Royalty collection: Auction >> Sunday 4/3/2011 at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow

Nottingham man's royal collection to go under the hammer:

"A NOTTINGHAM man's collection of royal letters, dating back to 1714, is expected to fetch more than £25,000.

The 115 items are being sold by the late collector's family.

The collection, including letters signed by George III, George VI and Edward VIII, is one of the largest of its kind ever seen in Notts the largest of any single collector in a 945-lot auction run by Hyson Green-based International Autograph Auctions Ltd (IAA)."

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