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Article: A [pounds sterling]150,000 gift that goes to the head; COLLECTING.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2002
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Byline: LORNE SPICER
HOW about buying something a little different this Christmas for your nearest and dearest?
For example, a stunning gold-and silver gilt enamel box by Faberge would be ideal for keeping Christmas stamps in. And it is a snip at pound sterling10,000 to pound sterling15,000.
With its auction this week of The Paris Collection of Stamp Boxes, Christie's hopes to cash in on the popularity of seasonal greetings sent by post.
The collection, so called because it used to be on exhibition in the French capital, is expected to raise more than pound sterling130,000. The 215 lots include a range of novelty stamp boxes dating ...