The nation became obsessed by the story and it took two Manchester teachers three years to solve the mystery, by which time the hare had been dug up from its hiding place in Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, by someone who had secured inside knowledge of its whereabouts. It was in 1979 that artist Kit Williams published Masquerade, a picture book that sparked a nationwide treasure hunt for a hidden jewelled 18-carat golden hare, whose whereabouts were concealed in a set of cryptic clues featured in pictures and text throughout the book. A unique artwork that provided the key to solving the celebrated riddle of the golden hare a national sensation in the late 1970s has sold at auction for 20 times its estimate at £17,000.
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