article_snippet: Her black leather handbag sold for a rather conservative £25,000 at auction four years ago.
article_snippet: But collectors seem less willing to part with the same amount of money for Margaret Thatcher’s armoured 'battle bus', which is rusting in a dealer's yard because nobody will meet the asking price.
article_snippet: But the vehicle has been sitting for a year in a lot in rural Northamptonshire owned by tanks and surplus military equipment dealer Nick Mead, after he paid £16,940 for the vehicle February 2013.
article_snippet: The bus was almost sold last year to a foreign buyer in Iran for £17,000, but the deal fell through because of the huge shipping costs involved.
article_snippet: Interior: the vehicle has been sitting for a year in a lot in rural Northamptonshire owned by tanks and surplus military equipment dealer Nick Meadrural Northamptonshire surplus military equipment dealer Nick Mead, after he paid £16,940 for it February 2013 February 2013 .
highlights_snippet: 1983-registered, 17.5-tonne vehicle  has travelled less than 17,500 miles .
  