Magna Carta edition found in Sandwich archive scrapbook
Magna Carta has been on display at the Houses of Parliament
An early edition of Magna Carta has been found in a Victorian scrapbook during a search of a council's archives
The discovery has come months ahead of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta in Runnymede in 1215.Kent archivist Dr Mark Bateson had been asked to search for another charter from the town of Sandwich.
Dr Bateson found the town's Charter of the Forest in a Victorian scrapbook in Kent County Council archives - with the long-forgotten Magna Carta edition.
The document was ripped with about a third missing but could still be worth up to £10m, according to Professor Nicholas Vincent, a specialist in medieval history from the University of East Anglia.
Its high value comes from the fact that it was found with the Charter of the Forest. The only other such pair - dating from 1300 - in the world is owned by Oriel College, Oxford.
Many pictures show King John signing Magna Carta at Runnymede - although experts agree it was sealed
He said it backed the theory that Magna Carta was issued more widely than previously thought, to at least 50 cathedral towns and ports.
He also said the discovery gave hope that further copies would also turn up.
Twenty-four editions of Magna Carta, which established the principle of the rule of law, are currently known to exist.
Thrift-store Vince Lombardi sweater sells in auction for $43,020, bought for 52 Cents
Turns out, it did. And on Saturday, that sweater sold in an auction in New York City for $43,020, according to Press-Gazette Media.
Chinese farmer finds 7.85kg gold nugget worth $250,000 on the ground
Berek Sawut found the 7.85kg nugget in the far western region of Xinjiang
Rare Ferrari owned by actor and found on French farm fetches $21 million at auction
Published on Feb 7, 2015 4:55 AM
An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor Alain Delon and
was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a French farm
fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday. --
PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AFP) - An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor
Alain Delon and was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a
French farm fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday.
Rare Ferrari owned by actor and found on French farm fetches $21 million at auction
Published on Feb 7, 2015 4:55 AM
An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor Alain Delon and
was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a French farm
fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday. --
PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AFP) - An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor
Alain Delon and was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a
French farm fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday.
Rare Ferrari owned by actor and found on French farm fetches $21 million at auction
Published on Feb 7, 2015 4:55 AM
An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor Alain Delon and
was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a French farm
fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday. --
PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AFP) - An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor
Alain Delon and was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a
French farm fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday.
Rare Ferrari owned by actor and found on French farm fetches $21 million at auction
Published on Feb 7, 2015 4:55 AM
An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor Alain Delon and
was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a French farm
fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday. --
PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AFP) - An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor
Alain Delon and was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a
French farm fetched €14.2 million (S$21 million) at auction on Friday.
Cop's seafood stew had a gem of an extra ingredient: $10,000 pearl
This
pearl, weighing more than six carats, was found in a bowl of seafood
stew by a Massachusetts policeman, but appraisers say it may fetch more
than $10,000.
CBS Boston
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. -- When Swampscott, Mass.,
policeman Mike Serino sat down for a birthday dinner in nearby Peabody
he didn't expect to find anything in his seafood stew."We thought it was a rock. We didn't know what it was," Serino told CBS Boston. The egg-shaped object was an attractive find, "so we took it home," and it sat in a jewelry box for nearly six years, until he saw news of a similar discovery.
Amateur treasure hunter finds £1million hoard of 1,000-year-old Anglo Saxon coins - after a whip-round for petrol to get there
- Paul Coleman, 59, stumbled upon silver coins in dig in Buckinghamshire
- He was on dig with Weekend Wanderers Detecting Club on December 21
- Initially father-of-two wasn't going to go because he couldn't afford petrol
The lost Louis Majorelle "Orchid" desk, discovered in the Carencro home of the late Bill Wilkinson Jr., has been sold for more than $1 million, according to Regina Kolbe, publisher of Antiques Weeks Media.
Kolbe said the rare, museum-quality desk was sold Tuesday at auction at Southeby's in New York.
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