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Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf, bought for a few shillings

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LONDON (Reuters) – A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).

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A lucky find.

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  • 1 vote
Reply#1 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:35 AM EST
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I am off to check my bookshelf.

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  • 2 votes
Reply#2 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:03 AM EST
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Elsewhere, the AP gave a bit more info:

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

Christie's auction house said Sunday the book — one of around 1,250 copies first printed in 1859 — had been on a toilet bookshelf at a family's home in Oxford.

I am sure this is significant.

... I am not sure of what...

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  • 3 votes
Reply#3 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:06 AM EST
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