Henry Morton Stanley watch sold for £25700
Published September 28th, 2007
AN 18-CARAT gold watch one of Wales’ most famous adventurers used to pay an African chief went under the hammer yesterday for more than four times the asking price.
Best known for his adventures in Africa and the quip “Dr Livingstone, I presumeâ€, Henry Morton Stanley bought the watch before travelling as part of an expedition to help the beleaguered Governor of Sudan, Emin Pasha.
He bought it for £49 in 1887 and it was expected to fetch £6,000 but sold for £25,700 at a Christie’s auction on the theme of exploration and travel.
The watch was one of 15 items linked to Stanley and fellow Welshman Thomas Edward Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, which sold for a total £62,012 yesterday.
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