Thursday, September 24, 2009

A Royal Auction of Property from the Collection of HRH The Prince George, Duke of Kent KG, KT, and HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent


"LONDON.- Christie’s announced the auction of Property from the Collection of HRH The Prince George, Duke of Kent KG, KT, and HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent CI, GCVO and their families which will take place on 20 November 2009 in London. The auction will offer approximately 200 lots including silver, jewellery, paintings, furniture, tapestries, rugs and works of art with estimates ranging from £250 to £100,000.

Elizabeth Lane, Director, Chairman’s Office, Christie’s said: “We are honoured to have been chosen to offer this collection in November, and to be able to build on Christie’s long and distinguished tradition of Royal sales. In recent years, we have been entrusted with a number of Royal collection sales and they have proved to be among the most popular of all auctions drawing interest from private collectors from all around the world. The property to be offered in November will offer a rare and exciting insight into the lives of HRH The Prince George, Duke of Kent and HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent and their families, and allow the public the chance to admire their taste and acquire works of art from their private collections.” Full story here.

3 comments:

An Aesthete's Lament said...

Sounds like Princess Pushy is in need of funds. And the linked article seems to indicate that a considerable amount of Prince George, Duke of Kent's belongings were sold off long ago. Hmmm ...

columnist said...

AAL - there's serious rent to be paid now at KP, formerly given at a peppercorn rate, and now amounting to over GBP100,000 pa., so they are hoping for the same magic to befall the heirlooms that Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto inherited from their mother, (raising a staggering GBP14m, vs an estimate of GBP2m or 3m).

Windlost said...

Left a comment on your DC blog party post! I have a couple of photos to email you from the party but don't see an email address for you on this site. Can you email it to me? Otherwise I will post the photos rather belatedly on my site this week! Just got back from holiday...

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