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Egyptian figurine found at local auction

Yorkshire Post

A bronze Egyptian figure dating back to 600BC has been found in a box of tourist souvenirs at a North Yorkshire auction house.

Antiques dealer Martin Roberts discovered the seven-inch figure of the Egyptian god Osiris while viewing lots at Thompson's Auctioneers in Killinghall, near Harrogate. He snapped up the item for £70, but hopes it will sell for 30 times that sum at another auction next month.

It would be the second big windfall in 12 months for Mr Roberts, who paid £50 for another Egyptian figure last year and sold it for £30,000.

Remarkably, that piece, a four-inch royal shabti torso dating back to 1386BC, was also bought at Thompson's.

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