The World's Most Expensive Book Sold for $14.2 Million 11.67K Lacey Donohue 11/26/13 08:59PM Filed to: Auctions Auctions Bay Psalm Book Psalms Sotheby's [This tiny, crappy book of psalms from 1640, believed to be the first book printed in what's now the United States, sold for $14.2 million at auction Tuesday night, setting an auction record for a printed book. Image by Sotheby's via AP]