Christmas tree from 1920 sold for £2,600. Know about the tree that was sold after 103 years

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Christmas tree dubbed the «most humble in the world» has sold at auction for £2,600. Originally brought in 1920, the Christmas tree is 31 inches tall with 25 branches and 12 fake berries. In the beginning, the tree was gifted to Loughborough resident Dorothy Grant in the aftermath of the First World War. It served as her Christmas tree from when Dorothy Grant was eight-years-old until she died in 2014, at the age of 101. Her daughter Shirley Hall, 84, who lives near Loughborough, inherited the tree.

«Astonishing» auction

Describing the auction result as «astonishing», Hansons Auctioneers, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, said, «The humblest Christmas tree in the world has a new home and we're delighted for both buyer and seller.»

He also added, «It would have been bought for pennies originally but it's sold for thousands and that's astonishing. I think it's down to the power of nostalgia. Dorothy's story resonated with people.»

Purchased from Woolworths

Experts have said that similar trees have been sold for up to £420 in the past, but Ms Grant's tree has «truly excelled». Hanson told Sky News that the tree may have been purchased from the now-defunct high street chain Woolworths, which started selling some of the first mass-produced artificial trees in the early 1920s.

Earlier, artificial trees were usually made from dyed feathers until the first bristle-style artificial tree was made by Addis Housewares Company in 1930.

Memories of 1920

Hanson said, «The seller decided to part with it to honor her mother's memory and to ensure it survives as a humble reminder of 1920s life — a boom-to-bust decade.» The Roaring Twenties saw major advances in science and