LONDON (Reuters) – A rare 1920s cookie tin and its original contents were auctioned for 15,600 pounds ($32,000) in London on Wednesday.
The Sports Coupe car-shaped tin went for more than five times the pre-sale estimate, Bonhams auction house said.
Experts believe the William Crawford and Sons biscuit tin, sold to an anonymous private British collector, has now become the most expensive in the world.
Its unusual shape always made the car an attractive item. Its original cost is estimated to have been about 100 pounds in today’s prices.
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