[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure. Thanks for posting, looks like this one is going to be a dud. One never knows.

[higgmeister]

It wasn't a dud for me.   I looked for other articles about the once missing bronze statues and the history beyond it and the other artifacts.   It's amazing they could show up unidentified in an auction after a few hundred years.   It is also good to know that the Victoria and Albert Museum was able to reach the five million pounds sterling to purchase and restore the statues.

I also wonder about the unknown history that let successive kings and queens leave these near priceless art works in various storage locations to fade away.

[higgmeister]

Also any time I see Lord Nelson's name I have to look. &nsp; Perhaps it is because I'm a half Nelson myself, although not traceable to anyone related the the Admiral himself.