Posters of original research, analyses, insights etc retain all rights to their work. Such research etc cannot be used in any format without the written consent of the author.

Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house Posted by Dave on September 30, 2022, 2:11 pm When I saw this subject as a news item I immediately suspected that the Gloucesters jewels will not be too far behind especially when the news item stated that over 300 items from the home were also auctioned and that sale of house items alone garnered over a million British pounds. The Gloucester jewels have been a subject of great interest on this board as well as others, and they are top tire jewels once owned by the great jewel Queen, Queen Mary. I wonder what those jewels would fecth if they go on the auction market? I believe a sale of the Gloucester jewels would surpass the late Princess Margaret's auction sale and could well be more that the late Elizabeth Taylor's jewels as the Gloucesters have a bigger jewel collection than either of the two individuals mentioned and the six or so tiaras alone in the Gloucesters keep could easily fetch 2 or more million a peice. Are the Gloucesters acknowledging the era of Royal statehood has now passed with the death of the last true and great Queen? Will they not give first refusal if they decide to auction the jewels to the new King Charles or maybe other European royals before they place the jewels on the open markets? What do others think? Regards, Dave.

Re: Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house Posted by Hans on September 30, 2022, 5:59 pm, in reply to "Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house " I hope they will keep the historical jewels. They have Indeed a lot of tiaras!!! Previous Message When I saw this subject as a news item I immediately suspected that the Gloucesters jewels will not be too far behind especially when the news item stated that over 300 items from the home were also auctioned and that sale of house items alone garnered over a million British pounds. The Gloucester jewels have been a subject of great interest on this board as well as others, and they are top tire jewels once owned by the great jewel Queen, Queen Mary. I wonder what those jewels would fecth if they go on the auction market? I believe a sale of the Gloucester jewels would surpass the late Princess Margaret's auction sale and could well be more that the late Elizabeth Taylor's jewels as the Gloucesters have a bigger jewel collection than either of the two individuals mentioned and the six or so tiaras alone in the Gloucesters keep could easily fetch 2 or more million a peice. Are the Gloucesters acknowledging the era of Royal statehood has now passed with the death of the last true and great Queen? Will they not give first refusal if they decide to auction the jewels to the new King Charles or maybe other European royals before they place the jewels on the open markets? What do others think? Regards, Dave.

Re: Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house Posted by 992234177 on September 30, 2022, 10:57 pm, in reply to "Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house " I don’t think the 300 items had anything to do with the Gloucesters. I saw a mention of a curated collection. I took that to mean that either the items being sold were brought together for the sale or that they were stock of Windsor antiques. I think it would make sense to sell the jewellery now so that trusts can be created to avoid tax rather than leave jewellery to be sold later.

Re: Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house Posted by Dave on October 1, 2022, 3:23 am, in reply to "Re: Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house " Very wise point, but isn't auctioned items or the sale price of them not also subject to Her Majesty's now His Majesty's tax and revenue charges? The Gloucesters would make a killing though if one looks at the prices fetched at auction sales for historic and top tier jewelry. Regards Dave. Previous Message I don’t think the 300 items had anything to do with the Gloucesters. I saw a mention of a curated collection. I took that to mean that either the items being sold were brought together for the sale or that they were stock of Windsor antiques. I think it would make sense to sell the jewellery now so that trusts can be created to avoid tax rather than leave jewellery to be sold later.

Re: Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house Posted by 992234177 on October 1, 2022, 12:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Duke of Gloucester sells his 2500 acre estate with historic manor house " I think it is, but better to pay sales tax than sales tax and death duties. They might choose to wait a year or so to sell. Now isn’t exactly a propitious time for expensive auctions, many of the items auctioned at Barnwell failed to meet their estimate, and the climate has got worse.

« Back to index