Sunday, April 27, 2014

Duke of Windsor’s silver cigarette box sold at Clarence auction

Sixty-seven years ago, the former king of England took a one-week cruise in the Bahamas on a yacht he rented for $100 a day.
But the former Edward VIII, known after his abdication as the Duke of Windsor, never had to pay for the rental. Instead, the Canadian owner of the Florida-based yacht, Joseph Dunkelman, waived the fee and he was given a very plain silver box – plain except for two things.

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