Refund settles dispute over Victory letter that never was
The buyer of a letter purportedly written by Captain Thomas Hardy from HMS Victory six days after the Battle of Trafalgar has belatedly received a full refund after it proved to be a facsimile of a letter in a public collection.
On November 6, 2004, London rare book dealers Maggs Bros successfully bid £13,800 (£15,525 including…