Stanley medals to be sold
NZPA-PA London The grandson of Sir Henry Stanley — remembered in history books for the words “Dr Livingstone, I presume” — will sell the explorer’s medals and presents from Queen Victoria. Richard Stanley, aged 51, expects to raise up to £75,000 ($205,500) at the auction at Christie’s in April.
The articles include a gold and diamond encrusted snuff box, a jewel box studded with gold and diamonds bearing a miniature of Queen Victoria, a cigar case presented by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, and Stanley’s Order of the Bath decoration.
Mr. Stanley, of Pirbright, Surrey, blames future death duties for his decision to sell, plus the fact the articles are uninsurabie and have had to be kept in a safe for decades. “It is sad to see these things go, but it is pointless having such historical items and having to keep them locked away,” he said at Christie’s. In 1871 concern about the fate of Dr Livingstone prompted the commissioning of Stanley to set out to search for him, eventually finding him near Lake Tanganyika on November 10.
Later Stanley explored vast, previously uncharted areas of East Africa. He was knighted in 1899.
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Press, 27 January 1986, Page 15
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