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May 21, 2008: Oxfam Volunteers Uncover Rare Sherlock Holmes Book
"Discovered in an Oxfam shop, the rare copy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study In Scarlet, sold for more than £15,000 after a bidding war between buyers in the US and the UK."
"The first edition book broke its upper reserve price of £9,000 to fetch £15,500 at the Bonhams Auction in Oxford."
