The auctioneer says the items were used to decorate a vaping products retailer in Mansfield
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Other lots include a wrecking ball prop used in an advert with supermodel Naomi Campbell and a door from HMP Leicester.Paul Cooper, from Eddisons, said he was "amazed" at items that turned up at the Scunthorpe auction centre. "Royal Navy minehunters were equipped with these 'poisson auto-propulses' and they sold off a number of them when their working days were over."The wrecking ball prop is believed to have featured in a Nineties car advert with Naomi Campbell
"The carmaker wanted to highlight the fact that its new Corsa had side impact bars," he said. "What better way to get everyone's attention than to have supermodel Naomi Campbell photographed riding a giant iron ball being swung at the little car?"Despite its realistic appearance, the ball is actually made from a composite material rather than iron.
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