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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Quarterly Collectors Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  29 Jun 2015 ~ Session 1: 10am (Lots 1 - 261)
  29 Jun 2015 ~ Session 2: 2pm (Lots 262 - 484)
  30 Jun 2015 ~ Session 3: 10am (Lots 485 - 780)
  30 Jun 2015 ~ Session 4: 2pm (Lots 781 - 1088)
• Lot #:
  750
• Lot Description:
  An important English mahogany washstand, belonging to famed English Explorer Dr. Livingstone
  With label & newspaper clipping under the lid. "This washstand was the property of, & in use by, the late Dr. Livingstone, Explorer, & was given by him in 1858 to the late Mr. McHaffie of 29 Oxford St, London, on his departure to Zanzibar....".
  77high, 57cm wide, 51cm deep.
• Notes:
  Scottish born Livingstone, the pioneer medical missionary was obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile River, & the expression "Dr. Livingstone I presume" was coined upon H.M Stanley's discovery of Livingstone in a less than healthy state in November 1871.
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Furniture

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