Rare Alan Turing wartime papers were nearly shredded

Rare Alan Turing wartime papers were nearly shredded – now they’ve sold for £358K An export bar was placed on the documents earlier this year to prevent them being taken abroad Undated handout photo issued by King’s College Cambridge of the Delilah papers. (Image: PA ) An astonishing collection of rare scientific papers written by codebreaking war hero Alan Turing have fetched over £350,000 at auction. The treasure trove of documents was discovered gathering dust in a loft at a property in Bermondsey, London. "Œ The valuable materials were almost destroyed in the chaos of a house clearance, but were…