Sherlock Holmes rarity among Oxfam finds
A book handed into an Oxfam shop which contained the first Sherlock Holmes stories is set to be sold for £9,000.
Study in Scarlet, which features Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first two Holmes tales, was donated to a Harrogate, North Yorkshire, branch of the charity.
It will be the star lot in an auction made up of books given to Oxfam shops at Bonhams in Oxford on 20 May.
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Study in Scarlet, which features Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first two Holmes tales, was donated to a Harrogate, North Yorkshire, branch of the charity.
It will be the star lot in an auction made up of books given to Oxfam shops at Bonhams in Oxford on 20 May.