Churchill cigar butt sold in Sussex for £3,500

A cigar butt thrown away by Winston Churchill was sold at a Sussex auction this week for £3,500.
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The half-smoked cigar went under the hammer at Bellmans auction house in Wisborough Green.

The cigar was tossed aside by Churchill in the 1940s and picked up by a Scotland Yard police officer who was escorting the war-time leader.

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The cigar has remained in the policeman’s family ever since.

The 7cm long butt was expected to fetch around £800 before going under the hammer for £3,500.

A pair of Churchill’s velvet slippers were sold by Bellmans in March for £40,000.

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