ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL, TUESDAY 12TH JUNE 1877
LONDON CORRESPONDENCE – BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Among the articles sold today at the Shandon sale was an agate-handled, silver-mounted sword, formerly the property of the Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
This interesting relic was bought privately from the family in whose possession it had remained for a century by the late Mr Robert Napier, and today the sword was purchased by Lord Moray for the modest sum of twelve guineas.
NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL, WEDNESDAY 13TH JUNE 1877
THE SHANDON COLLECTION
This great sale came to a conclusion yesterday at Messrs Christie’s Rooms, King Street, St James, the last 150 of the total of 3500 lots being disposed of under the hammer of Mr Manson.
An old pair of Scotch shears from the Scone Palace fetched £1, and two brace of Scotch pistols, by MacLeod & Murdoch, brought £5; one the Abyssinian scimitars, taken at Magdala, went for £2; and Tippee Sahib’s travelling car, saved from the wreck of Seringapatan, £10 5s. The grand total is £49,400.
Shandon People and History 