A centuries-old Bible has Been Sold for nearly £ 56,000 (converted to € 67,000) at a Charity Auction in Chelmsford, UK. It is a weird copy: the first bible in Chinese.
Volunteers at the Auction Estimated the Bible would fetch around £ 800 (€ 950), Writes the BBC . Accordance to the manager of the oxfam bookshop, to which the book was donated, Everyone was “speechless” when the amount turn to be much higher.
The Book was written around 1815 and was discovered two years ago by Volunteers Among a Large Pile of Other Donations for the Auction. “When they found it, they knew it was special, and that it was just lying in the store,” Says the Store Manager. Accordance to Lorenza Gay, an expert in the field of manuscripts, it is an “exceptionally weird” copy.
In Addition to the Chinese Bible, 23 Other Books Were Sold At The Auction Last Week. In Total, Those Texts Raised More than £ 105,000 (€ 125,000).
The Charity is very happy with the processes. “The money will be used to tackle poverty and inequality around the world,” a manager Said.