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Princess Diana's family painting sale
May 19, 2010, 12:02 GMT
A rare painting from the home of Britain's late Princess Diana's childhood home is to be auctioned.
The Ward Union painting has been stored at the family's country house in Northamptonshire, and has a pre-sale estimate of £15,000 to £25,000.
The piece is amongst hundreds of other aristocratic Spencer items set to feature in auctions to be held in London in July - expected to raise over £20 million for much needed restoration work on the family home.
Many of the items, including silver, crystal and pictures, have an Irish history because of the Spencer family's long association with Ireland.
Matthew Paton, a spokesman for Christie's auctioneers, said the 700 lots would include European and Oriental porcelain, furniture, works of art, silver and "the most important ancestral collection of carriages ever to appear at auction".
The 'Althorp Attic Sale' will take place over two days starting July 7 and will feature works of art from the attics, stables, cellars and storerooms at Althorp.
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