Rare first edition of Book of Mormon fetches $97,900 at auction

A rare first edition of the Book of Mormon once owned by a Utah newspaper music critic fetched $97,900 at auction Wednesday.

The 177-year-old book was sold to an undisclosed West Coast buyer who paid a 10 percent commission on top of a winning bid of $89,000, said auction manager Mark Witmer of Hessney Auction Co. in Geneva.