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The Christopher Beresford-Jones Collection of Antique Maps and Charts

Amassed over 50 years of collecting, we are excited to be selling this connoisseur’s collection. Comprising over 300 individual maps and charts, the majority pertaining to South East Asia and specifically The Philippines, the collection spans 500 years of cartography and includes a rare 1734 first edition example of the iconic Murillo Velarde map. The collection will be sold in two parts: Part I - 25th September commencing at 10am. Part II - 20th November commencing at 10am.

Glasses ‘used by Mary Lincoln’ on fateful night come to auction at Reeman Dansie

Mrs Mary Todd Lincoln’s opera glasses, dropped in her theatre box on April 14th, 1865, the fateful night that her husband the President was shot, engraved in a cursive script: ‘Mrs Mary Lincoln left these glasses in the box at Ford’s Theatre, Good Friday, April 14th, 1865, when our beloved President and Leader was cruelly assassinated, found by William Kent Esq.’, 10.5cm wide. £10,000-20,000. Auction to take place on 25th September 2019