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London auction house "Bonems" (Bonhams) rescued 220 thousand pounds sterling for the situation of the legendary London club Cafe Royal, the report said the auction house.

About 120 of the most valuable objects of interior facilities, permanently closed at the end of last year, were offered to buyers at special auctions held on Tuesday in London.

"The buyers were, for the most part, individuals who organized the celebrations in the Cafe Royal, or have other personal connections to him. Revenue bidding is expected to reach 90 thousand pounds, in fact, reached 220 thousand", - stated in a press release " Bonems.

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Top lot of the auction was made at the beginning of XX century Venetian chandelier made of clear glass with gold leaf. It was sold for 15 thousand 600 pounds - nearly three times higher than the appraised value.

Over 12 thousand pounds sold at auction Serving trolley, made at the end of XIX century. A pair of oak barrels from the same period was sold for 8 thousand 400 pounds.

Among the other lots - paintings, glassware, chandeliers and other furnishings from renowned institutions.

Particular attention was focused on the unique boxing ring, which was once used for fights, but in recent years - as a platform for dinners. He was sold for 420 pounds.

Cafe Royal appeared in central London on a busy street Regent Street in the distant 1865. He opened a Parisian vintner Daniel Nicolas, who had taken refuge in Britain from the French justice.

For more than 140 years of its existence, the institution has become a favorite place of British high society. Here, give a dinner, sumptuous dinners, ceremonies involving movie stars and show business, a variety of conference.

In the Cafe Royal was often a writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. It is here, according to contemporaries, he once got so drunk absinthe, which took the waiter to rearrange the chairs, for the gardener, watering the tulips.

It also took the only meeting of Wilde's father of his young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas - Marquis of Queensbury. Frustrated by "evil" son bond with the writer, the Marquis subsequently made great efforts to organize the trial of Wilde, charged with indecent behavior.

In the institution's Regent Street in the early XX century, liked to dine and two British princes - the future King Edward the Eighth and George the Sixth. At the end of the century did not overlook Cafe Royal and Princess of Wales Diana.

Among other celebrities who have frequented the luxurious club - rock musician Mick Jagger, the actress Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. The famous chef Gordon Ramsay, in 1996, gave his wedding here.

After the reconstruction of the building on Regent Street will open a five-star hotel.