Tuesday, 20th June 2006 (4196 views)

Four 18-carat gold candlesticks were among the royal treasures to fetch a high price when some of the late Princess Margaret's belongings were auctioned earlier this month.

The candlesticks, which each stand at a foot high and were a wedding gift from the South African government in 1960, were sold for £31,200.

Manufactured by ES & Co of Sheffield, England, Sheffield Today reports that they were sent to the princess amid ongoing apartheid violence but she felt she had to accept them.

The two-day auction held by Christie's on behalf of the late princess' children raised a total of £13.6 million from the sale of over 800 items.

Among the other lots to attract higher-than-expected bids were a nine-carat gold and sapphire Cartier cigarette case, which sold for £100,000.

 

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