May 27, 2004 - Sale 2008

Sale 2008 - Lot 19

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(CATALOGUES.) Catalogue of The Marlborough Gems, Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio, formed by George, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, purchased by the Late David Bromilow, Esq., . . . Property of Mrs. Jary. Photogravure plates. Christie's, Mason & Woods catalogue for Monday, June 26, 1899. 8vo, original boards, worn but intact, ink note on front cover. London, 1899

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The rare catalogue of the Duke's treasures from Blenheim. This copy has the added attraction of the prices realized and buyers' names written in a contemporary hand next to the entries; among them Whelan, Ready, Davis, Kilekian, and Rathbone.