Stone Age tools sell at auction for £41k

An amateur enthusiast found the items on the Kent coast

A collection of palaeolithic tools has sold at auction.

A total of 68 hand axes and other Stone Age tools, which date back about 400,000 years, were collected by amateur enthusiast David Blake in Kent between 1987 and 2013

The collection fetched more than £41,000 at The Canterbury Auction Galleries' sale.

Among the items which sold for above its estimate was an Acheulean grey Wymer type D form tool, which sold for £3,000.

The "unique" Stone Age tools were found by Mr Blake on the beaches and cliffs in Bishopstone, Reculver and Herne Bay, according to The Canterbury Auction Galleries.

The Stone Age was a long historical period, starting about 2.5 million years ago and ending in 3,000 BC, characterised by humans using stone tools.

The auction took place on 1 and 2 August.

Another collection that sold at the auction was a set of Pokemon trading cards, which fetched more than £10,000.

Several other items, including a rare feather-filled golf ball and Victorian brooch, were also sold.