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Report on the auction of Battle Abbey amid fears it may be turned into a commercial enterprise and be inaccessible to the general public. Includes speech at the auction by Matthew Thompson-Royds of Save...
Peter Spencer reports on the auction at Christie’s on 04/03/77 of family heirlooms, including paintings, belonging to Lady Spencer-Churchill, widow of Sir Winston Churchill; interview with nephew, painter,...
Report on the sale of country house Mentmore Towers and its contents by auction and on the history and ornate interior of the house; interview with Liz Wilson, Sotheby’s. Reporter not identified (poss....
Interview with Lord Rosebery (Neil Primrose?) about the sale of contents of historic country house Mentmore Towers. Interviewer not identified.
Interview with Edome Broughton-Adderley about auction where she paid £160 for a pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers.
Interview with Suzy Mayo, spokesperson for Christie’s auctioneers, about the sale of a dolls house created by Sir Nevile Wilkinson. Wilkinson was Ulster King of Arms and an artist who developed a style of...
Interview with David Viller of Sotheby’s, on the pre-sale exhibition of the late Robert von Hirsch’s art collection, at the company’s auction house in London. Male interviewer not identified.
Report on the record-breaking Robert Von Hirsch sale at Sotheby’s. With actuality of bidding; announcement by and interview with Peter Wilson of Sotheby’s; interview with Jorge Villers(?), friend of Von...
Unidentified Save the Children spokeswoman outlines the workings of a charity auction. Called an American auction, it depends on people sending in cheque donations towards a target figure; the writer of the...
Interview with builder Jeff Frankum, who sold a pony to a butcher (in Exeter, Devon), which was then taken from Exeter market by 14-year-old Kim Bowen, in order to save its life. Frankum says the pony, named...
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