The £44,000 Nelson victory

THIS locket, believed to contain the hair of Admiral Lord Nelson to one side and Lady Emma Hamilton to the reverse, was previously unknown to Nelson experts but it turned up at Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury after being consigned by a vendor in Australia who has family connections to Portsmouth.

The 3in (8cm) gold locket had a lock of pale coloured hair on the obverse tied as a bow set alongsid…

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