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In my time I've picked up some cracking bargains at charity shops in the past - some 80s 7" singles, a shirt or two, that kind of thing. In one charity shop in north Wales however, one donation has been getting music fans in a lather.

A Gibson Les Paul Custom 1957 VOS Black Beauty - valued somewhere around £2,500 - was donated to the Anglesey A Team shop in Holyhead. Shop staff originally put a £10 price tag on the guitar, but soon discovered the true value.

Now the shop is selling raffle tickets for the rare instrument.

, shop manager Rose Martin said, "Everybody seems to be interested in it. A lot of people have been in saying that it's worth quite a lot of money. My friend said 'Why don't you put it in the window for a raffle?'

"So far, we've sold 240 strips of raffle tickets, with five in a strip, costing £1 a strip. One musician came in and offered £800 but we'd already started the raffle. We'll leave it in the window for four weeks."

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