{"id":141435,"date":"2021-10-11T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=141435"},"modified":"2021-10-11T22:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T22:55:00","slug":"sphinx-statues-auctioned-turn-out-to-be-genuine-ancient-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/sphinx-statues-auctioned-turn-out-to-be-genuine-ancient-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sphinx statues auctioned turn out to be genuine ancient artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sphinx garden statues that a builder once secured to the ground with CEMENT and were thought to be replicas sell at auction for almost \u00a3200,000 after they turn out to be genuine Ancient Egyptian artifacts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Used as garden ornaments, the statues were believed to be 18th or 19th century remakes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The statues&#8217; Suffolk owners took them to auction ahead of a house move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bidding started at \u00a3200 and rose to \u00a3195,000 as it emerged that they were Ancient Egyptian artifacts likely more than 5,000 years old\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carved stone statues are now expected to be displayed in a museum\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two stone sphinx statues thought to be replicas turned out to be genuine Ancient Egyptian artifacts and have sold for almost \u00a3200,000.<\/p>\n<p>The owners of the statues, from Clare, Suffolk, bought the items fifteen years ago and believed they dated from the 18th or 19th century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to sell the statues as they were moving house, the owners went to get them valued and sold at a local auctioneers.<\/p>\n<p>It was initially thought the carved sphinx statues would sell for between \u00a3300 and \u00a3500 when Mander Auctioneers in Sudbury first estimated their price.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/11\/21\/49043821-10081637-image-a-1_1633984766219.jpg\" height=\"539\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The statues have a human head on the body of a lion. It was initially thought they would go for between \u00a3300-500 at auction and their owners thought they were replicas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were in very bad condition since they were used as garden ornaments and had become covered in moss.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A builder had also secured them to the ground with cement and repaired them in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But at auction on October 9, the owners were shocked at the prices being offered by bidders.<\/p>\n<p>It was realised that the ornaments are Ancient Egyptian and likely to be more than 5,000 years old, according to the Metro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bidding began at \u00a3200 but people soon began offering sky-high sums of money for the statues after 15 minutes and they sold for \u00a3195,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The price they went for made them set a new house record for highest bid at the auction house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Auctioneer James Mander said:\u00a0\u00a0\u2018The bidding quickly went up to \u00a3100,000 and then seemed to stall, until the hammer finally fell at \u00a3195,000 to an international auction gallery, setting a new house record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Mr Mander said: \u2018This was an exciting day at the auction.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018These are one of the highest value lots to be sold at a provincial auction this year.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>They are now expected to be displayed in a museum, according to the East Anglian Daily Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/11\/21\/49043813-10081637-image-a-2_1633984788655.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the pair of statues are Ancient Egyptian and are likely to be more than 5,000 years old. They sold for \u00a3195,000\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>What are Egyptian sphinxes and what do they represent? <\/h3>\n<p>Sphinxes are mythical creatures which the head of a human, falcon, cat or a sheep. They have the body of a lion with the wings of a falcon. Egyptian sphinxes are typically shown as a man. They were viewed as benevolent but with a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent Greek version. Egyptian sphinxes were thought of guardians and often flank entrances to temples.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Wikipedia\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/11\/22\/49043827-10081637-image-a-14_1633987623969.jpg\" height=\"239\" width=\"586\"><\/p>\n<p>The sphinxes depict a human head on the body of a lion and symbolize strength<\/p>\n<p>\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10081637\/Sphinx-garden-statues-auctioned-house-turn-genuine-Egyptian-ariefacts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sphinx garden statues that a builder once<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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