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Radio Derby,5 mins
Buttons bought for 拢40 sell for 拢61,000!
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Gary Quittenton-Shaw from Rowsley bought a box of buttons for 拢40 and went on to sell two of them for 拢61,000. They were designed by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti for Italian fashion icon Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s. He's been telling 91福利社 Radio Derbys Becky Measures all about his find. Picture from Bonhams.
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