Koran sells for £230,000 at auction in Exeter

Sent for auction by a local lady who had been gifted it some 20 years ago, a late 19th century Koran ensured that the latest book sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood was their most successful ever.

Dated to AH 1293 (1876), this relatively late, 410-page manuscript was valued just £1000-1500 at the…

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