More than 100 silver items, dating from the early 1700s to the early 1900s, had been expected to fetch up to £23,000.

The collection of silver items goes on sale a Elmwood's auction house on Friday.

The collection of antique items had been packed away for the best part of a century.

The more than 100 pieces of British and continental silver were discovered in a house which has passed down through generations of the same family.

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A collection of antique silver has been discovered in the attic of a townhouse in Edinburgh having been packed away for almost a century. More than 100 silver items, dating from the early 1700s to the ...

A collection of antique silver items discovered by chance in an Edinburgh family's attic has been sold for almost £60,000 at auction. The haul of more than 100 British and continental silver pieces, ...