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From dodo bones to devil pinball: Inside the year's strangest auction

From dodo bones to devil pinball: Inside the year's strangest auction

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 01, 2025
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Gorgar pinball scoreboard (estimate £200 - £400) at Sworder's auction

Sworders' upcoming "Out of the Ordinary" auction gathers 479 lots of uncanny bric-a-brac, from Dark-Ages pentagram rings to voodoo altarpieces and a petrified child's chimney shoe. The catalogue reads like the inventory of a wizard's attic, but two curios stand out even here. Lot 330 o…

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