In 1964, an Edinburgh antiques dealer paid just £5 for a small carved warrior; after spending decades in a family drawer, it was identified as a missing Lewis chess piece and sold for £735,000

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In 1964, an Edinburgh antiques dealer paid just £5 for a small carved warrior; after spending decades in a family drawer, it was identified as a missing Lewis chess piece and sold for £735,000 - The T...

A small carved ivory figure bought for just £5 by an Edinburgh antiques dealer in 1964 has sold at auction for £735,000 after experts identified it as a long-lost Lewis chessman. The sale set an official record for the most expensive medieval chess piece ever sold at auction, according to Guinness World Records.

In 1966, a New York art teacher paid under $100 for a thrift-store painting and kept it for nearly 60 years; after her son investigated its faded signature, experts identified it as an F.C.B. Cadell w...

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In 1964, an Edinburgh antiques dealer paid just £5 for a small carved warrior; after spending decades in a family drawer, it was identified as a missing Lewis chess piece and sold for £735,000 - The T...

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In 1966, a New York art teacher paid under $100 for a thrift-store painting and kept it for nearly 60 years; after her son investigated its faded signature, experts identified it as an F.C.B. Cadell w...