Buy in to historic political collectables at auction
20 September 2022 With a new prime minister in power, perhaps it is time to buy some parliamentary collectables?
A bronze bust of Stanley Baldwin by the English sculptor Newbury Abbot Trent (1885-1953). Signed by the artist and dated 1927, it stands 23in (58cm) high and is estimated at £2000-3000 at Mallams Library sale.
Coming to auction next week is a collection of items from the estate of Edward Baldwin, grandson of Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), the 1st Earl of Bewdley and the three-times British prime minister during the 1920s-30s.
The items will be sold at Mallams Library sale on September 22-23 and its October 12 picture sale.
Among the highlights is this striking bronze bust of Stanley Baldwin by the English sculptor Newbury Abbot Trent (1885-1953) (pictured above).
Baldwin was from an extraordinary family which included Rudyard Kipling (his first cousin) as well as the painters and designers Edward Burne-Jones and Edward Poynter (his uncles).
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Also part of the sale is this George V red leather dispatch box from 10 Downing Street which was previously owned by Stanley Baldwin. It is estimated at £4000-6000 at Mallams.
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This group of objects belonged to the late former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. The group includes a small Stanley Baldwin plaque. The group is estimated at £50-80 at Mallams.
For more prime minister related lots, at Sworders art sale next month it offers a painting said to depict Margaret Thatcher as she made her first speech to the House of Commons after being elected Prime Minister in May 1979.
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An oil on canvas by Alfred Reginald Thomson (1894-1979) called 'First Time at The Box', May 1979. It is estimated at £3000-5000 at Sworders on October 4.