04-06-201304-06-2013
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April 6, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Postcard of Tsar Nicholas II's Children and an Autograph Album

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$9,225$7,500
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2645BLocation: BostonDate / Time: April 06, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Postcard of Tsar Nicholas II's Children and an Autograph Album, early 20th century, the postcard showing his four daughters and Alexei with a pony, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2; the autograph album purported to have belonged to Sidney Gibbes, tutor to Nicholas's children, including signatures of Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Alexandra, Tsar Nicholas, Grand Duke Sergius, Elizabeth and others, Peterhof Palace, 1904.

Provenance: Purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England.
Estimate $500-700

Album: Cover and one gathered signature off but present. Binding worn. Toning and light staining to polychrome pastel paper.
Postcard: Good visible condition. Not examined out of frame.


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Keywords

Nicholas II, Tsar, tutor, tutor to Nicholas's children, Sidney Gibbes, Peterhof Palace, Nicholas, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, Clive Farahar, Sophie Dupre