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World’s ‘humblest’ Christmas tree, bought for pennies, sells for $4,000 at auction

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World’s ‘humblest’ Christmas tree, bought for pennies, sells for $4,000 at auction | CNN

Festive magic fueled by nostalgia has been credited for the “astonishing” sale of a Christmas tree, “bought for pennies” more than a century ago, for £3,411 ($4,328) at auction on Friday.

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TIL the original artificial Christmas trees were made in Germany, out of painted or dyed goose feathers, in response to local deforestation. Neat.

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