RareBookBuyer]

Thanks really appreciate it. And the chair is in CA until I get back to my NYC sofa ;)

[@daleneff89]

@@RareBookBuyer Ha, have fun.

[@stephenroberts2638]

Life

[@mattbrehe9781]

jorn gunther recently sold the complete book of joshua (13 leaves), but i don't recall what their asking price was for it.

[@RareBookBuyer]

That is good to know - missed that one. I suspect $1.5-2M