Items of historic importance, from a manor house on the Isle of Wight, have made more than £10,000 at auction today (Friday).
Broadcaster, expert and saleroom owner, Charles Hanson, led the sale at Hanson's in Oxfordshire.
He told bidders it was an honour to handle history and praised the 'iconic collector', from the Isle of Wight, who had amassed the items.
There was praise, too, for Hansons textiles expert, who helped establish their providence and among the lots were delicate lace, from Queen Victoria's funeral procession, the monarch's voluminous nightdress, Princess Beatrice’s bloomers and a toybox.
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Where did the amazing collection of Isle of Wight items come from?
Bidders in the saleroom and across the world, including the United States, battled it out for items that used to belong to Marilyn Rose, 90, who ran antique shops in Gurnard and Newport.
The historic artefacts were rediscovered during a house move - from a property that dates to the 1700s and was once home to Sir William Carter Hoffmeister, Queen Victoria’s physician.
Antique and Isle of Wight glass, vases and even a Royal doorknob - complete with cipher, something that could potentially have hung on a door at Osborne - were also up for grabs.
Marilyn could not remember how she ended up with some of the items, though many are thought to be directly link to the Osborne Estate in East Cowes, where Queen Victoria holidayed and lived, after the death of her husband, Prince Albert.
These days, it is a tourist attraction and museum, run by English Heritage.
The moment auctioneer Charles Hanson brought the hammer down on Queen Victoria's nightie (via Hansons livestream).
What were the Isle of Wight Royal collection's highlights?
Among the items up for sale were a 19th century toy box that once belonged to Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Beatrice.
With an inscription that reads 'Toy Music HRH Princess Beatrice', and an estimate of £400-600, the hammer finally fell at £4,400 (minus commission).
The sale was given a round of applause and Charles Hanson said it had been a wonderful lot to handle.
Lace, bearing a note which reads ‘Portion of the Pall that covered Queen Victoria’s coffin on her last journey from Osborne. Isle of Wight. Feb 1st 1901’, made £750.
It is linked to Queen Victoria's death, aged 81, at Osborne House, on January 22, 1901 and her subsequent final journey to London, via East Cowes.
Charles praised its rich Royal history.
Pale cream, cotton bloomers, which belonged to Princess Beatrice, also a former governor of the Isle of Wight, had never been sold before.
Worn by the ex Carisbrooke Castle resident, bearing a crown and the initials BB for Beatrice of Battenburg, the garment dates to the years following her 1885 marriage to Henry of Battenburg.
Calling it a simply wonderful lot and a privilege to handle, Charles Hanson brought the hammer down at £900.
Queen Victoria's own extra-large, pale cream, cotton nightdress, edged with Honiton lace and embroidered with 'VR' (Victoria Regina) and a crown, was estimated at between £1,500-£2,000.
New to the market, it actually made £2,600 (minus commission).
Measuring 51 inches, bidders on the phone from America were among those involved in its sale.
(All photos: Hansons)
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