Antique tin sells at £13,000 with its original biscuits
It was a headline writer’s dream: an 80-year-old William Crawford & Sons biscuit tin still with its original contents intact sold at auction for a massive £13,000 (plus 20 per cent buyer’s premium). Crumbs! Cookie tin brings a lot of dough (Reuters) was just one of a number of groaning puns.
Condition, form and rarity make this an exceptional toy. Recently donated to the Manor Trust, a char…