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Chess piece that didn’t move for 1,400 years sells for £120,000 (www.metro.news)

by What a Find December 23, 2020, 7:35 pm

An ancient chess piece, found in a field by a metal detectorist after lying buried for hundreds of years, valued by experts at £6,000 just sold for £120,000.

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Chess piece that didn’t move for 1,400 years sells for £120,000 (www.metro.news)

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