ALBAWABA A chocolate-filled treasure from 85 years ago is poised to find a new home through an auction, carrying with it a poignant tale that spans generations.
Sybil Cook, then a nine-year-old residing in Neath, South Wales, in 1939, received an Easter gift from her uncle that she cherished for the rest of her life, as reported by Hansons Auctioneers.
In the midst of World War II's arrival in Britain, Cook's uncle bestowed upon her a chocolate Easter egg, along with a solemn request to ration the indulgence, warning that chocolate might become scarce in the foreseeable future.
Taking her uncle's words to heart, Cook refrained from consuming even a single bite of the chocolate egg throughout her lifetime.
Upon Cook's passing in 2021 at the age of 91, Hansons noted that the blue-and-white paper still enveloped the chocolate egg entirely. Gill Bolter, one of Cook's daughters, shared with Hansons that her mother, a woman of discipline, held a deep respect for her elders, which influenced her decision to preserve the egg.
Bolter recounted her mother's sentiments, stating, "When we asked Mom how she’d managed to keep the egg for so long, she told us that having kept it all through the war … it didn’t seem right to eat it."
Bolter elaborated on the egg's journey over the past eight decades, revealing that it remained with Cook through her childhood and accompanied her into her marriage in 1955. Afterwards, it found a place on a shelf in her bedroom, where it remained for the next 60 years.
Eventually, Bolter became the custodian of the egg, keeping it in her bedroom until the present day. On Tuesday, March 19, the egg will be up for auction by Hansons Auctioneers, with expectations that it will fetch a minimum of $300.
This remarkable artifact, encapsulating a poignant story of wartime sacrifice and enduring familial love
