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Discovered: rare Sherlock Holmes book
"An early copy of a rare Sherlock Holmes story has been discovered by two volunteers at Harrogate's Oxfam store.... more

A 200-Year-Old Gift From Under the Sea
"The winds unexpectedly shifted, a full-scale gale screamed into Plymouth Sound, and the previously safe anchorage turned deadly... more

Going, going, down
"Antique furniture prices are plummeting. Bad news for collectors - or the perfect time to invest? more

The Indian origins of the bandanna
"The familiar squares typically of red or blue cotton usually with spotted or floral patterns, are thought of as distinctively American... more

the world's oldest missing page
"A year after the Romans packed up their shields in AD410 and left Britain to the mercy of the Anglo-Saxons, a scribe in Edessa, in what is modern day Turkey, was preparing a list of martyrs... more

Da Vinci parachute design tested
"It takes a certain amount of nerve to plunge 2,000ft relying on a parachute designed more than 500 years ago... more

Our worrying loss of love for the antique
"The good old days when his friends packed off container-loads of antiques to America and Japan. Now, he said, the export business was dead... more

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