Sotheby's Auction House - Armenian Documents

Clip: 425734_1_1

Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1758

Original Film: 040-021-05

HD: N/A

Location: England, London

Timecode: 00:32:13 - 00:32:57

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Same as catalog #520348 Twenty-three previous Armenian Gospel manuscripts are taken off auction sale by Sotheby's of London following protests by church prelates. The documents are worth over a million dollars were allegedly taken from Jerusalem. Exterior shot of Sotheby's Auction House in London. Inside, a merchant holds a precious 700 year old Armenian manuscript valued at 1. 5 million dollars. CU One manuscript page depicts Christ blessing a man. CU Merchant s face. CU his hands turn the pages of the rare manuscript on sale by a private seller.