Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Pays $2 Million For Sole Wu-Tang Clan Album

It was conceived as a one-of-a-kind collector's item like no other in the history of music, a piece of art equivalent to "owning the scepter of an Egyptian king."

Legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan announced in March 2014 that it would produce just one copy of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" to be sold to the highest bidder. The 31-track album would come in a hand-carved box with a leather-bound book of parchment paper containing lyrics and backstory.

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