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Churchill's gloves fetch 1,400 pounds (UK)

A pair of Sir Winston Churchill's customised gloves reached nearly three times their expected value at auction in Gloucestershire.

The tiny gloves, made to fit Churchill's famously small hands, sold for £1,400 at Dominic Winter in Cirencester on Thursday.

They had a guide value of between £500 and £800.

But fierce bidding between a Lincolnshire Churchilliana fan and a US collector pushed the price up.
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