SWORD SOLD FOR £3OOO.
The sum of £20,000 has been realised at the auction sale in London of the collection of armour of the late Air S. J. AVhawell. -A “Spinola sword,” on the hilt of which the Biblical scenes are chiselled, realised £3 000. The sword belonged originally to the Marquis Spinola, an Italian general in the Spanish service in llie Netherlands in 1609.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17756, 17 September 1927, Page 9
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65SWORD SOLD FOR £3000. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17756, 17 September 1927, Page 9
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