Art, antiques, and other belongings owned by the family of Diana, Princess of Wales, are to be auctioned in London beginning Tuesday.
Three auction items will be featured at Christie’s Auction House’s Old Masters sale, all of which once belonged at the Althorp House, which was the Spencer family’s country home in Northhamptonshire, and in Spencer House, “their historic London home.”
The country house, Althorp, was the home in which Princess Diana grew up and, following her death in 1997, the site of her burial. Diana’s brother Earl Charles Spencer is the current owner of the home.
The items on sale have been in the Spencer family for centuries. One item is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, “Commander Being Armed for Battle,” which the Spencer family has had possession of since 1802.
This portrait was painted in 1613 and 1614. It shows a bearded man, supposed to be the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, being fitted with his armor. The painting’s expected going price is between 8 million and 12 million pounds ($12 million to $18 million).
A second painting, “King David” by Giovannie Francesco Barbieri, will be auctioned. This painting is expected to sell for as much as 8 million pounds ($12 million).
A second sale beginning on Wednesday, the “Althorp Attic Sale,” will include a 19th century carriage owned by the family, as well as harnesses, saddles, furniture, snuff, cigarette boxes, and military uniforms. The third sale, which begins on Thursday, will include even more works of art and porcelain from Spencer House.
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