Gilgamesh for Sale
I remember when I first visited the British Museum some years ago I was all excited to see the Epic of Gilgamesh. Much to my disappointment, where the Epic of Gilgamesh was suppose to be there was a sign apologizing for its absence, explaining that it was undergoing restoration or something like that. Well, it seems that one can now have a personal copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh for the low price of $450,000. See the Fine Books Blog for details. By the way, I had a similar experience years later at the Louvre. The Near Eastern Antiquities collection is not open every day of the week and our visit happened to be one of them.