Queen benefits
Six pieces, of seventeenthcentury furniture belonging to the Queen have fetched $37,120 at auction, Christies’ auctioneers have said. A Christies spokeswoman said the amount paid was three times the estimated pre-sale value of the antiques. The furniture — three tables, one closet, a dresser and an oak buffet — were from Holyrood House in Edinburgh, the Queen’s official Scottish home, and were not needed as the building was refurnished. — Glasgow.
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Press, 4 March 1982, Page 13
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