Treasure Discovered at Rare Book Round-Up April 26, 2010
The L.A. Times Festival of Books yielded a bonanza for the woman who came to the Southern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America’s Rare Book Round-Up booth for a free appraisal. A book the woman bought for a dollar at a garage sale was worth $6,000. Suffice it to say, she plotzed when informed. A metaphysical ambulance is routinely parked nearby to handle such situations. Treated for acute swoon, she recovered fully…
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