An artificial and mass-produced Christmas tree that was bought for pennies in 1920 has gone viral after it sold for thousands at auction.
Known as “the humblest Christmas tree in the world,” the little tree was expected to fetch a maximum of around $100, but it shocked many when a private buyer purchased it for $4,296.13 through U.K. Hansons Auctioneers, according to a report.
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The tree stands 31 inches tall, and it features 25 branches, 12 berries, and six holders for mini candles, the report noted.
The sale price is the result of the “magic of Christmas,” the auctioneers said.
“Though a far cry from today’s plethora of extravagant creations, the tree was the stuff of dreams when it came into Dorothy Grant’s life when she was eight years old in 1920,” according to the auction house. “So much so she kept it for her entire life – and she lived to be 101.”
When Grant first got the tree, she decorated it with cotton wool, and she kept it as a little treasure until her 2014 death.
The seller was Grant’s daughter, who inherited the little tree upon her mother’s passing.
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“The seller is parting with the tree to honor her mother’s memory and to ensure it survives as a humble reminder of 1920s life — a boom-to-bust decade,” Hansons Auctioneers owner Charles Hanson said.
“As simple as it was, Dorothy loved that tree,” Hanson added. “It became a staple part of family celebrations for decades. The fact that it brought her such joy is humbling in itself. It reminds us that extravagance and excess are not required to capture the spirit of Christmas. For Dorothy, it was enough to have a tree.”
