Auction house, Profiles in History has just sold the original Bill Wilson typed working manuscript for “The Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous for $2.4 million dollars moments ago in Calabasas California.

From Profiles in History’s original press release:

The 161 typed pages are filled with hand written edits by the founders, some by William Griffith Wilson, aka, Bill W. It belonged to Lois Wilson, Bill’s widow. It is one of the best selling books of all time, over 30 million copies have been sold since 1939. It has been translated into 43 languages. The Library of Congress ranks it the number one non-fiction book that shaped America.

The manuscript has just sold for $2,5600.00 ( bp included).