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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/spitting-image-puppets-snapped-up.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Spitting Image puppets of Margaret and Denis Thatcher" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-spitting-image-puppets-snapped-up.jpg" alt="The Spitting Image puppets of Margaret and Denis Thatcher"/></a></p>
<p>A selection of political puppets made for satirical television show Spitting Image raised more than £7,000 when they were sold separately.</p>
<p>The Latex models included three former Conservative prime ministers, Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher and John Major.</p>
<p>The Mrs Thatcher puppet, which came complete with a Denis Thatcher figure, sold for £2,160.</p>
<p>Puppets of her former cabinet ministers Michael Heseltine and Norman Tebbit sold for £540 and £720 respectively.</p>
<p>A puppet of former education secretary Kenneth Baker, who was famously depicted on the ITV show as a slug, failed to sell.</p>
<p>A puppet of Northern Irish politician Ian Paisley fetched £1,080 at the auction at Bonhams in New Bond Street, London.</p>
<p>A guitar which belonged to rock legend Jimi Hendrix, valued between £80,000 and £120,000, failed to sell, as did John Lennon&#8217;s handwritten lyrics for the Beatles song I&#8217;m Only Sleeping.</p>
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