.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
The first day cover envelopes and five dollar note are from the family archives of the Hillary and Tenzing Norgay families.
The book "Tiger of the snows" comes from the Tenzing Norgay archive on which Jamling Tenzing Norgay comments: "Although my father never learned to read or write, he spoke several languages and had many fascinating adventures to share. For this book he used a ghost writer to tell his own story of Everest and beyond. My father kept a close relationship with Sir Edmund Hillary and this book was signed by Sir Ed during one of his visits to our family home in Darjeeling, India."
The Hillary Tenzing Explorer Limited Edition no. 88/88
Handcrafted wooden expedition crate stamped number 88 consisting of 1 folder, 4 drawers and HTE limited edition booklet hangtag.
Folder attached to inside lid of wooden crate containing Certificate of Origin, stamped 88 and signed by Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay; first day cover envelope Indian Posts and Telegraphs commemorating the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953, stamped New Delhi 2 October 1953 and addressed to Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest Office Royal Geographical Society London; first day cover envelope Indian Posts and Telegraphs commemorating the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953, stamped Tenzing Norkay Sherpa, signed by Jamling Tenzing Norgay and Peter Hillary; New Zealand five dollar bank note bearing the portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary and signed by Sir Edmund Hillary.
Drawer one contains 3 Rolex watches and 1 HTE limited edition silver pin measuring approximately 5 cm and featuring original ice axe used by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay with HTE logo.
Drawer two contains limited edition leather toolkit with changing tools and magnifying glass stamped Hillary Tenzing Explorer, 3 spare shell cordovan leather limited edition bracelets with HTE stamp and 1950s aluminium film canister with leather grease.
Drawer three contains a limited edition leather map of the 1953 original route to Everest with HTE stamp and original DVD Conquest of Everest, directed by 1953 Everest expedition member George Lowe.
Drawer four contains 2 books. Everest: summit of achievement by Stephen Venables, a Royal Geographical Society chronicle of the history of Everest exploration, signed by Peter Hillary, Jamling Tenzing Norgay and George Band, one of the last living team members of the 1953 successful Everest expedition. Book Tiger of the snows, the autobiography of Tenzing of Everest written in collaboration with James Ullman, first and specially decorated edition signed by Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, Jamling Tenzing Norgay and Peter Hillary.
The book "Tiger of the snows" comes from the Tenzing Norgay archive on which Jamling Tenzing Norgay comments: "Although my father never learned to read or write, he spoke several languages and had many fascinating adventures to share. For this book he used a ghost writer to tell his own story of Everest and beyond. My father kept a close relationship with Sir Edmund Hillary and this book was signed by Sir Ed during one of his visits to our family home in Darjeeling, India."
The Hillary Tenzing Explorer Limited Edition no. 88/88
Handcrafted wooden expedition crate stamped number 88 consisting of 1 folder, 4 drawers and HTE limited edition booklet hangtag.
Folder attached to inside lid of wooden crate containing Certificate of Origin, stamped 88 and signed by Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay; first day cover envelope Indian Posts and Telegraphs commemorating the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953, stamped New Delhi 2 October 1953 and addressed to Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest Office Royal Geographical Society London; first day cover envelope Indian Posts and Telegraphs commemorating the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953, stamped Tenzing Norkay Sherpa, signed by Jamling Tenzing Norgay and Peter Hillary; New Zealand five dollar bank note bearing the portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary and signed by Sir Edmund Hillary.
Drawer one contains 3 Rolex watches and 1 HTE limited edition silver pin measuring approximately 5 cm and featuring original ice axe used by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay with HTE logo.
Drawer two contains limited edition leather toolkit with changing tools and magnifying glass stamped Hillary Tenzing Explorer, 3 spare shell cordovan leather limited edition bracelets with HTE stamp and 1950s aluminium film canister with leather grease.
Drawer three contains a limited edition leather map of the 1953 original route to Everest with HTE stamp and original DVD Conquest of Everest, directed by 1953 Everest expedition member George Lowe.
Drawer four contains 2 books. Everest: summit of achievement by Stephen Venables, a Royal Geographical Society chronicle of the history of Everest exploration, signed by Peter Hillary, Jamling Tenzing Norgay and George Band, one of the last living team members of the 1953 successful Everest expedition. Book Tiger of the snows, the autobiography of Tenzing of Everest written in collaboration with James Ullman, first and specially decorated edition signed by Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, Jamling Tenzing Norgay and Peter Hillary.