A police ledger, featuring a picture of Alice Wheeldon, sells for £10,500 - far beyond its estimate
The ledger containing the image of Alice Wheeldon was nearly thrown in a skip 40 years ago
Saved from a skip, the book featured a mugshot of Alice Wheeldon, who was convicted of a conspiracy to kill David Lloyd George in 1917.The ledger was sold for £10,500 at auction in Derbyshire on Wednesday.The seller, a 53-year-old engineer from Staffordshire, inherited the book from his father and kept it in a cupboard for decades.
He said his father, who was a police officer, saved it from being thrown in a skip after a clear-out at a Derby police station 40 years ago.
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