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'''Addendum:''' The four badly abused Dunhills and the pipe rack (dated by Sotheby’s to the mid-1950s) were Duke of Windsor’s Pipes. Lot 3248 (estimate $400-600) was among the very last lots offered in Session Sixteen of the sale held here in New York on the afternoon of 18 September 1997 and fetched an impressive $4887 (rather a bargain in comparison with the next lot—a locking, four-drawer "cigar humidor” with much the same estimate that sold for $31,000)<ref name=sothebys>Sotheby's Catalogue (September 1997). The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, "The Private Collections" & "The Public Collections". Published by Sotheby's. Provided by Guy Lesser.</ref> | '''Addendum:''' The four badly abused Dunhills and the pipe rack (dated by Sotheby’s to the mid-1950s) were Duke of Windsor’s Pipes. Lot 3248 (estimate $400-600) was among the very last lots offered in Session Sixteen of the sale held here in New York on the afternoon of 18 September 1997 and fetched an impressive $4887 (rather a bargain in comparison with the next lot—a locking, four-drawer "cigar humidor” with much the same estimate that sold for $31,000)<ref name=sothebys>Sotheby's Catalogue (September 1997). The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, "The Private Collections" & "The Public Collections". Published by Sotheby's. Provided by Guy Lesser.</ref> | ||
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<center>'''A personal letter between Alfred H. Dunhill and Edward, Duke of Windsor. May 1957.'''</center> | |||
(Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year). | |||
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*<font size="3">See more about curiosities here: '''[[Dunhill Curiosities]]'''</font><br> | *<font size="3">See more about curiosities here: '''[[Dunhill Curiosities]]'''</font><br> | ||
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