{
  "id": 16674894,
  "title": "Man pays £25 for box of medals; rare Captain Cook find sells for £5,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/man-pays-25-for-box-of-medals-rare-captain-cook-find-sells-for-5-000",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T22:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/a-man-paid-just-25-for-a-box-of-22-old-medals-at-a-yorkshire-car-boot-sale-one-turned-out-to-be-a-rare-1779-tribute-to-captain-james-cook-and-sold-for-5000-to-a-museum-planning-a-major-exhibition/articleshow/135207575.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A man who bought a box of 22 old medals for just £25 at a car-boot sale in West Yorkshire discovered that one was a rare 18th-century medal commemorating Captain James Cook's death in 1779. After selling the other medals for £500, he took the rare piece to an auction house, where it later fetched £5,000. The medal was purchased by the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby for a special…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}