Lot 118
THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE (1888-1935)
Closed25 September 2008
Price Realised
GBP 812
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THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE (1888-1935)
Autograph letter signed ('T.E.S.') to Robin [Buxton], Plymouth, 27 November 1932, one page, 4to; with a letter to Buxton from Sir Edmund Allenby, n.d., about a cheque. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, 22 July 1985, lot 298; the Spiro Family Collection.
THE PRINCIPLES OF INVESTMENT: 'Your queer bank swears that I have £300 odd to my credit. I don't believe it ...'. Still, Lawrence proposes to invest £200: 'The best investment principle, they tell me, is to stick the Times Financial Page, eyes closed, with a pin ... it doesn't worry me what you do with it: or whether it goes down or up, later ... nobody stands to lose less than me: so vogue la galère'.
Robert ("Robin") Buxton (1883-1953) was commander of the Imperial Camel Corps; he and Lawrence met during the attack on Mudawara in August 1918. After the war, Buxton served as Lawrence's bank manager, and helped finance the subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars. (2)
Autograph letter signed ('T.E.S.') to Robin [Buxton], Plymouth, 27 November 1932, one page, 4to; with a letter to Buxton from Sir Edmund Allenby, n.d., about a cheque. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, 22 July 1985, lot 298; the Spiro Family Collection.
THE PRINCIPLES OF INVESTMENT: 'Your queer bank swears that I have £300 odd to my credit. I don't believe it ...'. Still, Lawrence proposes to invest £200: 'The best investment principle, they tell me, is to stick the Times Financial Page, eyes closed, with a pin ... it doesn't worry me what you do with it: or whether it goes down or up, later ... nobody stands to lose less than me: so vogue la galère'.
Robert ("Robin") Buxton (1883-1953) was commander of the Imperial Camel Corps; he and Lawrence met during the attack on Mudawara in August 1918. After the war, Buxton served as Lawrence's bank manager, and helped finance the subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars. (2)
THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE (1888-1935)
Autograph letter signed ('T.E.S.') to Robin [Buxton], Plymouth, 27 November 1932, one page, 4to; with a letter to Buxton from Sir Edmund Allenby, n.d., about a cheque. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, 22 July 1985, lot 298; the Spiro Family Collection.
THE PRINCIPLES OF INVESTMENT: 'Your queer bank swears that I have £300 odd to my credit. I don't believe it ...'. Still, Lawrence proposes to invest £200: 'The best investment principle, they tell me, is to stick the Times Financial Page, eyes closed, with a pin ... it doesn't worry me what you do with it: or whether it goes down or up, later ... nobody stands to lose less than me: so vogue la galère'.
Robert ("Robin") Buxton (1883-1953) was commander of the Imperial Camel Corps; he and Lawrence met during the attack on Mudawara in August 1918. After the war, Buxton served as Lawrence's bank manager, and helped finance the subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars. (2)
Autograph letter signed ('T.E.S.') to Robin [Buxton], Plymouth, 27 November 1932, one page, 4to; with a letter to Buxton from Sir Edmund Allenby, n.d., about a cheque. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, 22 July 1985, lot 298; the Spiro Family Collection.
THE PRINCIPLES OF INVESTMENT: 'Your queer bank swears that I have £300 odd to my credit. I don't believe it ...'. Still, Lawrence proposes to invest £200: 'The best investment principle, they tell me, is to stick the Times Financial Page, eyes closed, with a pin ... it doesn't worry me what you do with it: or whether it goes down or up, later ... nobody stands to lose less than me: so vogue la galère'.
Robert ("Robin") Buxton (1883-1953) was commander of the Imperial Camel Corps; he and Lawrence met during the attack on Mudawara in August 1918. After the war, Buxton served as Lawrence's bank manager, and helped finance the subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars. (2)
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