Burke’s water bottle fetches $286,750 in Australia
Published November 30th, 2005
A leather water bottle belonging to explorer Robert O’Hara Burke has fetched more than a quarter of a million dollars at auction in Melbourne.
The $286,750 sale price was more than three times what the artefact was expected to fetch.
Sotheby’s had originally estimated the water bottle would sell for between $60,000 and $80,000.
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