Valuing Orwell.

News item here:

An authentic first edition of George Orwell's novel 1984 that turned up in a Lifeline charity bin has sold for [A]$2,000 at auction.

The book was published in 1949 and has a red dustcover.

It was found last week in a bin of around 200 books by a Lifeline volunteer in Wollongong, on the New South Wales south coast.

While this has got money for a good cause, one wonders what amount Eric earned per copy.

James