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and were sent by him a few weeks later to 
Stevens’ rooms in London, where they 
were both purchased at the sale on 
July 2nd by Lord Lilford, who gave £100 
for one egg and £107 2s. for the other— 
vide pp, 9 and 10. 
EGGS XII. and XIII. (Sale number thirty.) 
Two eggs of the Great Auk on March 14th, 1894. 
Eggs XII. & XIII. Two eggs of the Great Auk were disposed 
of by auction at a sale of the contents of 
the Little Hermitage, near Kochester, in 
Kent, on 14th March, 1894. They formed 
part of a lot in the sale catalogue, 
described as “a collection of shells and 
fossils,” which was knocked down to 
Mr. Wallace Ilewitt for thirty-six 
shillings. They were afterwards sent 
for sale to Stevens’, when one egg 
was bought for the sum of £273 Os. Od. 
and the other for £189 15s. Od., a total of 
£456 15s. Od. For fuller account, vide 
pp. 15 and 16. 
EGG XVIII. (Sale number thirty-one.) 
Messrs. Debenliam, Storr & Sons, Ltd., sold a Great Auk's egg at their 
rooms, 26 King Street, Covent Garden, London, on January 30th, 1908, 
at the dispersal of the contents of the “ Middlebrook Museum,” 
It was described in the sale catalogue as “ of more than average size.” 
Egg XVIII. - “Lot 131. This is one of the three eggs 
formerly in the collection of Comte Kaoul 
de Barace, and which afterwards became 
the property of Baron d’Hamonville. It 
was offered for sole by auction on July 
19th, 1899, when it realised the sum of 
£315. 
