Nelson & His World

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 Post subject: Upcoming Auction of Nelson Letters
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:21 pm 
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Have just received notification of an upcoming sale on Tuesday 24th November at Dix Noonan & Webb auctioneers, of the John Goddard Collection of Naval Medals & Nelson letters. Amongst some 52 Naval General Service Medals, are two awarded to sailors with Nelson connections. The sale comprises 82 lots of medals and 7 lots of individual Nelson letters, the remaining lots of a total of 115 are books on various aspects of medal collecting and naval history including Nelson. There is an online catalogue on the auctioneers website.

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 Post subject: Re: Upcoming Auction of Nelson Letters
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:46 pm 
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I like the letter penned by Nelson and with Emmas additions . Never seen her handwriting before.


http://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue ... &lot_id=88


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 Post subject: Re: Upcoming Auction of Nelson Letters
PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:17 pm 
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The provenance in the DNW auction catalogue for this letter refers to the Sotheby's sale of the Alexander Davison collection in 2002 under lot 62. This auction also had a further letter penned by Emma to Alexander Davison (lot 80) following the death of Nelson.

It's interesting that the DNW sale has a guide price listed at £12,000-£15,000. The Sotheby's auction for this eventually realised a price of £28,680 including buyers premium. Emma's Davison letter sold for £31,070.

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