The original sheet music for iconic Christmas song 'Jingle Bells' has sold at auction for £19,000, 165 years after the festive classic was written.
Written in 1857 by James Pierpoint, the song is actually an American classic about Thanksgiving and as such it used to have a very different title.
The eight page document was published in 1859, two years after its creator, James Pierpont, originally wrote it under the title 'The One Horse Open Sleigh'.
