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Title: Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf (Reuters)
Post by: riky on December 05, 2009, 11:44:34 AM
Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf
    (Reuters)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r345753925.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=_c4tz90AdruCHAknlX7SsA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of Charles Darwin is displayed as part of an exhibition in Darwin's former home, Down House, in Kent, southern England February 12, 2009. REUTERS/Tal Cohen" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_nm/us_darwin_origin_odd)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).</p><br clear="all"/>


http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/od_nm/us_darwin_origin_odd
 
Title: Re: Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf (Reuters)
Post by: donmado on December 08, 2009, 05:22:49 PM
thats really nice, i bet the person who left it there will be very pissed :P