Lady Glenconner, My life in Objects & A Farquhar Legacy sale at Bonhams

BGUK_3417717 - Sale takes place on 18 November. From being Maid of Honour at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and Lady in Waiting to her childhood friend Princess Margaret, to hosting rockstars on her husband’s private island of Mustique, facing great personal tragedies, and literary success, Lady Glenconner is a woman with many stories to tell. Lots photographed: - Sir Norman Hartnell (British, 1901-1979): Lady Glenconner's wedding dress 1956. Est: £1,000-1,500. - Sir Norman Hartnell (British, 1901-1979), Lady Glenconner's wedding dress together with a photographic print of Lady Glenconner Lady Ann Coke ) taken by Anthony Armstrong-Jones ( official wedding photographer for her wedding to Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner ). Est: £1,000-1,500. - Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980), The Queen with her Maids of Honour ( guest at the wedding ). Est: £700-1,000 - Cecil Beaton 'The Queen with her Maids of Honour' Est £700 - 1,000 - A 9 carat gold Cartier box gifted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Jacques Cartier, London, 1954, engraved 'Cartier London', incuse stamped 'W' (2). Est: £4,000 - 6,000. Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999): a hand made turquoise silk Indian gown worn by Lady Glenconner at the Peacock ball 1986. Also a silk ballgown for the same ball. Est: £500-800 each - A pair of mother of pearl, yellow metal and gen-set dishes given to Lady Glenconner by Imelda Marcos Est £300 - 500 - A Chinese blue and white charger Est £400 - 600 - Cream painted tester bed Est £800 - 1,200 - Thomas Smith of Derby (British, 1715-1767), The Cullen Arabian held by a groom, before a landscape with classical ruins. Est: £50,000 - 70,000 - Exceptional Lombard purplewood, tulipwood, maple and marquetry commode by Guiseppe Maggiolini Est £50,000 - 80,000 - Elliot Hodgkin 'Eight Feather II' Est £10,000 - 15,000 - Edward Bawden RA' Audley End House' Est £700 - 1,000 - David Gentleman 'Dunstanburgh Castle' Est £200 - 300