8th Nov, 2016 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch')
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[M] CORONATION NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD, 20TH MAY,...
CORONATION NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD, 20TH MAY, 1937
an attractive and unusual privately produced souvenir album containing twenty-six original black and white photographs, including one of the arrival of the King and Queen, picturing various aspects of the Review along with the invited guests of 'The House of Seager' aboard the chartered steam yacht Lady Vagrant (built 1903 and owned by Mr Claude Grahame-White), each photograph mounted on a single page with printed captions, the album bound in full black morocco, with elaborately blocked upper cover decorated with a hoist of four coloured flags in addition to the coloured burgee of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, in card slipcase of issue -- 8½ x 10¾in. (22 x 27.5cm.); the lower right corner of the cover is blocked with the name S Franey, the individual to whom the album was presented, original forwarding letter included
an attractive and unusual privately produced souvenir album containing twenty-six original black and white photographs, including one of the arrival of the King and Queen, picturing various aspects of the Review along with the invited guests of 'The House of Seager' aboard the chartered steam yacht Lady Vagrant (built 1903 and owned by Mr Claude Grahame-White), each photograph mounted on a single page with printed captions, the album bound in full black morocco, with elaborately blocked upper cover decorated with a hoist of four coloured flags in addition to the coloured burgee of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, in card slipcase of issue -- 8½ x 10¾in. (22 x 27.5cm.); the lower right corner of the cover is blocked with the name S Franey, the individual to whom the album was presented, original forwarding letter included
Sold for £124
Estimated at £100 - £200
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
CORONATION NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD, 20TH MAY, 1937
an attractive and unusual privately produced souvenir album containing twenty-six original black and white photographs, including one of the arrival of the King and Queen, picturing various aspects of the Review along with the invited guests of 'The House of Seager' aboard the chartered steam yacht Lady Vagrant (built 1903 and owned by Mr Claude Grahame-White), each photograph mounted on a single page with printed captions, the album bound in full black morocco, with elaborately blocked upper cover decorated with a hoist of four coloured flags in addition to the coloured burgee of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, in card slipcase of issue -- 8½ x 10¾in. (22 x 27.5cm.); the lower right corner of the cover is blocked with the name S Franey, the individual to whom the album was presented, original forwarding letter included
an attractive and unusual privately produced souvenir album containing twenty-six original black and white photographs, including one of the arrival of the King and Queen, picturing various aspects of the Review along with the invited guests of 'The House of Seager' aboard the chartered steam yacht Lady Vagrant (built 1903 and owned by Mr Claude Grahame-White), each photograph mounted on a single page with printed captions, the album bound in full black morocco, with elaborately blocked upper cover decorated with a hoist of four coloured flags in addition to the coloured burgee of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, in card slipcase of issue -- 8½ x 10¾in. (22 x 27.5cm.); the lower right corner of the cover is blocked with the name S Franey, the individual to whom the album was presented, original forwarding letter included
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch'), 8th Nov, 2016
