Sotheby’s sale of 80 pieces of memorabilia relating to Lord Horatio Nelson featured a return to the saleroom of many lots acquired by the ‘Princely’ vendor in 2005.
These included a number of trophy lots such as the fragment of the Union Jack believed to have flown from HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Acquired for a premium-inclusive £120,000 in 2005, here it was knocked down at £240,000.