An Easter egg given to a two-year-old girl in 1924, which she then treasured for the rest of her life, has found a new home in a museum. The near-century-old chocolate gift, wrapped up as a doll inside an egg-shaped decorative casing, was auctioned last Friday with a guide price of £200 to £300. Derbyshire-based auction house Hansons said Bygones in Torquay, Devon, had beaten off competition from internet and phone bidders to secure the egg for £1,040, including a buyer’s premium payment. The egg was given to a two-year-old girl in 1924 (Hansons/PA) Hansons had described the rare Pascall’s egg, discovered by one of its valuers during a routine home visit in Hulland Ward, Derbyshire, as being “in impressive condition” given its age.