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Auction 65 21 Sep 2022
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Cameographs: The Cameograph Company, a pair of Cameograph Medals: Industry, Hugo Hirst (1863-1943), Chairman [1910] of GEC [the General Electric Company], uniface bronze Cameograph medal, bust r., wearing suit with floral buttonhole, his name r., in field, 35mm. (BHM.-), in blue leather fitted case of issue; Egyptology, Veronica Wenefryde Nefertari Bethell (1917-2018), daughter of the Egyptologist Capt. the Hon. Richard Bethell (1883-1929), secretary to Howard Carter (and with him at the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922), uniface gilt Cameograph medal, 1924, bust of the seven year-old to r., NEFERTARI BETHELL 1924 in field, 66.5mm., in maroon leather case, a delightful image, both extremely fine and both very rare (2)
The Cameograph Company was a short-lived enterprise. Established in 1924, it went into voluntary liquidation in 1931
Born in Germany as Hugo Hirsch he was, with Gustav Binswanger (later Gustav Byng), the co-founder of the General Electric Company, Ltd., in 1889. The first medal probably dating to 1925 when Hirst received his baronetcy. He was later (1934) to be 1st Baron Hirst. Between 1928-1930 he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.
The 'curse' on those who had disturbed the tomb of Tutankhamun also fell on the Bethells. In 1929 he was found dead in his bed at an exclusive Mayfair club, from a suspected smothering; three months later his father, the 3rd Baron Westbury, also died suddenly. The young Nefertari was named after the Egyptian queen and first of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. She married in 1941, Lt-Col James [Jimmy] Innes (1915-2004).
(Estimate: 80-120 GBP)
The Cameograph Company was a short-lived enterprise. Established in 1924, it went into voluntary liquidation in 1931
Born in Germany as Hugo Hirsch he was, with Gustav Binswanger (later Gustav Byng), the co-founder of the General Electric Company, Ltd., in 1889. The first medal probably dating to 1925 when Hirst received his baronetcy. He was later (1934) to be 1st Baron Hirst. Between 1928-1930 he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.
The 'curse' on those who had disturbed the tomb of Tutankhamun also fell on the Bethells. In 1929 he was found dead in his bed at an exclusive Mayfair club, from a suspected smothering; three months later his father, the 3rd Baron Westbury, also died suddenly. The young Nefertari was named after the Egyptian queen and first of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. She married in 1941, Lt-Col James [Jimmy] Innes (1915-2004).
(Estimate: 80-120 GBP)