29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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King George VI.
Signed portrait photograph of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI).
Vandyk, 148mm x 97mm sepia photograph on 264mm x 182mm card. Card signed 'Albert, 1926' with Vandyk blindstamp and printed stamp on reverse. Housed in original Vandyk folder with compliment slip from St. James's Palace.
Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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