2. “A Guide to Modern Cookery” by Auguste Escoffier (Sold for $5,125)
The runner up for most expensive cookbook is another vintage collectible cookbook. The first edition was published in 1907. You can get this cookbook for less than $50 nowadays. So what makes this one costs $5,124?
Sarah Morgan, an employee of Cavendish Hotel, sold her copy of the book for such price. It was the original first edition and signed by the author himself. Plus, it was inscribed personally to her.
This first edition copy is very rare. Extremely rare that one was willing to pay more than 5 grands. To him, it is not just a cookbook. It is a piece of history in culinary.
If you are interested in possessing this rare item, prepare yourself to pay more. Because there are people out there, who didn’t get Sarah Morgan’s copy, and still hunting for other ones.
