Lot 800:
Sold for £130 hammer
Estimate £150-£200
A collection of eighteen 19th Century silk bookmarks to include greetings and commemorative examples, including several Thomas Stevens examples such as The Coronation of Queen Victoria, the 1887 Golden Jubilee, the National Anthem, also memorial bookmarks to commemorate the deaths of H.R.H Prince Consort, General Gordon and Benjamin Disraeli and greetings bookmarks to include birthday wishes, New Years wishes, song verses etc, some discolouration and foxing in places. (18)
Condition report
Some discolouration, staining and foxing in places. The collection smells very smoky.
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