NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL, WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY 1877
THE SHANDON COLLECTION
Yesterday was the second day’s sale of the second portion of this great collection, and the choice value of some of the articles drew a great number of art connoisseurs and others to the rooms of Messrs Christie & Manson, in King St, St James’.
Amongst a number of miscellaneous collections, a tortoise-shell cup cover and saucer was prominent, and fetched £16 10s; a gold watch, by Tavania, of Paris, with two dials, £32 2s; a watch, by Fevner, of Paris, in a godl enamelled case, £50; an oval gold snuff box, by Neubert, with striated Agates, the lid inlaid with a brown enamel representing a bust of Plato, £82; a ramshorn table snuff box, formerly belonging to Rob Roy MacGregor, and in possession of the late Duke of Gordon’s factor, £2 5s.
The total sum realised for the day’s sale of 163 lots, was £2024 9s.
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