England — An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” found in a family’s guest lavatory in southern England.
Christie’s auction house said Sunday the book — one of around 1,250 copies first printed in 1859 — had been on a toilet bookshelf at a family’s home in Oxford.
The book will be auctioned on Tuesday, the 150th anniversary of the publication of the famous work. Christie’s said the book is likely to sell for around $100,000.
Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” outlined his theory of natural selection, the foundation for the modern understanding of evolution.
Celebrations around the world this year have marked the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth.
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RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
No, no, no, that was an earlier publication, "The Origin of Feces", lavatory reading of the 1850's....
gr (anonymous) says…
Wonder if some pages have been used.
75x55 (anonymous) says…
"An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” found in a family’s guest lavatory in southern England."
Unfortunately, only 1/2 of the pages had been put to a better use.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (anonymous) says…
What a surprise-- it's an orgy of the ignorant and the superstitious.
zstoltenberg (anonymous) says…
Darwin also recanted every one of his claims about evolution on his death bed. He was so sure God had nothing to do with creation... but just in case.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…
A quick google search suggests strongly that your claim was made up by a lying Christian, stoltenberg. Just as fyi.
StirrrThePot (anonymous) says…
Hopefully the book will not be purchased by a book burning extremist who boycotted their high school biology class.