The online auction house eBay has put on sale three pairs of shoes that were reportedly custom-made for Margaret Thatcher when she was British Prime Minister.
The minimum bid for the Rayne shoes - coloured silver, gold and black suede - is 2,930 pounds ($7,037) but owner Eleanor Graham, 65, said she expects to fetch some 10,000 pounds ($24,000) on the auction website.
Ms Graham said she bought the shoes as an investment when she saw a member of Thatcher's staff donate some of the Prime Minister's possessions to a Sue Ryder charity shop in the 1980s.
"I was just lucky - I was there at the right place at the right time when the shoes were brought in by her secretary," Ms Graham said.
She said she convinced the store's cashier not to remove the label "Made Especially for Mrs Margaret Thatcher" from one pair by agreeing to re-sell the shoes only after the cashier had died, so that she would not get sacked.
The size five shoes did not fit her, she said, so she only wore them a couple of times while she washed the dishes.
Ms Graham said she then recently thought: "Gosh, I've had a couple of heart attacks and they'll get thrown out unless I do anything."
There are often odd, unusual and controversial items up for sale on eBay - multi-million euro planes, the Pope's old car and a young woman's virginity, to name just a few. But how about the Prime Minister's shoes? 

Shoes custom designed for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher have been put up for sale on eBay. The shoes, which have a reserve price of £2,930 (US $3,580), are currently owned by 65 year old Eleanor Graham. Ms. Graham bought them in a Sue Ryder charity shop after seeing a member of Thatcher's staff drop them in the shop. She guessed that they would increase in value over the years, so Ms. Graham purchased them.

The Rayne shoes - which come in gold, silver and black suede - are size five and come with a letter received in 2001 from Ms Thatchers office confirming that she did wear Rayne shoes. 

You can see the shoes at eBay by clicking  here.