A 600-year-old medieval hand cannon, purchased for $20 at a flea market in Hertfordshire, England to be used as a Garden Ornament, was sold at auction for £2,000 (over 200 times its original price). The bronze Gun Powder Weapon dates back to the 1400s and was a heavy, triple-ring cast cannon, which was widely used in China beginning in the 13th century, before making its way onto the battlefields of Europe. The first recorded use of this type of gun powder weapon was around 1330 by two mounted German knights. The seller and how they came to own the cannon is unknown.

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