One man's trash really is another man's treasure. An ivory chess piece bought for $6 by a Scottish antiques dealer in the 1960s was found in a drawer, and is now expected to sell for up to $1.3 million. Auction house Southeby's said the piece, dubbed the Lewis Warder, is believed to be among the Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides in 1831. The pieces are believed to have been card in Trondheim, Norway, in the late 12th or 13th century before making their way to the Isle of Lewis. It goes up for auction on July 2nd.
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