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Pre-1800 Church library sold for almost nothing

11 Sep 2007   posted by: Roger Pearse   tags: information access

The Times reports that Truro Cathedral have sold off all their pre-1800 books.  Charmingly they accepted a bid of only $72,000.  The dealer who bought them sold them on for more than $1m, and is now retiring from business.  Details of the historic library and the dispersal are here.

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One Response to “Pre-1800 Church library sold for almost nothing”

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    Lead Not Bookdealers into Temptation « Aliens in This World Says:

    […] geez, this is sharp practice. And geez, the people who run Truro Cathedral must never had heard of selling books piecemeal. Even […]

    September 18th, 2007 at 10:44 am

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