Crappy book expected to sell for big money at upcoming auction.

[Domo Arigato]

 

Rare Charles Darwin Book Found on Toilet Bookshelf

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Associated Press

 

LONDON — 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.

 

The book will be auctioned on Tuesday — the 150th anniversary of the publication of the famous work. Christie's said the book is likely to sell for $99,000.

 

Darwin's "The Origin of Species" outlined his theory of natural selection — the foundation for the modern understanding of evolution.

 

Celebrations around the world this year have marked the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.

 

Link

 

[dupont2005]

i wonder if it was an heirloom or something they picked up at a used bookstore for nothing?

[conditionfreak]

hmmm.....Why would they estimate that the book would sell for 99K and not 100K. Strange.

[Mr 9.8]

hmmm.....Why would they estimate that the book would sell for 99K and not 100K. Strange.

Because it smells like dooky?

[Marvelfangirl]

hmmm.....Why would they estimate that the book would sell for 99K and not 100K. Strange.

Because it smells like dooky?

[dero72-migration]

Just think...theres a SPIDERMAN #5 that's worth just as much as a theorem that changed the world.

[Mephisto]

Just think...theres a SPIDERMAN #5 that's worth just as much as a theorem that changed the world.

 

But Spider-Man saves the world.

[Marvelfangirl]

Just think...theres a SPIDERMAN #5 that's worth just as much as a theorem that changed the world.

 

But Spider-Man saves the world.

+1

[TupennyConan]

Monumental book. Thanks for the link.

[Icculus308win]

 

 

Thanks for the info! Very Cool!

[bluechip]

Rare Charles Darwin Book Found on Toilet Bookshelf

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Associated Press

 

LONDON 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.

 

The book will be auctioned on Tuesday the 150th anniversary of the publication of the famous work. Christie's said the book is likely to sell for $99,000.

 

Darwin's "The Origin of Species" outlined his theory of natural selection the foundation for the modern understanding of evolution.

 

Celebrations around the world this year have marked the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.

 

Link

 

I just keep thinking about how some pedigree books lke the mile highs are identified by the distinctive smell they acquired over years of storage....

[Kenglo1]

"Toilet Bookshelf" just sounds funny to me

[bug33fouf]

hmmm.....Why would they estimate that the book would sell for 99K and not 100K. Strange.

Because it smells like dooky?

(thumbs u

[He11blazer]

hmmm.....Why would they estimate that the book would sell for 99K and not 100K. Strange.

 

I'm guessing the estimate was for £60,000, but because the news item is from a US site they've done a quick conversion and come out close to $99,000.

 

 

EDIT: Here ya go:

Christie's auction house said the book, estimated to reach £60,000, was bought by a family for just a few shillings in a shop in the West Country about 40 years ago. It has since been kept on a bookcase in the guest lavatory at their home in the Oxford area.