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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  21 Jul 2015 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  276
• Lot Description:
  A fan, tortoiseshell and black lace, circa 1900
  Having tortoiseshell slats, interleaved with ruffled black lace, with the last slat bearing the inscription Nellie" in raised rose gold
  the fan 35 cm long, 66 cm wide
• Provenance:
  Presented by Dame Nellie Melba to Emmy Smith-Palmer (daughter John C. Smith, British Consul Munich Bavaria) after she accompanied her on a European tour to Paris as a pianist and singer in 1906.
• Notes:
  The lot also includes a photo of Emily Smith and a hand written letter by Dame Nellie Melba on her personalized stationery, in its original addressed envelope, 'Dear Miss Smith, I shall be very offended if you do not keep the little fan I gave to you, I hope it will be a little porte-bonheur during your career, Yours Truly Nellie Melba'"
• Estimate:
  A$1,200 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Precious Objects

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