BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br /> Pic: CampbellsAuctioneers/BNPS<br /> <br /> Hand-written letter from Lady Emma Hamilton.<br /> <br /> A magnificent collection of more than 1,000 signatures and letters from iconic historical figures including the Duke of Wellington, Picasso and Sir Winston Churchill have emerged for auction.<br /> <br /> The collection, which spans 300 years, was amassed by the late animal rights campaigner Jon Evans who meticulously framed or put the signatures in albums.<br /> <br /> Other famous figures in his collection include Charles Dickens, Sir Edmund Hilary, Mahatma Gandhi, Neil Armstrong, Lord Kitchener, Rudyard Kipling and Margaret Thatcher.<br /> <br /> The extensive array of documents is now expected to fetch &pound;30,000 at Campbells Auctioneers tomorrow (Tues).
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