An incredibly old, worn, almost ’empty’ fake Christmas tree from the 1920s, in a pot, has been sold at auction for the outrageous price of £3,411 (€3,964.48)!

Unknown bid to acquire “the humblest Christmas tree in the world,” according to auction house Hansons Auctioneers.

In fact, its original price was calculated at the most at 80 British pounds.

It is a tree 79 cm high, with 25 branches, 12 “berries” and six mini candlesticks, which was acquired in 1920 by the then little Dorothy Grant, from Leicestershire, England.

In fact, 8-year-old Dorothy decorated it with cotton to imitate snow, as decorations were a luxury item after the First World War.

Dorothy treasured the tree until her death at the age of 101 in 2014, when it was inherited by her 84-year-old daughter, Shirley Hall, who eventually decided to sell it, never imagining that it would be worth nearly 4,000 euros!

The tree was bought from the popular department store of the time, Woolworths, which then began selling some of the first mass-produced artificial trees at the time – many of which were made from parts designed for toilet brushes.

“This is one of the first Christmas trees of its type that we have seen. The magic of Christmas and the power of nostalgia won,” said Charles Hanson, owner of the auction house.