Auction watch

A couple of interesting lots coming up for auction soon

At Abbotts Auction Rooms in Woodbridge, Suffolk on 14 March, Lot 192, estimated at £150-£250:
An interesting collection of ephemera, relating to Sargent Maurice Russell Burges, Royal Marines, later Royal Marine Commandos, served on H.M.S. Ajax including a letter from "His Britannic Majesties Ambassador to thank him for joining and bringing the war to a Victorious conclusion", also to include four medals including the Atlantic Star, paper cuttings, photograph, passport, driving licence, personal effects, certificates etc.
http://www.abbottsauctionrooms.co.uk/catalogue.asp
Abbotts Auction Rooms do not provide a shipping service. All buyers will need to arrange their own shipping requirements.

At Fieldings Auctioneers Ltd in Stourbridge, West Midlands on 10 March, Lot 970, estimated at £1,000 - £1,500:
An interesting sporran by Nicoll Bros Bankfoot N1986, the reverse leather back signed Piper Bill Millin S.S. Brigade Commandos with a drawing of himself piping, together with a small ceremonial dagger and two signed copies of invasion in hard and paperback and a French signed copy 'La Cornemuse du D-Day'
http://www.fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk/lotDetails.asp?lotsID=86055&menuItemOn=3&salesID=118&hasImage=1&start=0

Fieldings use Mailboxes as their shipping provider.

Thanks Julie,
I'll let Bill Millin's son, John, know about the sporran.

nick