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Q: What's the Most Expensive Book at Amazon.com?

Written by Mental_Floss
Published April 19, 2007

A: There are only three things you need to be a true Muhammad Ali superfan: an Amazon.com account, an exceptionally sturdy coffee table, and $3,000 in cash - minimum. That can get you a Collector's Edition copy of GOAT (short for Greatest of All Time), a book that packs six decades of the boxer's life into 800 pages and 75 pounds. (Talk about making a mountain of Muhammad!)

But true fanatics will surely spring for the $10,000 Champion's Edition, the most expensive book for sale on Amazon.com. It comes tricked out with a silk cover, four autographed photos of Ali, and an original piece of modern art by Jeff Koons made from two inflatable pool toys and a stool. When it was released in 2004, GOAT was the biggest, most-costly book ever made.

Unfortunately, this heavyweight title quickly lost its crown to a new contender. Only weeks after GOAT's publication, it was knocked out by a five-foot-wide tome on the landscapes of Brunei.

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Q: What's the Most Expensive Book at Amazon.com?
Published: April 19, 2007
Type: News
Section: Books
Filed Under: Books: News, Books: Sports
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#1 — April 19, 2007 @ 16:09PM — Matthew T. Sussman [URL]

"Usually ships in 24 hours"

Unless Hercules is on vacation.

#2 — April 19, 2007 @ 20:28PM — Anna Creech [URL]

Suss, isn't that when they call you in to cover his shift?

#3 — April 19, 2007 @ 20:29PM — Matthew T. Sussman [URL]

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