Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
Von International Autograph Auctions
16.3.23
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spanien
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LOS 1504:

Verkauft für: €400
Preis inkl. Provision: 502
Startpreis:
100
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€100 - €150
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BRITISH ROYALTY: Small, miscellaneous collection of printed ephemera, facsimile letters etc., relating to various members of the British royal family, largely dating from the second half of the 20th century, including two Christmas greetings cards bearing autopen signatures of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, each featuring colour photographs to the inside of the royal couple accompanied by close family members, 1972 & 1980; a sepia cabinet photograph by Lafayette of the young Prince George of Wales (future Duke of Kent) seated in a full-length pose wearing a kilt, 1910; a facsimile A.L.S. of the future King George VI, when Prince Albert, championing firms who have welfare schemes in place, June 1919; other letters and documents etc. bearing facsimile signatures of George VI, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (2) and Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips; an original pen and ink caricature of Edward, Duke of Windsor by Frech; a printed 4to brochure relating to Westminster Abbey's new pipe organ by Harrison & Harrison of Durham, installed in 1937, stating that it 'will be used for the first time at the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VIII on the 12th May, 1937' (subsequently abandoned owing to the abdication) and accompanied by an A.L.S. by Sir Ernest Bullock (1890-1979) English organist at Westminster Abbey 1928-41, jointly responsible for the music at the Coronation of King George VI, two pages, oblong 8vo, The Little Cloister, Westminster Abbey, 20th January 1938, informing his correspondent that the Coronation Book published by Novello contains details of all the music performed at the event and remarking 'I am glad to hear the service came through well, and it is true that the records, considering they were taken from the actual service, are also good'; etc. Generally G to about VG, 26