A forgotten 1890 first edition of Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of Four arrived among ordinary charity-shop donations in England; staff spotted its significance and it sold for £11,520

A rare first-edition copy of The Sign of Four, one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novels, sold for £11,520 after being discovered among book

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