Bible signed by Einstein auctioned for $68,500

A Bible signed by Albert Einstein has sold for $68,500 at an auction in New York City, The Associated Press reported.

The Bible was part of a fine books and manuscripts auction at Bonhams on Tuesday. The German-born, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and his wife signed it in 1932 and gave it to a US friend, Harriett Hamilton.


The auction house has said Einstein writes in the German inscription the Bible "is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently."


The Bible's final price far exceeds its pre-sale estimate of between $1,500 and $2,500.


The auction house hasn't said who bought the Bible.