The auction entry at Christie's is here: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5319588&sid=d8851fc3-addf-4615-8b55-b8e9eee4df38
TRB On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat/topics > > Churchill memorabilia sells for > 500K UKP [2 Updates] > > Topic: Churchill memorabilia sells for > 500K UKP > > Bill Loytty <[email protected]> Jun 02 07:11PM -0400 ^ > > (Reuters Life!) - An auction of memorabilia of wartime leader Winston > Churchill, including a cigar and a letter in which he rejects making terms > with Adolf Hitler, fetched 577,063 pounds on Wednesday. > > http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6515HI20100602 > > > > Bill Loytty <[email protected]> Jun 02 07:17PM -0400 ^ > > The article mentions a letter: > > "from a former assistant private secretary urging him to make terms with > Hitler, were priced together with a top estimate of 8,000 pounds, but netted > 34,850 pounds. > > "I am ashamed of you for writing such a letter. I return it to you -- to > burn and forget," Churchill's letter read." > > Does anyone know any further details on this letter? > > > > > -- > --- > Bill Loytty > [email protected] > http://blog.loytty.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > -- Ted R. Bromund Ph.D. Margaret Thatcher Senior Research Fellow The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone (Office): (202) 608-6082 Phone (Personal): (203) 887-9500 Fax: (202) 608-1509 e-mail: [email protected] bio: http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/TedBromund.cfm blog: http://www.trbromund.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
