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Lot #200
King Edward VIII

Worn by the Duke of Windsor while filming A King's Story in 1964

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Worn by the Duke of Windsor while filming A King's Story in 1964

Edward, Duke of Windsor's personally-owned and -worn jacket, dress shirt, and tie artfully arranged and displayed in a quilted fabric-backed shadowbox to an overall size of 25.5 x 35. The outfits consists of an H. Harris single-breasted fine wool tweed jacket with Cottesmore Hunt brass-toned buttons, with the original Sotheby's auction tag pinned under the right jacket sleeve; a Hawes & Curtis white cotton shirt, the collar tag bearing the company name and embroidered with an "E," and the numbers "40793" and "19/00" in light blue thread to the right of the collar label; and a Hawes & Curtis paisley wool tie printed in scarlet and black on a pale yellow ground. The Duke of Windsor wore the beige jacket and paisley tie while filming the Columbia Pictures documentary 'A King's Story' in August 1964. In fine condition, with expected wear. Provenance: Ex-Sotheby's, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Sale (Sale 7000) September 11-19, 1997.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #597 - Ended December 09, 2020