Rare items from home of UK's Diana to be auctioned
SOURCE: AP (3-29-10)
Rare antiques from the ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales — including a 12 million pound ($18 million) Rubens portrait from the 17th Century — will be offered for sale this summer, an auction house said Monday.
Christie's auction house said it will sell about 20 million pounds ($30 million) worth of artifacts from Althorp House, in Northamptonshire, central England.
Other lots include English and French furniture, a mid-17th Century painting by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri and 19th Century horse-drawn carriages.
Christie's auction house said it will sell about 20 million pounds ($30 million) worth of artifacts from Althorp House, in Northamptonshire, central England.
Other lots include English and French furniture, a mid-17th Century painting by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri and 19th Century horse-drawn carriages.
Source:
AP
Source URL:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/29/rare-items-home-uks-diana-auctioned/
Date:
3-29-10
