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Fri, Jun 19, 2026 01:00PM EDT
Lot 3082

Two British Brown Leather Cases

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

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$5 $5
$50 $10
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$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
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$100,000 $10,000

Two British Brown Leather Cases, an H.J. Cave and Sons Hat Carrier Case, and a Go Yard Brief Case. The carry bag stenciled with the M in circle monogram for the Duchess of Manchester.

{Approximate dimensions - brief case: 15 1/2" length x 19 1/2" width x 3 1/2" depth; hat case: 14" high x 20" width x 20" depth}.

 

Condition

Moderate condition, wear, abrasions, creases, scratches, stickers and sticker residue.

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Formerly the Property of the 10th Duchess of Manchester, Elizabeth Ann Fullerton Coleman Crocker Montagu. (1913-2007). From the death of the Duke, in 1977, until her own passing, the Tenth Duchss of Manchester styled herself as Elizabeth Montagu. First marriage: George L. Coleman ( December 25, 1930). Divorced 1959. In the divorce, Elizabeth Ann Fullerton Coleman received a settlement worth millions of dollars, including property in Pebble Beach, CA. Second Marriage: William Willard Crocker (1893 - 1964), married 1960. The death of Crockerin 1964 left Elizabeth Ann Fullerton Coleman Crocker millions of dollars, again, and a manse in Hillsborough. Third Marriage: Alexander George Francis Drogo Montagu, (1902- 1977), the 10th Duke of Manchester, February 7, 1969. After the Duke's death, the Duchess was left property in Kenya which had been her husband's. Some items of the Duchess's property descended to her daughter, Sarah Jane Fullerton Cecconi (1936 -2017). Sarah married Giuseppi Cecconi, called Enzo. The Cecconi's, albeit married for 43 years, lived in Pebble Beach California for a few months each year,  and lived for a few months in Europe each year, and in between, they lived separate lives. Cecconi owned eponymous restaurants, mostly financed by his wife. Cecconi's eventual bankruptcy caused them to close operations in Europe, and turn their home in California into a restaurant / club. 

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