Good Korea move: Joseon helmet soars to £20,500

It may have been catalogued as requiring restoration but a “scarce” 19th century Korean helmet still managed to sell for 82 times its low estimate at Hansons (26% buyer’s premium).

The helmet was dated to the final century of the Joseon era, the last dynastic kingdom of Korea wh…

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