Show rare book there are estimated to be only about 45 gutenberg bibles in the virld and in 1834 one sold for at that time many 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 it is a curiosity because authorities arent even sure johann gutenberg i printed it in fa fact ct some experts claim the fifteenth century german a printer at all washington post |