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Property From The Collection Of Mrs. Paul Mellon: 4 Vols 2014 Sotheby's (NEW)

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w/ 356 lots Sotheby Parke Bernet New York October 8-9, 1976 9 1/4" x 8 3/4" Ronald Tree was a former editor of Forum Magazine who had moved to England in the 1930s and set up residence in the magnificent Ditchley Park Manor. A member of Parliament, Tree was also a friend of Churchill, who visited Ditchley Park often during the Second World War. After the war the Trees packed up the “country house” contents of the manor and moved it to New York, where they lived until the contents were sold at this auction. A wonderful auction of “country manor” furnishings and decorations. Churchill smoked and drank in these chairs... While involved with Huston and married to FitzGerald, Marietta began an affair with Ronald Tree, who was a grandson of retail magnate Marshall Field and MP for Harborough, Leicestershire. Tree and Peabody divorced their spouses at the end of World War II and married on July 26, 1947. Marietta moved into Tree's home, Ditchley Park, but found herself bored with English country life. Tree and most of his friends were Conservatives, and Democrat Marietta again found herself politically isolated. Their daughter Penelope was born in 1949. Short of money, Tree sold Ditchley and agreed to return to New York City with Marietta, her daughter Frances Fitzgerald and their own daughter, future '60s fashion model Penelope Tree...

[156] pp. Christie's New York 2006 10 3/4" x 8 3/4" The beautiful catalogue that was produced by Christie's in October 2006 for the Magnificent Jewels which had been collected by...

Delightful & whimsical decoupage panel by the late Mr David W Read of East Aurora, NY depicting an English country house estate interior! Image Sz: 10-1/2"H x 16"W

Dapper huntsman watercolour & gouache Art Sz: 10 1/4"H x 6 7/8"W Frame Sz: 19"H x 15"W w/ silver gilt frame

Sotheby's Art at Auction: The Year in Review 1995-96. Published by Conrad Octopus Ltd., 1996. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference w...

Sotheby's London; The Price Collection. London: Sotheby's, 2000. Soft cover. 260 pp. An auction catalogue of the property of the late Sir Henry Price that wa...

Sotheby's Art at Auction 1990-1991 Sotheby's. Edited by Sally Prideaux. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1991. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos...

Set of Four Sotheby's Catalogs of Mr. & Mrs. John Hay Whitney, 1999 and 2004. John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was a U.S. Ambassador to t...