Royal walking stick more than doubles its estimate
A walking stick presented by King Edward VII to a Welsh-born diplomat has sold for more than double its presale estimate. The stick was given by the King to Sir Ralph Champneys Williams, a man who had been governor of Barbados when Edward took to the throne in 1901, reports the BBC.
The lot, which was actually the second gift of its kind the King bestowed upon Sir Williams as a result of the first being destroyed in a fire, attracted a great deal of interest at the auction, with bids coming in from as far afield as Canada.
Liz Chilcott, from Chilcotts Auctioneers, told the news provider: "It was highly fought over at the auction. There were bidders on the telephone from Canada, London and a village close to Sandringham.
"In the end it sold to a bidder in the room who had travelled from the Midlands to Devon."
Having been given a presale estimate of £300, the stick sold for £750.
