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Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2

Name: Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2 | 2021 | Sotheby's
Start: 2021-04-13T13:00:00Z
End: 2021-04-27T13:00:00Z
Location: London

27 April 2021•14:00 BST

London

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1. Prince Albert | Autograph letter signed, to Colonel Wylde, 22 February 1846

Estimate:

200 - 300 GBP

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2. Queen Alexandra | Album of photographs presented to her by Press Photographers, 1916

Estimate:

300 - 500 GBP

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3. E.H. Allenby | Autograph letter signed and a typescript preface to his Life signed by Lloyd George

Estimate:

200 - 300 GBP

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4. Anne of Austria | Document signed, 29 October 1646

Estimate:

200 - 300 GBP

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5. Artists' letters | A collection including items signed by Pissarro, Warhol, Isabey and Roberts

Estimate:

700 - 900 GBP

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6. Ballets Russes | A collection, including a signed photo by Anna Pavlova and a signed prospectus by Picasso

Estimate:

700 - 900 GBP

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7. Bonaparte family | A group of seven letters and documents

Estimate:

300 - 500 GBP

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8. British History | a collection of 113 letters and documents bound in three volumes, 16th-18th century

Estimate:

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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9. British Army | A collection of eight documents, 1815-54

Estimate:

400 - 600 GBP

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10. British Empire | A collection of eleven documents, 1892-1950

Estimate:

500 - 700 GBP

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11. British Politician | A collection of letters and documents, 17th-20th century

Estimate:

600 - 800 GBP

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12. British Royal family | Collection of five documents signed, 1789-1871

Estimate:

500 - 700 GBP

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13. BRITISH SOVEREIGNS | 3 documents signed, summons to coronations, 1838-1911

Estimate:

400 - 600 GBP

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14. Catherine de' Medici | Letter signed, to Raimond, Seigneur de Fourquevaux, 8 November 1566

Estimate:

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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15. Catherine de' Medici | Letter signed, to Monsieur de Fourquevaux, about the Dutch rebellion, 13 November 1568

Estimate:

800 - 1,000 GBP

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16. Catherine II | Letter signed, to Peter Zapodovsky, about building St Isaac's Cathedral, 11 November 1790

Estimate:

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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17. Catherine II, Empress of Russia | letter signed, to Vasili Stepanovich [Popov], 8 December 1791

Estimate:

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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18. Catherine II | Document signed, granting the Order of Saint George during the war against the Ottomans, 1792

Estimate:

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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19. Charge of the Light Brigade--James, Earl of Cardigan | Autograph memorandum describing the Charge, 27 October 1854

Estimate:

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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20. Charge of the Light Brigade--Lord Lucan | Military papers, mostly from the Crimean War, chiefly 1820s-80s

Estimate:

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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21. Charles I | Document signed, as Prince of Wales, granting Brampton Wood to John Craig, 10 December 1624

Estimate:

700 - 900 GBP

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22. Christina, Queen of Sweden | Letter signed, to Count Arvid Wittenbrg, 7 May 1653

Estimate:

600 - 800 GBP

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23. Winston Churchill | autograph letter signed, to T.E. Lawrence, praising Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 16 May 1927

Estimate:

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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24. Sir Winston Churchill | autograph letter signed, to Pamela, Lady Lytton, 1942

Estimate:

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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25. Communism | Documents signed by Khrushchev and Ceausescu

Estimate:

500 - 700 GBP

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26. John Cowell | Letters to his mother describing a tour of the Holy Land as Governor to Prince Alfred, with sketches, 1859

Estimate:

300 - 500 GBP

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27. Benjamin Disraeli | A collection of two autograph letters signed and other material, 1849-1881

Estimate:

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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28. Alfred Dreyfus | A joint autograph letter signed by both Alfred and his wife ("L Dreyfus" and A.Dreyfus"), 23 December 1899

Estimate:

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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29. Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI | Society photograph album including photographs of her, 1922-24

Estimate:

250 - 350 GBP

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30. Elizabeth I--Privy Council | Warrant signed by six councillors, to Lord Burghley as Lord Treasurer, 29 June 1598

Estimate:

800 - 1,200 GBP

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31. Elizabeth II--Marcus Adams | 8 photographic portraits of Princess Elizabeth & Margaret, 1929-1934

Estimate:

500 - 700 GBP

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32. Elizabeth II | Seven Christmas photos signed, also signed by the Duke of Edinburgh, 1953-60

Estimate:

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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33. Elizabeth II | six autograph letters signed, to Henriette Abel Smith, 1957-73

Estimate:

800 - 1,200 GBP

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34. Elizabeth II | Signed photograph, also signed by Prince Philip, 1958

Estimate:

700 - 900 GBP

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35. English Civil War-Warrant signed by five Members of Parliament, 8 April 1647

Estimate:

400 - 600 GBP

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36. European Royalty | A collection of documents, 19th-20th century

Estimate:

300 - 500 GBP

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37. Exploration and Sport | A collection of items signed, Sir Edmund Hillary, Mary, Duchess of Bedford, CD Bernard

Estimate:

400 - 600 GBP

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39. Presidents of France | Two documents signed, and a group of photographs

Estimate:

300 - 500 GBP

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40. Frederick II, King of Prussia | Document signed, about the Jewish diamond-cutter Saul Monik, 1765

Estimate:

400 - 600 GBP

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41. George I | Privy Council, document signed, 1722

Estimate:

300 - 400 GBP

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42. George III | Letter signed, to Napoleon, introducing Lord Whitworth as his Ambassador to France, 10 September 1802

Estimate:

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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43. George III | Autograph letter signed, approving a despatch to the Ambassador to France, 9 February 1803

Estimate:

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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44. George III | Document signed, appointing Wellington and other generals to the Baltic expedition, [1807]

Estimate:

300 - 500 GBP

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45. George III | document signed, appointing Sir Arthur Paget Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, 1807

Estimate:

400 - 600 GBP

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46. George III | Document signed, permitting six named ships to pass through a blockade, 22 April 1808

Estimate:

150 - 250 GBP

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47. George IV | Two documents signed, as Prince Regent, relating to Russia, 1812-13

Estimate:

700 - 900 GBP

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48. George IV, as Prince Regent | Document signed, authorising Wellington to negotiate at the Congress of Vienna, 1815

Estimate:

700 - 900 GBP

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49. John Godolphin and William Clerk, Admiralty Judges | letter signed on the quality of sugar, 12 June 1654

Estimate:

100 - 150 GBP

Bidding is closed