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World's 'most expensive house' with 100 rooms goes on sale for 'unrealistic' sum
Château d’Armainvilliers in Seine-et-Marne was built upon the foundations of a 12th century castle. It is around 25 miles from Paris and is believed to be the world's most expensive home
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'Loo with a view' public toilets on sale at UK seaside town for eye-watering sum
The public toilet is up for auction with a guide price of £20,000 and is located near Penzance, where it sits behind a sandy beach with spectacular views of the Cornish coast
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Rare antique Chinese Emperor's robe found in box could fetch huge amount
The 19th Century garment was found boxed up in the back of a drawer at a house in Buckinghamshire and is expected to fetch up to £50,000 at auction.
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House hits the market for bargain price of £30,000 – but there's a major catch
The two-bedroom terraced home in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is being sold at auction, but comes with quite a few issues for its apparent bargain £30,000 price tag
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Rare Australian 15p coin to fetch thousands after being found in Oxfam donation
The early 19th century 15 pence piece - known as a 'Dump' - was spotted by Oxfam volunteer and former banker John Turner as he went through a bag of donated coins
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Friends scripts found in bin 25 years ago and forgotten about sell for £22,000
Scripts from the iconic Friends two-part episode, 'The One With Ross's Wedding', were found in a bin 25 years ago and subsequently forgotten about. On Friday they sold for £22,000
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World's most expensive bottle of whiskey smashes records as it's sold at auction
The 60-year-old bottle of single malt has sold for an eye-watering amount at Sotheby’s because there were only 40 bottles of the 1926 whisky produced almost 40 years ago
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Ancient Qing Dynasty cup found gathering dust in garage set to sell for £5,000
A rare Chinese treasure dating back to the late 17th or early 18th century is estimated to fetch between £3,000- £5,000 when it goes under the hammer on November 30
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Noel Gallagher's 'holy grail' Oasis lyric notebook could make £50,000 at auction
An A4 notepad containing the handwritten lyrics of some of the smash hit band Oasis' greatest songs - including an early version of Champagne Supernova will soon go up for auction
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Ultra rare bottle of 60-year-old liqueur set to fetch £4,000 after it was found in attic
The ultra-rare bottle of French liqueur bought by a father to celebrate his son's birth almost 60 years ago is now expected to fetch thousands at auction after being found in a loft gathering dust.
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Retired man's magic mushroom dream shattered as gifted '$10m' painting flops
The artist behind the painting died in 2021 and his works have brought in millions of pounds before one mysterious painting ended up in the hands of a retired dog walker
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UK's new 'wonkiest pub' where 'pool balls roll upward' fails to sell at auction
The Tilted Barrel pub, which was named Britain's wonkiest pub after a devastating fire at the Crooked House in summer, was put up for sale but failed to sell at auction
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Garage on Downing Street with guide price of just £1 sells for eye-watering sum
A garage on a road that shares the name with one of the most popular streets in Britain has been sold at auction for £14,250 after attracting 60 bids from eight different people
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Couple fuming after taking £129 from dealer for African mask he sold for £3.6m
The rare mask was one of fewer than a dozen carried in museums around the world. The dealer then sold the mask at an auction in Montpellier a few months it was sold to him buy the elderly French couple
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Rare coin from 400 years ago sells for eye-watering £3,000 at auction
The coin went to auction on October 3 in Mayfair and originally it was expected to sell at around £2,000 - however, it went for much more than anticipated at £3,000
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'Extremely rare' £5 note up for sale could fetch £16,000 at auction
The £5 banknote, dated July 12, 1900, was first issued at the Bank of England’s Leeds branch and is one of a few that still exist, and could exceed its estimated value of £12,000 to £16,000
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Constable painting lost for 44yrs turns up in terraced house and sells for £250k
The 1814 oil sketch, last recorded in 1979, depicts Willy Lott’s Cottage in Flatford, Suffolk and was rediscovered hanging in a dark corner of a dining room in Guernsey
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£30,000 sculpture stolen in heist finally rediscovered 16 years later at auction
The prized Wally Bird piece was taken from Pitzhanger Manor House in Ealing in 2007 but was recently spotted in a catalogue by a researcher looking into stolen art
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Theatre tickets to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination expected to fetch £80,000
Historic front-row tickets which would have witnessed the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are set to go up for auction and are expected to fetch £80,000
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Abandoned Victorian mansion with rich past could be yours for less than terrace
The abandoned Victorian mansion, known as Redlands, last occupied in the 1950s fell into disrepair following a series of devastating fires. It is due to be auctioned later this month
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Rusting shell of Ferrari that crashed and burned in race sells for £1.5m
The 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I by Pinin Farina is one of 13 examples - it was raced by ex-Scuderia Ferrari team driver Franco Cortese at the world-famous Mille Miglia
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'Letters from George Harrison's mum up for auction, but her wisdom is priceless'
Paul Routledge says the letters being auctioned, written by Louise Harrison to a Beatles fan, show the type of common sense that sets men and women apart
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Man cleans out draw and finds old Star Wars figurine - then sells it for £21,000
A former Marvel UK art director from Kent has sold an extremely rare Star Wars figurine for thousands of pounds after he found it stuffed in a draw
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Three-bedroom house is a steal for just £19k - but only bid if you like a gamble
A terraced home in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, is up for grabs in an online auction and bidding is set to close on Wednesday - but buyers can only see a photo of the exterior of the property
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Collection of autographs including Nelson Mandela's could fetch £100k at auction
Highlights of the 60,000-strong lot include four Bond stars, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and the Harry Potter movies cast
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