Serendipity - don’t you just ❤️ it!

The Oxfam shop in Stirling has a well heeled clientele so I would imagine the manager would keep an eye out for any treasures. Good for him

I’d also like to think that those who bought something from a charity shop for a pittance, (often suspecting it was of value) then sold it for a healthy profit, gave a little cash back to that charity. Is that too much to hope?

Lovely heartwarming news, I wouldn’t have a clue what anything was worth, well done him.

Brilliant!

Oh, it is Urms. I wasn’t knocking it, just fear a lot gets chucked out or sold for pennies. Full marks to this chap for spotting it and for his honesty.

True GSM. I’m glad in this instance the charity shop manager was astute enough to recognise the book’s potential worth. I just think it’s a heartwarming story.

I have seen too many people on the Antiques Roadshow smugly telling how little they paid in a charity shop or at a car boot sale for something they obviously knew was valuable. I would never give anything I knew to be valuable to a charity shop. Far better to sell it and give them some or all of the proceeds.

That’s wonderful, what a good spot. I wonder how many gems like that have ended up being thrown straight into the skip in the past.

Well done to Neil Patterson.

Thank you for posting it Urm. It's brighten my day.

What a lovely story