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Ghandi's flip-flops set to fetch £15,000

By Hannah Ricci, May 13, 2013

The well-worn sandals are part of a £250,000 haul of modest possessions belonging to the iconic Indian leader due to go under the hammer in Shropshire next week
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£12,000 for two bottles of whisky

By Jess Bown, May 07, 2013

Two bottles of undrinkable whisky from a 1940s shipwreck have been sold for £12,050.
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Massive egg makes £66,000

By Adrian Holliday, Apr 25, 2013

A huge, partly fossilized egg laid by a Madagascan elephant bird sells for more than double its pre-sale estimate - almost £70,000.
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Poem written by Churchill for sale: what's it worth?

By Sarah Coles, Apr 10, 2013

A poem written by Winston Churchill goes on sale today. But is it any good, and what is it worth?
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The 'Mona Lisa of Kitsch' sells for £1m

By Sarah Coles, Mar 21, 2013

The most reproduced painting in the world sold for twice its estimate - smashing the record for the painter. But why did it sell for so much?
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Drug smugglers plane sells on eBay

By Hannah Ricci, Mar 06, 2013

A light aircraft used by drug smugglers to transport cocaine into Britain from France has sold for £17,000 on eBay, according to a report in the Guardian.
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London Banksy mural found in online auction

By Sarah Coles, Feb 19, 2013

A London Banksy has been taken off a wall in North London, and put up for sale in the US. Can this be right?
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Happy ending to Chinese vase auction disaster

By Sarah Coles, Jan 17, 2013

One family are celebrating after finally selling an antique vase - two years after a billionaire broke records with a winning bid and then pulled out. But this is far from the only recent auction disaster
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