The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-22
RARE TREASURES
To Be AUCT|ONEO
Collection Gathered By Late
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Will Be Sold.

Toronto, Nov 2l--Ncxt May the treas
ures collected by the late Baroness Bur
dctt-Coutts will be sold and II Is prop
able that some record prices VIII be op-
tanned. This Is in accord with the VII!
OF Mr.. Burdett-Coutts, who has 'nade
such q disposal Of the vast property as
his wife would have desired. The ch'el
heir IS his nephew. Maj. Seabufy ASH
mead Bartlett who distinguished NM
self in the war. One OF the conditions IS
that Mai Bartlett change his name TO
Burdett -Coutts. as did the testator, who
was William Lehman Ashmead-hartlett
refore becoming the husband Of the Gts-
t!ngulshed lady whose almoner ana sec
retarv he had been for several years.
There are requests 70 the nation or MS
,oric paintings and various u!tts and
rcmcmhrances TO old friends OF :hc bar
oncss. and 4 great number OF nnTuitie3
10 various charities Despite these de-
auctions the residue of the estate IS
vast one and the treasures to I've solu
at auction arc IN sOme respects unique
A Friend OF Vtetorta's.
In describing some OF the articles J.
r. Collins SpeCuateS In the boston
Transcript as TO the reason Lyt"a
Srachcy did not include Baroness bnr-
dctt-Coutts IN his list OF eminent VIC
,o!lanS. for certainly she was m emil
uent Victorian in every sense or the
word. Mr.. Strachcys a~ticular interest
in Queen Victoria might surely nave
suggested to him tho propriety or writ
ing n sketch OF the woman who Mas
about the last Of the queens intimate
personal friends. and perhaps the only
ono OF them who was permitted 70 meet
her In terms OF entire equality. TO the
home OF the baroness, with It's riew OF
buckingham palace. the queen used OFT
en- 10 repair for tho purpose or CONVEX
sation and also TO see the traffic Of Lon
con In its natural condition" as she
was wont to say. because whenever sh"
went through the streets the traffic was
halted and hanrod nsid"
!. A Shakespeare First Folio
Perhaps the chief prize OF the c"!l"c-
ton which will be offered for sale is
the Daniel First Folio OF Shakespeare.
so called because II belonged to col
lection named Daniel. When THIS COL
lection was broken up in 1854 there was
n public outcroy for fear Il should ma
It's way to the Un!ted States for about
tina; time the American invasion OF the
British world Of art was beginning IN
response TO this ClRmor, rather than De
cause she took any rart!cular interest
In the folio tho Raronett purchased IL
for the then record breaking price Of
1920. According TO Sir Sidney Lee
tho great authority in this field. tho
Daniel folio is on the whole the clear
est and finest eXtant, and tho Times's eN
pert speaks of 1t as " marvellous VOL
ume OF unrivalled beauty. unqucston-
ohlv tho finest that can ever occur for
public sale"
Great Prices Expected
Queen Victoria was touched by tho
rublic spirit shown by the Baroness and
had n asket made from the wood OF
Ierne's oak In Windsor forest. the tree
that is with Falstarr the center OF the
fairy pranks in the last scene OF "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" In this
n sket the folio resides when not being
insrec,ed. How much this folio Will
fetch can only be guessed at, but Mr..
Collins nuts the figure In round num-
bers as "a kings ransom" There IS
Hnother first folio In tho collection.
known as tho sheldon copy. which
ought 20 fetch 4 great price. There ~
p ucrfeCt cory OF n first editi"n o.
| Shavespeare's "pUcms." which coStains
q memorandum OF some Ions dead oook
rollectn rto the effect that he had pcen
induced to part with nv7 shiliinGs and
thrcepenCc for this treasure "h''n Will
probably change hands for several thou
sand pounds.
Great China Collection.
Among the manuscripts are the hoIo-
yraph Of Pope's "pastoralS, ana the
manuscript ut Dickens Christmas story
The Haunted Man" Probably Dickens
took no such pains over any OF MS work
as over his Christmas stories ana thlS
manuscript; shows corrections and inter
uneatIons to the extent Of So or - per
cent Of the original draft. The CHINA
collection Is probably one Of the hhes'
IN tho world, for the baroness look
particular intcres; in It, and, or course,
money was no object when she desire"
to make purchase. There IS n Sevres
set that Is probably uneauaiIeu. Many
OF the services and pieces are OF MS
.orIc interest. there being ono that was
usnd for years by David GarricK' mere
Is also some rare plate OF tho hneSt
nuality, which passed Into the handS OF
THOMAS Coutts at tho tim" Il" was Il
banker for the English nobility ana VINO
Inns came into possesSion OF treasures
n,shrad with him for loans which the