Julien's Auctions announces additional marquee highlights to "Princess Diana's Elegance & A Royal Collection"

The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Monday, July 8, 2024


Julien's Auctions announces additional marquee highlights to "Princess Diana's Elegance & A Royal Collection"
Princess Diana July 1983 handwritten four-page letter.



LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions announced today a collection of personal correspondence from Princess Diana as well as other important artifacts from Princess Margaret, The Duke of Windsor, The Duchess of Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, and more will be offered at “Princess Diana's Elegance & A Royal Collection” the industry-leading Hollywood auction house’s highly anticipated auction event celebrating the timeless style and cultural impact of HRH, Princess of Wales and the Royal monarchy taking place Thursday, June 27th live and online in Los Angeles at Julien’s Auctions.

Over twenty-five pieces of correspondence, photos and Christmas and New Year cards sent from 1981 through 1995, as well as poignant letters from Princess Diana to Maud Pendrey, a housekeeper at the Spencer family home at Althorp in Northamptonshire England will be offered. Highlights include (estimate range each lot: $1,000-$5,000): letters addressed to Maud Pendrey regarding the death of her husband who also worked at Althorp as a butler that reads in Diana’s handwriting: "This comes with all my thoughts & prayers and love from, Diana.” The Princess shared her intimate thoughts and feelings in a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Pendrey describing her honeymoon with Prince Charles as "a tremendous success - and we had a glorious time,” and her joy of motherhood in other letters: “William has brought us such happiness and contentment and consequently I cannot wait for masses more” and while Princess Diana was pregnant with Harry, "What with the baby arriving soon, our lives seem to be very busy, but we'd have it no other way!"

“Julien’s is honored to add this special and historic collection of written correspondence from Diana in our upcoming auction which will feature not only many of her favorite garments that transmitted her grace and accessible style but her intimate letters written to her beloved housekeeper that display her warmth and humanity that crowned her the People’s Princess,” Martin Nolan, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Julien’s Auctions. “This collection of cards, notes and letters offers a poignant time capsule of Diana’s early years as a mother to the future kings of England as well as an important historical account of how Diana’s reign shaped the modern monarchy through her private and public personas.”

Other historic Royal style items from the British monarchy that will be offered include:

A Garrad watch pendant necklace with King George V's royal cipher belonging to Princess Margaret, gifted to the royal style icon of the 1950s (with her fashions being dubbed, "The Margaret Look") by her father King George VI (estimate: $70,000-$90,000).

Fashions and accessories from Wallis Simpson, The Duchess of Windsor such as her Maximilian fox fur coat dated November 1965 (estimate: $1,000-$2,000), her collection of three Mousseline De Soie handkerchiefs and scarves (estimate: $400-$600), her fuchsia pink satin clutch with royal cypher (estimate: $1,000-$2,000), her collection of gloves (estimate: $400-$600), and 1970 Givenchy Haute Couture cream silk crepe evening gown (estimate: $4,000-$6,000).

Items from The Duke of Windsor such as a circa 1938 Scottish Highland Officer's sword (estimate: $2,000-$3,000), a South American Machado silver and leather bridle presented to The Duke of Windsor, possibly on September 8, 1925, while visiting Santiago, Chile (estimate: $600-$800), a Laseini London wood pipe (estimate:$300-$500), monogrammed needle point slippers (estimate: $600-$800), and more.
A group of 1953 Queen Elizabeth II commemorative coronation medals and cufflinks belonging to Marion Thorpe, Countess of Harewood (estimate: $300-$500), a signed 1977 silver jubilee holiday card from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with a picture of them exiting the 260-year-old state coach amongst royal guards at St. Paul's Cathedral in London (estimate: $500-$700), as well as signed holiday cards from the Queen Mother from the late 1960s to 1990s and more.

These items will be offered at auction in addition to the previously announced largest collection assembled in over 25 years of Princess Diana’s most famous and glamorous gowns, suits, dresses, shoes, and handbags that have also toured around the globe from Hong Kong to New York and is currently on exhibition at The Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, Ireland through June 17.










Today's News

June 7, 2024

Robert Simon Fine Art opens an exhibition of works by Baroque painter Luca Giordano

7 days in the cultural life of a MoMA photography curator

Christie's announces Spring Design Auction

Hunter Biden's paintings: Not quite the refuge he sought

Ford rescues a Detroit train station as it plots its own future

Gagosian presents Alex Israel's interactive AI-powered video installation REMEMBR

MoMA's Garden Party honors Joan Jonas, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Refik Anadol

Ruth Nelkin collection of Japanese woodblock prints hits the auction block at Heritage June 27

Vintage Rolex Daytona from original family leads Heritage's Watches & Fine Timepieces auction beyond $2.5 million

Christie's opens 'Impressionism: 150 Years'

Auriea Harvey's digital worlds are love stories, without neat ends

Officer of Detroit nonprofit accused of stealing $40 million

Phoenix Art Museum surveys six decades of artist Larry Bell's innovations

COUR opens Giseok Kim's first major European exhibition

Chiswick Auctions to offer Pina Goblet

Retrospective exhibition of the work of Martha Jungwirth opens at The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Portikus opens Tarik Kiswanson's first institutional solo exhibition in Germany

Julien's Auctions announces additional marquee highlights to "Princess Diana's Elegance & A Royal Collection"

Margo Guryan died in 2021. Her music keeps getting rediscovered.

At this school, the students live entirely for music

In a nostalgic revival, 'Home' is where the heart was

Little Island gets a reboot, with a rising star at the helm

At the Tribeca Festival, vision and vibes

Key Aspects Of Slots Online

The Book of Life: Cremation Urns that House Ashes and Cherished Memories

Check Printing Through NetSuite - Types of Checks & Its Setting -




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful