Wooden bird bought for £75 revealed to be Anne Boleyn’s – and is now worth £200,000

Guardian (UK) ^ | Sun 7 Nov 2021 | Dalya Alberge

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

[Red Badger]

Was the head still on?..................

[BenLurkin]

Well...have you heard? About the bird?

[Hot Tabasco]

Someone cleverly removed the “Made in China” sticker that was on the bottom of it.....

[_Jim]

A ‘Maltese Falcon’ for real?

[_Jim]

Q: When the value of something like this skyrockers, does the IRS ‘impute’ this as income for the year purchased or the year or sold or not at all?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

With ‘er ‘ead tooked underneath ‘er arm
She walks the bloody Tower...

[Red Badger]

[SoCal Pubbie]

Didn’t they used to call Anne The Proud Bird with the Golden Tail? No, wait that was Continental Airlines.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Beowulf9]

This is a fabulous find. Thank you for the story.

[Sans-Culotte]

Wasn’t Anne Boleyn a black woman who lived in Tudor England? That’s how the BBC depicted her.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure. Anne-tique store find.

[Salamander]

Word up.

[Vaquero]

Does the bird have a head?

[jerod]

Without the Boleyn connection... I wouldn't have paid £75... Or 75 cents for it.

[Beowulf9]

Good one!

[bunkerhill7]

A bird in her hand was worth Tudor.

[bunkerhill7]

in the bush.