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15 December 2015

RESULTS: Mrs Thatcher - London, 15 December 2015

London EMEA 15 December 2015

 

MRS. THATCHER SALE

London, Tuesday, 15 December 2015, Sale 10672

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

lots sold: 185

Total: £3,280,475/$4,973,200/€4,494,251

100% sold by lot

lots offered: 185

$

1.516 = £1 / € 1.370 = £1

100% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

70

A Kaiser biscuit model of an American bald eagle, 1980s, incised signature for Gerd Pitterkoff. An award presented to the ‘Hon. Margaret Thatcher’ with best wishes from President Ronald Reagan, 13 June, 1984.

5,000-8,000

£266,500

$404,014

€365,105

Anonymous

26

A Prime Ministerial red Morocco dispatch box, 1980-90, gilt embossed with the cypher of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, above the words ‘Prime Minister’ and numbered I, attributed to Barrow, Hepburn and Gale

3,000-5,000

£242,500

$367,630

€332,225

Anonymous

173

An Art Deco emerald and diamond necklace by Joseph Chaumet

120,000-180,000

£158,500

$240,286

€217,145

Anonymous

172

A fine George III diamond flower brooch

8,000-12,000

£158,500

$240,286

€217,145

Anonymous

186

Baroness Thatcher’s parliamentary robes

1,200-1,800

£81,700

$123,857

€111,929

Anonymous

151

A burr oak cross-banded and mother-of-pearl inlaid desk,

circa 1990

2,000-3,000

£64,900

$98,388

€88,913

Anonymous

28

Nicholas Garland (b. 1935), ‘The Lady’s Not for Turning’ (16 November 1991), original working design in pen and ink and blue crayon

300-500

£52,500

$79,590

€71,925

Anonymous

113

A cultured pearl, sapphire and diamond necklace and earring suite, by Chaumet

30,000-50,000

£52,500

$79,590

€71,925

Anonymous

17

A late Victorian diamond brooch, modelled as a swallow, set throughout with old circular-cut diamonds, a ruby to the eye,

circa 1880

3,000-5,000

£50,000

$75,800

€68,500

Anonymous

27

A modern silver bowl, mark of Graham Leishman Stewart, Edinburgh, 1999, circular on collet foot, engraved to the interior, "The Lady’s Not for Turning"

300-500

£47,500

$72,010

€65,075

Anonymous

 

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.