March 6The Queen's grandparents' wedding plates at auction: That's what it sold for
Count Ingolf and his wife Sussie af Rosenborg are selling out after they have moved into a nice new house. During the move, they sorted through the noble compartments and found 39 items, which will now be passed on to new owners.
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"We have been looking forward to all the effects for many years, but unfortunately, there is no room for it all in our new home, the couple explains."Most of the objects have belonged to and have been inherited through five generations from King Christian IX and Queen Louise, King Frederik VIII, and Queen Lovisa as well as King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine.
Count Ingolf's parents, Hereditary Prince Knud and Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde inherited them from the above, and eventually, they passed them on to Count Ingolf, who has now put the royal valuables up for sale.
There were bids for Count Ingolf's historic royal objects when the first three of his total of 39 private objects went under the hammer at Bruun Rasmussen on Monday afternoon. After a slightly sluggish start to the first offered item from Count Ingolf's private home at the auction at Bruun Rasmussen on Monday afternoon, it suddenly went strong with many high bids for the two subsequent cases.
Thus, the first object, a Danish rococo chatol of gold-studded walnut wood from the mid-18th century, which was estimated at 20,000-25,000 kroner, was sold for only 18,000 kroner.
When the next two items came under the hammer, the bids immediately increased. The first item was a German silver cutlery set for 24 people, engraved with the Mecklenburg-Schwerin coat of arms and crowned mirror monogram for Prince Ingolf of Denmark (His Excellency Ingolf Count of Rosenborg's title until 1968). After King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine, it passed to Crown Prince Knud and Crown Princess Caroline-Mathilde. The silver cutlery was then a gift from the Crown Princess to her son, Count Ingolf when he acquired Egeland Gods in 1967.
The elegant silver cutlery was valued at DKK 15,000 and ended up going for DKK 35,000.
The next item was twelve shiny monogrammed silver place plates which were part of the bridal equipment for the later King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine at their wedding in 1898 in Cannes and placed in their residence in Copenhagen, Christian VIII's Palace at Amalienborg.
They were valued at 30,000–40,000 kroner and went for 65,000 kroner.
The next auction with items from Count Ingolf's estate will be auctioned in Bredgade in Copenhagen at Bruun Rasmussen at 6 p.m., and at 8 p.m. there will be an online auction with the last items, including a pool table that once belonged to Queen Alexandrine, Queen Margrethe, and Count Ingolf's grandmother.
Several of the items have previously been in the Yellow Palace, Frederik VIII's Palace and Christian VIII's Palace at Amalienborg, Sorgenfri Castle, and the summer residence Klitgaarden near Skagen. If the royal artifacts are sold for the highest appraisal price, the count can walk away from the auction with 648,000 kroner more in his pocket.
Count Ingolf has also received DKK 150,000 per month in appanage. The 1.8 million DKK annually is a band-aid for the time when King Frederik IX had his brother, Crown Prince Knud, removed from the throne when a constitutional amendment secured Margrethe as heir to the throne.
This Late Empire mirror from the 1840s in a gilded wood frame has hung in Det Gule Palæ. On the reverse, it is stamped with the crowned mirror monogram of King Christian IX. It is estimated at a value of DKK 4000-6000.
Queen Alexandrine received an engraved queue as a 60th birthday present. It is also included in the purchase. The appraisal price is DKK 8,000-10,000.
The painting, which has hung, among other things, in Christian VIIIø's mansion at Amalienborg, is valued at a price between DKK 100,000 and DKK 150,000.
