Cokesbury’s white elephant sales

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But a brass urn with a map of India on one side and an engraving of the Taj Mahal on the other? Or “Nature’s Hallelujah,” an illustrated poetry collection where two copies online are going for $59.39 and $98? They require some more research and finally decisions based upon lifetimes of experiences.

Meredith McGregor has been volunteering for 50 years with sales of used books, first for the American Association of University Women and for the last six at Cokesbury.

Those prices are among the higher ones. Many items are 50 cents or a dollar, Valerie Adams noted.

In the past, they listed some items online – they got $562.52 for an old wooden jigsaw puzzle –but the pandemic led to a hiatus for that routine and also the public sales.

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