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200-year-old shipwreck bubbly sold for 'record' price

A bottle of nearly 200-year-old champagne has been sold for 30,000 euros ($43,900; £26,700) at an auction in Finland - in what is believed to be a new world record.

The Veuve Clicquot bubbly was bought by an anonymous bidder from Singapore, auctioneers in Mariehamn said.

The same buyer paid 24,000 euros for another bottle of champagne, which was made by the now defunct Juglar house.

They were found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year.

In all, more than 140 bottles were discovered by divers, and the wine is said to be in "exquisite" condition. ...

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