Nelson's Flag Sells for 20 Times the Expected Auction Price
Western Daily Press › October 22, 2009
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The only surviving Union Flag from the Battle of Trafalgar sold at auction yesterday for more than 20 times its predicted price.
The flag, which was flown from one of Nelson's warships, HMS Spartiate, during the naval battle off the Spanish coast in 1805, was only expected to fetch up to Pounds 15,000.See the full content of this document
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Nelson's Flag Sells for 20 Times the Expected Auction Price
But it sold for Pounds 384,000, including a buyer's premium of 20 per cent, ...
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