Show rare book there are estimated to be only about 45 gutenberg bibles in the world and in 1884 one sold for at that time many ot of the books were privately owned today with most of the bibles permanently retired to museums and thus off the market the price should be higher the gutenberg bible Is valuable not for its scarcity alone atas it is a curiosity because authorities arent even sure sura johann gutenberg printed it in fact some ex claim calalin the fifteenth century german a printer at aall washington post |