Dutch Royal Auctions

[Marengo]

From PPE-AGENCY:

Amsterdam Auctionhouse Chrisie's in Amsterdam will auction on the 24th and 25th a ''aquarelle'' of princess Beartrix and Princess Irene.
Beatrix and Irene painted end '40 a moose, a goat, a hare and a horse in a meadow with mushrooms.
The aquarelle is an invitation for the ''Gala Circus'', organized by the princesses for the Red Cross.
The text, typed by the princesses has a entrance fee of ''no less under a ten-cent piece''.

Apart from the aquarel they will auction more items, look here.

Article in Dutch from newspaper 'De Limburger', here.

[Marengo]

Ferrari that once belonged to Prince Bernhard will be auctioned at Palace Het Loo on august 31st.

The car is a Ferrari 212 Inter from 1955. The car has driven only 27.000 kilometers and still has the original licenseplate AA-13. The car is valued between 450.000 and 500.000 Euros.

Article in Dutch here, from the Reformatorisch Dagblad.

[Marengo]

The car has been auctioned of, at a price of E. 345.000,-. Less than what they hoped for but a whole lot more than the original price of 10.000,- guilders.

Apparently all the cars of the late Prince Bernhard had the numberplate AA-13....

Source: royal blog, here.

[marmi]

Thanks for the update Marengo!