A Bible that President Donald Trump signed in 2016 sold for $325 in a recent online auction.
The Bible was said to be hand-signed at a rally and included a certificate of authenticity, according to GraphWizard Collectibles, which handled the sale on eBay.
“He also signed with his full signature witch [sic] makes it more rare,” the sellers wrote. The signature appeared to be on the first page after the cover was opened.
The Bible, a New Testament, KJV edition, was described as a mini Bible measuring 4 1/2 inches by 3 inches.
The auction price was listed at $525, but the book eventually sold for $325.
A number of other items bearing the president’s signature are available on the auction site, including a baseball in a case.
The Washington Nationals baseball came with the display case cube, a black wooden stand, and a certificate of authenticity. The starting bid was listed at $295.
Another item is a photo of Trump and former President Ronald Reagan shaking hands, with facsimile autographs from both men underneath the picture; it’s going for $49 to start.
Yet another auction allegedly involving a signature of Trump is a copy of Newsweek magazine that shows Trump smiling underneath the text “President Trump,” with the promise of a story inside about his “Historic Journey to the White House.” The magazine is going for $1,999.99.
News of the autographs began circulating after Trump signed a number of Bibles while touring parts of Mississippi that were devastated by a recent tornado.
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After Josh Dawsey of the Washington Post, who was on the scene, posted a picture on Twitter showing Trump signing Bibles, several reporters replied, mocking the president and the people at the church.
Trump had started signing Bibles after a 12-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl asked him to sign their copies.
Andrew Kaczynski of CNN chipped in, saying: “Are they first editions?”
President Trump is signing bibles for volunteers and survivors at a Baptist church in Alabama. pic.twitter.com/9b8VfyZiKF
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 8, 2019
How many of said bibles spontaneously burst into flames
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 8, 2019
Molly Jong-Fast of The Bulwark added, “How many of said Bibles spontaneously burst into flames.”
