A rare Bible was donated to a British charity shop and ultimately sold at auction for an astounding £56,000 (approximately $115,000 USD). The successful auction of this Bible has provided a significant boost to the charity's efforts, enabling them to further their important work.
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03-26, 2025The Bible, written between 1815 and 1822, is one of the first Bibles written in Chinese. It was dropped off at an Oxfam shop in Chelmsford, a town about 70 kilometers northeast of London. Initially, volunteers recognized it had some value, and the charity sent it to auction, estimating it would sell for around £800.
But shop manager Nick Reeds said that charity staff were "completely speechless" when the Bible sold for £56,280. Reeds said: "We were sitting there watching the bidding, watching it go up and up. When it finally finished, I was completely shocked. We were just speechless. It’s amazing to think that a donation to our shop can help Oxfam raise so much money."
The Bible, translated by John Lassar and Joshua Marshman, was one of 23 books donated to the Oxfam shop that were auctioned off last week. Their total sales exceeded £105,000, and these funds will be used to address poverty and inequality around the world. Other auction items included a first edition of Charles Dickens' famous novella "A Christmas Carol," which sold for £16,640, and an early English translation of Karl Marx's "The Communist Manifesto," which sold for £7,040.
Lorenza Gay, a books and manuscripts specialist at Bonhams, said experts were stunned by the Bible's selling price. "The Lassar and Marshman translation of the Bible into Chinese is extremely rare, and we have never seen one at auction before. We hoped it would exceed the estimate, but the final price really surprised us. This remarkable result is great news for the important work Oxfam does around the world."
