Queen Victoria’s slippers - and Churchill cigar butt - go on sale in Sussex
A pair of Queen Victoria’s slippers and a cigar butt owned by Winston Churchill are among items up for sale at a Sussex auction this month.
Tuesday, 11th May 2021, 3:41 pm
The unusual items will go under the hammer at Bellmans auction house in Wisborough Green on May 26.
The royal slippers are expected to sell for between £2,000-£3,000 and the half-smoked cigar for between £800-£1,200.
The cream satin ballet-style slippers with gold thread bands and raised rosettes were made in the 1840s/1850s by the boot and shoe makers to the royal family, Gundry & Sons.
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Bellmans to sell one of the most desirable Phantom Rolls-Royce classic cars
This luxurious model is believed to have represented Rolls-Royce in the 1963 Earls Court Motor Show and is expected to fetch £40,000-£60,000.
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.- On 21st April 2021 Bellmans will offer one of the first B-series Phantoms produced. This luxurious model is believed to have represented Rolls-Royce in the 1963 Earls Court Motor Show and is expected to fetch £40,000-£60,000.
This Phantom V comes in a stylish black and yellow colour combination - totally on trend with yellow being one of the Pantone colours of 2021. It comes with all the luxuries of its time and is equipped with a refrigerated boot, a two way telephone, privacy screen and even has fitted decanters and glasses. Very rare for this time period is the fact that it already includes automatic headlight dipping.