Two Months to save The Tudor Queen!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
May 24, 2016 2:28am CST
A portrait, once owned by Sir Francis Drake, and since been owned by his descendants (or so the article suggests) is up for sale by said family. Britain has two months to save the portrait, but needs to raise 10 million pounds!
THe article, with a bit more about it, is here :
Yikes! I'd never want to sale if I had that!
ALL SECTIONS More If the money is not raised, the portrait will be offered for sale worldwide and is likely to end up hidden in another private collection Credit: Geoff Pugh for The Telegraph 23 May 2016 • 11:24am The Armada portrait of Elizabeth I, once o
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
24 May 16
That's a lot of money. They may be able to do it if they auctioned off some price pieces and had some benefits one right after another. It might be bought by someone who understands the piece and how people feel about it. This could be something that could be started now too. Finding someone who would do this.
