Image Description: An up close picture of metal lock and key with a door knocker. The door knocker is used for knocking and is usually made from metal material such as cast iron, brass, or copper. Antique knockers can fetch a pretty penny at an auction or antique shop, with the rarer, more elaborate, and older door knockers obviously being the most expensive. Caution should be taken when cleaning your knocker with scouring or abrasives; it is commonly known that an under cleaned knocker is worth much more than one that has been over scrubbed past repair. Locks and keys because popular during the time of the Roman Empire; land and property conquests brought extraordinary riches and these riches needed protection against thieves.

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