Prince Charles, acquisition of astronomical Mansion
According to the World luxury reported [luxury.icxo.com] news: Prince Charles has already financed the acquisition of a 45 million pounds worth of Scotland’s ancient mansion. This covers an area of 2000 acres of mansion has 250 years of history, which display a large number of fine old furniture.
Left: Charles Prince; right: the original owner of Bute Marquis.
It is reported that Prince Charles personally paid 45 million pounds in the 20 million pounds, the remaining funds are raised by a number of Scottish charities. Prince Charles will not be to live in this mansion. He plans to mansion into a museum and open to the public next summer.
Dumfries house
Rarely found in furniture, eye-catching
This old house known as Dumfries mansion most striking, not only it has over 200 years of history, but also inside the fine furniture, furnishings and artwork. All of these pieces of furniture from the famous British architect Robert Adam, the palace designed by the famous craftsman Qi Ben Del handmade.
In which a room arrayed a wooden bed, 18th century elegance of the French Queen Marie Antoinette Marie also slept in this bed. At the bedside, a carpenter on the bill clearly states create time: 1759. This wooden bed was the price of 38 pounds. But now it also offers the lowest price of £ 500,000.
This wooden bed is not the old house the most precious things. In another room, furnished with a very large bookcase. This bookcase is mahogany, cherry wood made of, it is probably the world’s most expensive bookcases, the current market price of it at least 4 million pounds.
The room is also furnished with a large number of 19th century to the 20th-century England, exquisite works of art plundered from overseas. It is worth mentioning is that the window there are two Chinas Diao 17th century porcelain, each worth at least £ 1,000.
Dumfries house’s original owner was the British Marquis of Bute. Prince Charles has a long history of the building of this mansion are very concerned about the auction because the auction the news spread, some from New York and Paris and other places overseas buyers want to get these priceless treasures. In order to allow these treasures and luxury together forever in Scotland, Prince Charles, the 27th to 45 million pounds price auction have been his old house, and Inside the residence ownership of precious furniture and other artifacts.