When you're faced with an expensive roof repair bill you have an attic sale. Some roof repairs cost more than others. Earl Spencer needs GBP10 million for his, so Christie's are having an attic sale of items from the Spencer country seat, Althorp House. I am being a little unfair to suggest that all of it is tat, (such as these Victorian and Edwardian Spencer family document boxes, with an estimate of GBP500-800). But there is just the slightest thought that the estate is hoping to cash in on the association of the most famous of the family's recent members, the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
As this Daily Mail article suggests, Some will also find it pretty rich that Lord Spencer is flogging a mountain of antiques and art when he condemned his stepmother, Raine, Countess Spencer, for doing
the same in the Eighties. Despite all those ‘acid Raine’ jibes over the years, the Countess is maintaining a dignified silence about next week’s disposals.
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