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A cigar butt discarded by Sir Winston Churchill and picked up by a policeman who was escorting him has sold for more than £4,200 at auction.
The item that was thrown away half-smoked by the wartime leader during the 1940s sold for £4,270 today.
The previous owner s grandfather, Arthur Church, who had served as a policeman at Scotland Yard in the 1940s, had been on duty escorting the former Prime Minister when he picked up the discarded butt.
On Wednesday, the item, which was expected to sell for as low as £800, drew significant interest and sold for a £3,500 hammer price, rising to £4,270 with buyer s premium.
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image captionThe previous owner s grandfather, Arthur Church, was the policeman who picked up the butt
A cigar butt discarded by Sir Winston Churchill and picked up by a policeman has sold for more than £4,200.
The item - cast aside by the wartime leader in the 1940s - went under the hammer on Wednesday.
The 7cm-long butt caused a stir at the West Sussex auction as it was only expected to sell for £800.
The previous owner s grandfather, Arthur Church, was a policeman in the 1940s and had been escorting Churchill when he picked up the butt.
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