What is the most valuable book in the Duke library and how much is it worth?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The most valuable book is not necessarily measured in dollars, for its worth may be less in market value to sellers and collectors (and then the book is only worth what people will pay for it) than to scholars and others who treasure its cultural impact. One could easily point to the original Audubon’s in the Rare Book Room, for example, as among those that might fetch the highest prices on the auction market, and we are proud of them, but there are many, many others that could be argued to be more valuable to our historical and continuing cultural heritage.
This is, after all, a library, not a bookstore.