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 CATALOGUE . o, 
 
 OF THE 
 
 OF 
 
 OF THE 
 
 WINES 
 
 Right Hon. the 3rd EARL OF BRADFORD, 
 
 Deceased 
 
 (By Order of the Executors ); 
 
 FINE CHAMPAGNES, 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF 
 
 AMELIA, LADY JESSEL; 
 
 THREE LARGE BINS of PORTS 
 
 Of 1863, 1867 and 1869, 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF 
 
 THE MERCERS’ COMPANY; 
 
 Thirty Dozens of 1851 Port and Twenty-four 
 Dozens of 1884 Pommery Champagne: 
 
 WHICH 
 
 JiaUll be “OlD uy Aurtion by 
 
 Messes, CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, 
 
 AT TItSIS OH RAT ROOMS, 
 
 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, 
 
 On THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1898, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. • 
 
 Samples may be had, on paying for the same, One Week preceding 
 the Sale, and Catalogues obtained, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and 
 Woods’ Olfices, 8 King Street,. St. James's Square, S. II ■ 
 
 ocM-3% 
 
 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
 -— 0 - 
 
 I THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise 
 between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be 
 immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 IF. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; 
 and so on in proportion. 
 
 111. In the case of Lots upon w r hich there is a reserve, the Auctioneer 
 shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. 
 
 IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, 
 
 and to paydown 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, 
 or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required ; in default 
 of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put 
 up again and re-sold. 
 
 V. The IiOts to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and 
 
 authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at 
 the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; 
 Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible 
 for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, 
 or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty 
 whatever, 
 
 VL To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the 
 settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account bo 
 removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the 
 Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. 
 
 VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money 
 deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ 
 cleared within the time aforesaid shall bo re-sold by public or 
 private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale 
 shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. 
 
CATALOGUE 
 
 On THURSDAY, .TUNE 23, 1898, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 (N.B.—Purchasers can have their Wine delivered in town u\, a 
 charge of one shilling per dozen; or packed, for the country, 
 at a charge of two shillings and six pence per dozen.) 
 
 The Cellar of Wines of the 
 
 Rt. Hon. the THIRD EARL OF BRADFORD , 
 
 deceased. 
 
 (Sold by Order of the Executors.) 
 
 The Weston Cellar. 
 
 SHERRY. 
 
 1 Three Dozens of Old Brown Sherry, ex Wauchope (Leith), Sj , 
 
 1871 ' ' 
 
 2 Four ditto, more or less / FYo 
 
 3 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, ex Gordon, July 1872 Bin 2 ~ , 
 
 if; % 
 
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 4 Three ditto 
 
 5 Three ditto 
 
 (3 Five ditto, more or less 
 
4 
 
 7 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, ex Gordon, July 1872 Bin 3 
 
 8 Three ditto Ys.r/ 
 
 9 Three ditto 
 
 10 Three ditto 
 
 11 Three ditto 
 
 12 Five ditto, more or less 
 
 fa. „ 
 
 f/S/, 
 
 ys/, a 
 
 A 
 
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 13 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, ex Wauchope, March 1871 
 
 Bin 4 
 
 14 Three ditto 
 
 15 Three ditto 
 
 16 Three ditto 
 
 17 Three ditto 
 
 18 Three ditto 
 
 19 Three ditto 
 
 20 Three ditto 
 
 af//J 
 
 _ M 
 
 /f-r. it 7 / » > 
 
 . / s it 
 
 21 Six ditto 
 
 22 Six ditto 
 
 -3 Six ditto, more or less /Jy ,, 
 
 24 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, bottled in lS69feai Block & J 
 
 Grey, 1873 &///** ^ 
 
 25 Three ditto ^ 
 
 26 Three ditto, more or less / ** 
 
 27 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, ex Damant & Co., September . 
 
 Bin G ft 
 
 1879 
 
 This wine was approved and selected by the late 
 Mr. W. Payne, Gentleman of Iler Majesty's Wine Cellar 
 for upwards of fifty years 
 
 28 Throe ditto ^JY, 
 
 2!) Three ditto ^ 
 
5 
 
 30 Three ditto 
 
 31 Three ditto 
 
 32 Three ditto 
 
 
 i// / X ' ft 
 
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 'bf/ <f* - 
 
 Xy- *z. ■ 
 
 33 Six ditto, more or less 
 
 34 Three Dozens op Brown Sherry, ex Gorman '& Co., 1865 
 
 +2 S~7 - Bin 8 
 
 35 Three ditto 
 
 36 Four ditto, more or less i/y, iZ, 
 
 37 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, ex Gordon, bottled in 1863, 
 
 more or less Bin 10 Jb- 
 
 38 Two Dozen and Eight Bottles of Brown Sherry, ex Block 
 
 & Grey, December 1864, more or less zs/. Bin 12^ 
 
 39 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, Domecq, ex Bird (Newport), 
 
 binned 1871 tX/C? Bin 
 
 40 Two ditto and eight bottles, more or less i/X/'~ — 
 
 41 Three Dozens of East India Sherry, ex Hamilton & Grieve, 
 
 October 1876 
 
 42 Three ditto 
 
 43 Three ditto 
 
 44 Three ditto 
 
 45 Three ditto 
 
 46 Three ditto 
 17 Three ditto 
 
 48 Six ditto 
 
 49 Six ditto 
 
 50 Seven ditto, more or less 
 
 Bin 
 
 cJ t3/L X / 
 
 51 Three Dozens of East India Sherry, ex Bird, botthd in 1850 , 
 
 af 6/\ Bin 14 — 
 
 52 Two ditto and six bottles, more or less 
 
 
 
6 
 
 53 Four Dozens of Golden Sherry, ex Wallace & Co., August 
 
 1875 tfd/£ Bin 11 
 
 54 Two Dozen and Seven Bottles of Golden Sherry, ex Block & 
 
 Grey, bottled in 1872, more or less &/C Bin 13xV^ 
 
 55 One Dozen and Six Magnums of Sherry, bought at the late 
 
 Mr. Campbell's sale , March 1885, Block & Grey Bin 9 
 
 56 One ditto and six magnums, more or less Affo. * 
 
 CLARET. 
 
 57 Three Dozens of Lafite, 1878, Coningham Bin 18 t ^/ 
 
 58 Three ditto *J/. 
 
 59 Three ditto ■*4- 
 
 60 Three ditto ^ 
 
 61 Five ditto, more or less *4 
 
 PORT. 
 
 62 Three Dozens of Port, 1868, shippedby Smith, bottled May 1870, 
 
 Bin 17 ( * 
 
 by Hamilton & Grieve 
 
 63 Three ditto 
 
 64 Three ditto 
 
 65 Three ditto 
 
 66 Three ditto 
 
 67 Three ditto 
 
 68 Three ditto 
 
 69 Three ditto 
 
 70 Three ditto 
 
 71 Six ditto, more or less 
 
 
7 
 
 CHAMPAGNE. 
 
 72 Three Dozens of Champagne, 1887, Lemoine, Cuvee Royale, 
 
 Denman & Co. i/ LUn ^ 
 
 73 Three ditto 
 
 74 Two ditto, more or less 
 
 / / 7 
 
 75 Four Dozens of Champagne, 1884, Lanson, Cuvee de Reserve, - 
 
 Hamilton & Grieve, more or less Bin 20 
 
 76 Three Dozens of Champagne, 1884, Pol Roger, Cuvee de ReserveZ' 
 
 Cairow & Son //0/^ Bin 21 
 
 77 Two ditto, more or less /a 4>/~ 
 
 The Cellar at 44 Lowndes Square. 
 
 SHERRY AND MADEIRA. 
 
 78 Two Dozen and Seven Bottles of Brown Sherry, ex Jones 
 
 & Co., more or less Bin 
 
 79 Two Dozen and Four Bottles of Brown Sherry, ex Dr. 
 
 Jephson (Leamington), more or less 
 
 80 Three Dozens of Sherry x i Ldin22 ? 
 
 81 Three ditto and ten bottles, more or less *2J?A V ^^ T 
 
 82 Four Dozen and Nine Bottles of Old Solas Sherry, ex 
 
 
 Scott, more or less 
 
 83 Three Dozens of Golden Sherry, bottled in 1830, exJ. Alexander, ^ 
 
 Bin 2\/{rX*r& 
 
 84 Four ditto and six bottles, more or less ~ Z 
 
 85 Three Dozens of Madeira (?) old, ex. Wallace, more oi less / 
 
 itff/.' Ts~z*^cCBin 
 
 86 One Dozen and Nine Bottles of Madeira, binned ^58, more 
 or less Bin 25. 
 
 
 
87 
 
 88 
 
 89 
 
 90 
 
 91 
 
 92 
 
 93 
 
 94 
 
 95 
 
 96 
 
 97 
 
 98 
 
 99 
 
 100 
 
 101 
 
 8 
 
 CLARET. 
 
 T heels Dozens of Lafite, 1S74, Coniugbam 
 Three ditto 
 Three ditto 
 
 Three ditto, more or less 
 
 PORT. 
 
 Three Dozens of Port, 1887, shipped by Smith, bottled March 
 18.(1, ex Hamilton & Grieve Bin 
 
 Three ditto 
 
 Four ditto, more or less 
 
 / <y 
 
 CHAMPAGNE. 
 
 Three Dozens of Champagne, 1884, Lanson, extra dry , ex 
 Hamilton & Grieve ?y- Bin 3U-4 
 
 Five ditto, more or less 
 
 Ar- 
 
 I he Castle Bromwich Cellar. 
 
 MADEIRA AND SHERRY. 
 
 Three Dozens of Madeira, binned 1863, 
 
 Two ditto and one buttles, more or less 
 Three Dozens of Brown Sherry, old 
 Three ditto 
 Three ditto 
 
 Two ditto and nine bottles, more or less 
 
0 
 
 CLARET. 
 
 102 Three Dozens of Lafite, 1878 
 
 103 Four ditto and seven bottles, more or less 
 
 104 Three Dozens of Lafite, 1874 
 
 105 Three ditto and eleven bottles, more or less 
 
 Bin 33 
 
 3 f 
 
 HOCK. 
 
 106 Three Dozens of Geisenheimer 
 
 C. Lanteren Sohn (Mainz) 
 
 107 Three ditto 
 
 108 Two ditto and four bottles, more or les3 
 
 Marschberg, 1865, ex 
 
 The Cellar at 20 Lowndes Square. 
 
 CLARET. 
 
 109 Three Dozens of Lafite, 1874, more or 
 
 110 Three Dozens of Lafite, 1868 
 
 111 Two ditto, more or less 
 
 HOCK. 
 
 112 Four Dozens of Geisenheimer Marsoiiberg, 1865, ex C. Lanteren 
 Sohn (Mainz), more or less Bin 39 
 
10 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
 
 whose Cellar is overstocked . 
 
 CHAMPAGNE. 
 
 113 Three Dozens of Champagne, vintage 1884, Pommery and 
 Greno, extra see—in original cases marked “ Viniage 1884,” 
 shipped by Messrs. W. and T. Restell/ 7^/C 
 
 114 Three ditto 
 
 115 Three ditto 
 
 116 Three ditto 
 
 117 Three ditto 
 
 118 Three ditto 
 
 119 Six ditto, more or less 
 
 ANOTHER PROPERTY. 
 
 CHAMPAGNE. 
 
 120 Three Dozen Half-Bottles 
 
 Royal Charter , cuvee J. 
 
 121 Three ditto 
 
 122 Four ditto, more or less 
 
 The Property of AMELIA , LADY JESSEL. 
 
 CHAMPAGNE. 
 
 122a Three Dozens of Champagne, 1884, Veuve Clicquot, dry, 
 supplied by Messrs. Chalie, Richards, Holdsworth & Co. 
 
 122b Three ditto /£^ 
 
 122c Four ditto, more or less 
 
 122d Three Dozens of Champagne, 1S84, Moet & Chandon, cuvee 
 1714, supplied by Messrs. Chalie, Richards, Holdsworth & Co. 
 122e Three ditto 
 
 122f Four ditto, more or less ^ £ 
 
11 
 
 ANOTHER PROPERTY. 
 
 PORT. 
 
 123 Three Dozens of Port, 1851, shipped hy Sandeman, hottled by * 
 
 Geo. and Win. Turner (Stockport) in 185 i/00/C c i_J 
 
 124 Three ditto 
 
 125 Three ditto 
 
 126 Three ditto 
 
 127 Three ditto 
 
 128 Three ditto 
 
 129 Three ditto 
 
 130 Three ditto 
 
 131 Three ditto 
 
 132 Three ditto, more or less 
 
 cj // - — — 
 
 
 The Property of the MERCERS’ COMPANY. 
 
 PORT. 
 
 133 Three Dozens of Port, 1869, shipped by Croft, bottled 1872, 
 
 supplied by Messrs. Day, Watson & Son 
 
 134 Three ditto ^./ 
 
 135 Three ditto £ 
 
 136 Three ditto / -// ^ 
 
 137 Three ditto 
 
 138 Three ditto 
 
 6/A 
 
 / 77/- Sr- - 
 
12 
 
 139 Three ditto 
 
 140 Three ditto 
 
 141 Three ditto 
 
 142 Three ditto 
 
 143 Six ditto 
 
 144 Six ditto 
 
 145 Six ditto 
 
 146 Six ditto 
 
 147 Five ditto, more or less 
 
 /ft 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 148 Three Dozens op Port, 1867, shipped by Cockburn 
 supplied by Messrs. Day, Watson & Son 
 
 1869, 
 
 149 Three ditto 
 
 150 Three ditto 
 
 151 Three ditto 
 
 152 Three ditto 
 
 153 Three ditto 
 
 154 Three ditto 
 
 155 Three ditto 
 
 156 Three ditto 
 
 157 Three ditto 
 
 158 Three ditto 
 
 159 Six ditto 
 
 160 Six ditto 
 
 161 Six ditto, more or less 
 
 yy 
 
 yy 
 
 yy 
 
 
 / 
 
 162 Three Dozens op Port, 1863, shipped by Cockburn, bottled 
 February 1868, supplied by Messrs. Day, Watson & Son y 
 
 //ay /La6***^ 
 
 /*> . 
 
 //y 
 
 163 Three ditto 
 
 164 Three ditto 
 
 165 Three ditto 
 
13 
 
 166 Three ditto 
 
 167 Three ditto 
 
 168 Three ditto 
 
 169 Three ditto 
 
 170 Three ditto 
 
 171 Three ditto 
 
 172 Three ditto 
 
 173 Three ditto 
 
 174 Six ditto 
 
 175 Six ditto 
 
 176 Six ditto 
 
 177 Six ditto 
 
 178 Five ditto, more or less 
 
 finis. 
 
 London : Printed by Wm. Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.