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Lucky find may fetch pounds 70,000

Wednesday 08 September 1999 23:02 BST
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Lucky find may fetch pounds 70,000

AN ANGLO-SAXON cross found 30 years ago near Hull is expected to fetch pounds 70,000 at auction. Ronald Wray, 86, saw it as he trudged home with a bale of hay. An expert failed to identify the cross, which was left in a drawer until its worth was realised at a "finds day" at Hull Museum.

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