POCKET WATCH GIVEN TO EDWARD VIIII BY WALLIS SIMPSON TO BE AUCTIONED

A POCKET WATCH GIVEN TO EDWARD VIII BY WALLIS SIMPSON IS EXPECTED TO FETCH £60,000 AT AN UPCOMING AUCTION. THE ONYX CARTIER POCKET WATCH IS INSCRIBED "EASTER 12/4/36" AND IS ONE OF FOUR ITEMS BEING AUCTIONED OFF IN THE SALE. OTHER ITEMS BELONGING TO THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR INCLUDE A SILVER-GILT SEAL BOX, WHICH HAS A GUIDE PRICE OF £50,000, AN 18 CARAT PENCIL HOLDER WHICH ESTIMATED TO SELL FOR £12,000 AND A 14 CARAT POCKET MAGNIFYING GLASS ESTIMATED AT £8,000. KING EDWARD VIII ABDICATED THE THRONE ON 11.DECEMBER.1936 SO THAT HE COULD MARRY THE TWICE DIVORCED AMERICAN. THE ITEMS BELONGING TO A BUSINESSMAN FROM CORSHAM, NEAR CHIPPENHAM, WILTS, ARE TO BE AUCTIONED BY GARDINER HOULGATE AUCTIONEERS ON 25.MARCH.2010. DAVE HARE, DIRECTOR AND AUCTIONEER AT GARDINER HOULGATE, SAID: 'MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS THE SILVER GILT BOX BECAUSE I THINK IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL."