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Amazingly valuable treasures bought for very little money

These pricey treasures were bought for peanuts
The misidentified Magna Carta
The Floyd Landis custom-built bike
The Picasso plate
The Velvet Underground demo record
The Ilya Bolotowsky painting
The Russian brooch
The Vince Lombardi sweatshirt
The Breitling James Bond watch
The Anne Boleyn bird
The original 1823 copy of the US Declaration of Independence
The cracked teapot with huge historical value
The James Bond underwater car
A 26-carat diamond ring
The lost 13th-century chess piece
The Martin Johnson Heade paintings
The Andy Warhol sketch
The 'new' Billy the Kid photo
The Albrecht Dürer drawing
The Third Imperial Fabergé egg
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These pricey treasures were bought for peanuts

We all love snapping up a bargain, but for these lucky people, a relatively thrifty purchase brought much more than self-satisfaction. 

From ancient artefacts to the US Declaration of Independence, read on to discover some of the most jaw-dropping treasures that were bought for peanuts but proved to be VERY valuable...

All dollar amounts in US dollars. Pre-2022 figures adjusted for inflation.

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Alice Cattley

12 June 2025

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