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Lawrence of Arabia negatives go for £6,572

ORIGINAL negatives of Welsh First World War hero Lawrence of Arabia were sold at auction yesterday for £6,572 after being discovered by a collector who bought them for £32.
The pictures show him posing in India in the 1920s and were estimated to sell for £1,500 at Duke’s Auction House in Dorchester, Dorset.
A spokeswoman said the negatives were sold to a UK-based private collector over the phone. The price included the buyer’s premium.
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