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Show . A PrRATE'S S?XIT SOLD. A piece of the skin of a Danish pirate, slightly larger than a ahlllling, waa sold yesterday, to MaJ. Ind for three guineas at 8evens auction rooms. A lock Of King Edward TV.'s hair; which was ta. ken from his tomb at Windsor when it was opened In 1789, did, not And a- pur chaser, however. The Viking waa caught and executed while pillaging Hadstock church, In Essex, over, WO years ago. and his skin wsa - nailed to ' the . church door as a warning to other evil doers. The relic, which looks like a jagged piece of thick parchment, became lodged in the hinge of the massive old door where it was discovered In 1856. The reminder of medieval barbarity was an object, of .awestruck Interest to the buyers at yesterday's sale. Sober dealers literally felt their blood run cold and their hair rise on. end as they gased on the grim lot In Its glased mahogany ma-hogany case. London Mall. |