Ending 15th Dec, 2025 19:00
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Winston Churchill
a signed and framed typed letter from Winston Churchill to The Rt. Hon. R.A. Butler M.P. on Chartwell headed paper, dated 26 January, 1950, beginning 'From one part of Essex to another I want to send you a neighbourly greeting and my very best wishes for your victory with a much increased majority on February 23.' and continuing to thank him for his hard work 'during the last four years both in parliament and as Chairman of the Conservative Research Department.',
23 x 18cm
a framed black and white photograph of HM The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, Winston Churchill and Clementine in evening dress leaving 10 Downing Street, dated verso April 4th 1955,
25 x 29cm
and a machine-made fabric wall hanging,
70 x 55cm (3)
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Sold for £510
Condition Report
Letter, the paper a little discoloured with time, a hole punched in top right corner
~photo, good
wall hanging, possibly a little discoloured with time, the edges a little frayed, a horizontalcrease from folding across the centre overall good
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Auction: Open House, ending 15th Dec, 2025
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