Claim: Christie's auction listing of a 1526 Grete Herball claims there are only three complete copies of the first edition and early editions have been valued in the thousands at auction.
Evidence: Christie's auction listing of a 1526 Grete Herball claims there are only three complete copies of the first edition as well, with incomplete copies held by Yale and in the Marshall Collection. The 1526 copy sold by Christie's fetched $5,625 USD on June 24, 2009, and was valued between $4000 – $6000 USD.