The Norwich Mercury newspaper clipping up for auction

Printed on March 28, 1767, issue number 884 of The Norwich Mercury, a long-running local weekly paper starting life out in the early 1700s, is being sold at auction.

There are multiple adverts in the paper (Image: Bonhams Skinner)

The print - along with another British newspaper The Observer - are currently open to bids with American-based auction house, Bonhams Skinner, until April 4 with an estimated value between £79 - £160.

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Some of the details found in the piece are adverts for an apprentice to a surgeon and apothecary to the sale of "a great variety of linen drapery" at a grocers in St Gregory's. 

The Norwich Mercury, edition 884 dated March 28, 1767 (Image: Bonhams Skinner)

There are also ads for the sale of The Three Tuns Tavern in St Peter Mancroft as well as an estate to be let or sold in Mile End Road which included "a large garden well planted".

Another story details how on "Monday it rain'd a great part of the day".

A spokeswoman for Bonhams Skinner said: "It's part of a private collection in upstate New York.

One of the details on the paper is the inscription of 152 in the top right corner (Image: Bonhams Skinner)

"The collector had a keen interest in various books and manuscripts and amassed multiple items over the last 50 years primarily from regional, local estate auctions and dealers.

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"One of the most charming aspects our specialist found are the little local news bits and ads on the right side of the paper."

An image from a separate edition of The Norwich Mercury of flooded streets in the city (Image: Archant)

Printed in the early 1720s by W. Chase, the paper ran for nearly 300 years before its final edition on May 27, 1949.

The piece on sale is said to have stains to the upper and lower right corners and the number "152" inscribed in the upper right.