Link to September 3 Appleton Post-Crescent article, "$1 book at Shawano library sale worth $7,500".Excerpt:
Former Shawano County Dist. Atty. Fred Eberlein says he bought John Marshall’s book “The Life of George Washington,” which was printed in the early 1800s, for $1.
He discovered it’s worth at least $7,500 after having it appraised.
According to the Wisconsin Public Library Service Record, the Shawano City-County Library spent $105,874 on library materials in 2007. (How many audiobooks would $7,500 buy?)
Retiring Guy thinks that if Mr. Eberlein had any sense of decency, he'd donate the $7,50o to the library.
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