A man found a 1848 US first edition of Wuthering Heights. It cost him a couple pounds. It's worth much much more than that.
From a story in the Independent...
The tourist spotted the first edition copy of 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte (left) at a flea market in Limerick and quickly snapped it up for just €3.
Jason Ludlow then brought the book to his native South Africa where he was paid 77,000 rand for the copy -- the equivalent of more than €8,000.
Mr Ludlow is keenly interested in antiques and rare books, and couldn't contain his excitement at what he found during this trip to Ireland.
"I was in Ireland and Limerick in March and April, and was very lucky to have found such a great old book at the flea market," he said.
"It was a rare copy of Wuthering Heights printed in 1848 that I've subsequently sold for a substantial amount."
The 34-year-old aero engineer, who is currently living in Angola, found the book at Limerick's newly developed Milk Market earlier this year.
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