Material relating to the sale of the Hood Collection
- NEWB5/4/08
- File
- 1913 - 1924
Part of Percy Edward Newberry Collection
Material relating to the sale of the Hood Collection.
Includes:
-Letter to Lord George Carnavon relating to his purchase of items from the Hood collection, 30 August 1913, and response 1 September 1913
-Letter from Newberry to Mrs Hood regarding the sale and value of her collection, 6 September 1913, and draft of same
-Photographs and postcards of objects identified as being from the Hood collection
-Handwritten (not by Newberry) extracts from Mrs Frankland Hood's diary, 1858-9
-Cutting titled 'The Hood Collection of Egyptian Antiquities' by Newberry, 1924
-Three letters from Mrs Grace Hood relating to the sale of her collection including the items sold to Lord Carnavon, 11-28 September 1913
-Letter from Sotheby's to Newberry relating to the sale of the Hood collection with lot valuations and a list of items and their estimated value, 3 November 1924
-Notes on items in the Hood Collection and their value
-Letter from Newberry to Mrs Hood relating to the sale and value of her collection with list of approximate value of items, 13 October 1913