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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Carla Feric

Rare Sherlock Holmes book discovered in Oxfam charity shop sells for £11,520 at auction

A rare first-edition novel from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic Sherlock Holmes series has fetched £11,520 at auction, after being discovered in an Oxfam bookshop.

The Sign of Four, the second instalment in Sir Arthur’s globally successful detective series, was found at the charity’s Shrewsbury branch before going under the hammer at Bonhams auction house on Thursday.

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