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| Hangman's belongings sell at auction for £20,000 | |
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| A notebook and other items belonging to Britain's most famous hangman have sold at auction for £20,000. | |
| Albert Pierrepoint, from Clayton, near Bradford, executed about 600 people during a 25-year career that ended in 1956. | Albert Pierrepoint, from Clayton, near Bradford, executed about 600 people during a 25-year career that ended in 1956. |
| The sale at Boldon Auction Galleries in South Tyneside also included a plaster cast of his face and hands, and a silver watch chain he wore at work. | The sale at Boldon Auction Galleries in South Tyneside also included a plaster cast of his face and hands, and a silver watch chain he wore at work. |
| The notebook and items were sold to an "eclectic" private collector. | The notebook and items were sold to an "eclectic" private collector. |
| Mr Pierrepoint, who followed his father's footsteps as a hangman, executed high-profile murderers including Ruth Ellis, John Christie and William Joyce, known as Lord Haw-Haw. | Mr Pierrepoint, who followed his father's footsteps as a hangman, executed high-profile murderers including Ruth Ellis, John Christie and William Joyce, known as Lord Haw-Haw. |
| He travelled to Germany after the war, where in one day he executed 13 men and women for crimes committed at Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz. | He travelled to Germany after the war, where in one day he executed 13 men and women for crimes committed at Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz. |
| His leather-bound execution ledger includes personal details of those hanged including the prisoner's name, age, height, weight and drop, and site of execution. | His leather-bound execution ledger includes personal details of those hanged including the prisoner's name, age, height, weight and drop, and site of execution. |
| He once said of his profession: "The person has to die. | He once said of his profession: "The person has to die. |
| "You've got to treat them with as much respect and dignity as you can." | "You've got to treat them with as much respect and dignity as you can." |
| Auctioneer and valuer Giles Hodges described it as an "unusual sale, of quite extraordinary items, but that's what history is all about". | Auctioneer and valuer Giles Hodges described it as an "unusual sale, of quite extraordinary items, but that's what history is all about". |
| He said it was part of a "niche market" and sold to "a collector of very interesting things across the board, an eclectic collector, as it were". | He said it was part of a "niche market" and sold to "a collector of very interesting things across the board, an eclectic collector, as it were". |