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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

You could be sitting on a fortune if you find these books in the attic

Brits should dust off any old classics they may have hidden away as it may be worth a fortune after a collection of Jane Austen novels sold at auction for £250,000.

The first editions of all of Austen's major novels were owned by collector William Weiss, a pharmaceuticals businessman from Wyoming in the US.

He died in January last year, aged 78, and his family decided to sell the incredibly rare books.

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