Material concerning the sale of the Desmond Coke collections and pictures from other sellers, sold at auction on 21 July 1931

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the estate and bequests of Captain Desmond Coke

-newspaper cutting concerning water-colours by Arnold Bennett to be sold at auction on 21 July 1931

-research note with some lot numbers, prices and buyers

-list with lot numbers, buyers' names and sale prices relating to Sotheby's auction sale held on 21 July 1931

4 items pasted into: Sotheby & Co (1931) The Desmond Coke collections : ... drawings in water-colour by Thomas Rowlandson. [Auction catalogue] London: Sotheby & Co

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

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