9th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST
The Fan Collection
2170
A Late 19th Century Lace Fan, the leaf of Brussels bobbin appliqué backed with gauze, mounted...
Purchased at Phillips London on the first of September 1983 for £100.
Noted in that catalogue "Formerly the property of Princess Catherine Caratheodori whose husband, the Regent of Samos, represented the Ottoman Empire at the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in 1896.
Sold for £380
Estimated at £300 - £600
Some splitting to the gauze on the verso, some traces of glue noticeable.
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