Auction for pigeon pictures


	Auction for pigeon pictures

valann 47

1-7-2008 8:23 AM

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<P>Portraits of the elite pigeons sent to retrieve vital information from occupied Europe during World War Two by the British secret service will go under the hammer this month as part of an auction at Bonhams entitled: The Gentleman's Library.</P><SPAN id="midArticle_1"></SPAN>
<P>Owner and champion pigeon breeder Jack Lovell is selling the portraits of birds which survived attacks by German-deployed falcons to bring back information crucial to operations such as D-Day and even film of German V1 bombers being built.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0FBEBE3A-EF67-4C98-807F-C179577CE38C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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