A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get. The poem, called I've been wandering in the greenwoods, was written when the famous novelist was just 13-years-old and is said to be extremely rare - with only two others being traced in the last 40-years. It was sold at an auction by Bonhams in London where it was bought for a staggering £92,450 by an unidentified buyer from abroad. The auctioneers had previously estimated it would sell for £45,000. The signed manuscript, dated 14 December 1829, is written on a small slip of paper about three inches in size in such small writing that it cannot be easily read without a magnifying glass.
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
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This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
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WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .