Tuesday, 2 July 2019

A Really High Five


This walrus ivory chess piece was purchased by an antique dealer in 1964 for £5 and kept in a drawer by his family. Expectations are that it will fetch a million pounds at auction. Why so high? It's one of the five missing Lewis Chessmen discovered in 1831. Read on at the BBC website.

Scottish Islands Explorer - unlikely to inflate
Digital Edition: value of a different kind

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