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Tsar of the show A Rare photo signed by Russia's last emperor during a visit to Balmoral is expected to fetch up to pounds2,500 at auction.
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A Rare photo signed by Russia's last emperor during a visit to
Balmoral is expected to fetch up to pounds2,500 at auction.
The picture was autographed by Tsar Nicholas II on a 10-day visit
to Scotland in 1896.
It is particularly rare and valuable because he also wrote the
word "Balmoral" in the bottom corner.
Only six signed pictures of the Tsar have come up for sale in the
past 30 years.
Chris Coover, an antiquarian books and manuscripts expert at
Christie's, will...
