Victorian bat brooch stars in our pick of six auction highlights
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Source: antiquestradegazette.com
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Buyers bid big on garden statues believed to be ancient Egyptian relics
A U.K. family selling a variety of items at auction got way more than they bargained for when a pair of statues they believed to be replicas sold for a price that suggests they're actual antiquities.
Source: cbc.ca
Pair of weather-beaten sphinx statues that were used as garden ornaments sell for £195,000
The badly weathered lumps of stone were originally thought to be 18th or 19th century replicas and valued at between £300 and £500 by Mander Auctioneers of Sudbury, Suffolk.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
These Sphinx Patio Ornaments Were Offered for $700 at an English Auction House. Turns Out They're Ancient—and Sold for $265,000
The objects, which sat in the garden of a local couple for 15 years, are believed to be actual ancient Egyptian artifacts.
Source: artnet.com
Egyptian Sphinx Statues Found In English Garden Fetch £200,000
Two Egyptian sphinx statues thought to be replicas and used as garden ornaments have turned out to be genuine 5000-year-old artifacts and sold for $270,000!
Source: ancient-origins.net