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Adam Dutton

Vintage Woolworths Tree Fetches Astonishing Price At Auction

The 1920's Christmas tree was found in Leicestershire. The world's humblest Christmas tree bought for 6p from a Woolworths store 103 years ago has sold at auction for more than £3,400 ($4,321). PHOTO  BY MARK LABAN/SWNS  

The “world’s humblest Christmas tree” bought for 6p from a Woolworths store 103 years ago has sold at auction for more than £3,400 ($4,321).

The modest and unassuming tree was purchased in the aftermath of the First World War in 1920 by the family of eight-year-old Dorothy Grant.

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