Big Law
Ruther Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Library Sells For $2.35 Million
Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s expansive personal library sold at auction Thursday for a jaw-dropping $2.35 million, including a single book that sold for over $100,000.
The auction of more than 1,000 of Ginsburg’s books and other memorabilia generated bids “beyond our wildest dreams,” said Catherine Williamson, specialist of fine books and manuscripts at auction-house Bonhams, which sold the collection.
Williamson said in a phone interview that she had thought the whole auction would total between $300,000 to $500,000. But the sum of all final bids totaled $2,354,510, she told CNBC after the auction ended.
