In 1513, Albrecht Dürer made Knight, Death and the Devil; centuries later, an English boy rescued a print from a dump, and it sold for £22,680 at auction

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     In 1513, Albrecht Dürer made Knight, Death and the Devil; centuries later, an English boy rescued a print from a dump, and it sold for £22,680 at auction

     A 500-year-old engraving by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer was rescued from being thrown away at a rubbish tip in Kent and was sold for £22,680 in September 2024, according to the BBC. The artwork, titled The Knight, Death and the Devil, was put up for auction with an initial estimate ranging from £10,000 to £20,000.