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Adam Dutton

Cheap Brooch Turns Out To Be $19K Rare Victorian Treasure

Flora Steel with the William Burges' brooch. GILDINGS AUCTIONEERS VIA SWNS.

A woman was left stunned after a brooch she bought at a market for less than £20 ($25) during the 1980s turned out to be a rare Victorian treasure – worth £15,000 ($19,000).

Flora Steel purchased the silver brooch 35 years ago not realizing it was a “historically significant” piece of jewelry dating back to the 19th Century.

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