NAF 9/2 Records of the Nova Atlantis Property Company.
Date: 1948 - 1991
Extent: 12 files
Scope and content: Manuscript and typescript documents relating to property, artworks, antiques and other assets owned by the Property Company on behalf of the New Atlantis Foundation. Most material relates to the sale of chattels.
NAF 9/2/1 File, "Purchase of Norfolk Lodge", Richmond by the Nova Atlantis Property Co.
Date: November 1948 - December 1956
Extent: 160 items
Scope and content: Manuscript and typescript documents. Includes notes on the Nova Atlantis Property Co. Ltd., correspondence (mainly with solicitors) concerning the purchase of Norfolk Lodge, financial records and invoices, legal documents, property survey and inventory.
Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with exemption 42 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact Special Collections staff.
Access status: Closed.
NAF 9/2/2 File, "Coutts and Co.", Banking Records of the Nova Atlantis Property Co.
Date: August 1952 - January 1963
Extent: 36 items
Scope and content: Typescript correspondence addressing issues with the accounts held by the New Atlantis Foundation and the Nova Atlantis Property Co. with the bank and discussing financial matters. Includes information on the reason for establishing the Property Company and the purchase of Norfolk Lodge, Richmond.
NAF 9/2/3 Legal Papers, "Canon Brookes", Records of the Nova Atlantis Property Co.
Date: January 1957 - June 1983
Extent: 136 items
Scope and content: Typescript correspondence with solicitors Messrs. Cannon Brookes & Odgers concerning the sale of Norfolk Lodge, the death of Mrs. Twentyman, insurance, mortgages and other arrangements for Woodbine Cottage, Ditchling, Sussex and Old Farm, Walberswick, Suffolk. Includes notes (some manuscript) and invoices.
Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with exemption 42 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Access status: Closed.
NAF 9/2/4 File, "Mrs. Berry", Financial Documents concerning Norfolk Lodge, Richmond.
Date: April 1957 - May 1958
Extent: 14 items
Scope and content: Typescript letters, including correspondence with solicitors, concerning mortgage payments on Norfolk Lodge, owned by the Nova Atlantis Property Co. Ltd.
Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with exemption 42 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Access status: Closed.
NAF 9/2/5 File. "Disposal of Chattels and Pictures Before 1978" by the New Atlantis Foundation.
Date: 1955 -1977
Extent: 133 items
Scope and content: Typescript and manuscript correspondence and other records relating to the valuation and sale of Old Master and Modern prints, paintings, antiquities and furniture. Includes exhibition catalogue of works by Roy de Maistre, and printed auctioneers' catalogues. Includes correspondence with the Victoria and Albert Museum, to whom some furniture was sold, and the Ballarat Art Gallery, which bought 'The Cricketers' by Roy de Maistre. Other artists mentioned include Miro, Giacometti, Picasso and Giorgio di Chirico.
NAF 9/2/6 Document. "Valuation" by Penningtons Auctioneers, Valuers and Surveyors of Chattels of the Nova Atlantis Property Co.
Date: June 1958
Extent: 15 pages
Scope and content: Typescript inventory and valuation of the contents of Flat No.1, Norfolk Lodge and the Music Room, Norfolk Lodge Cottage, Richmond Hill, Surrey.
NAF 9/2/7 File, "Sales of Chattels 1978" by the Nova Atlantis Property Co. Ltd.
Date: 1978 - 1981
Extent: 51 items
Scope and content: Typescript receipts and correspondence with Sotheby's and others concerning the sale of artworks, furniture and Asian manuscripts.
NAF 9/2/8 Records of the Sale of Chattels by the Nova Atlantis Property Co. Ltd.
Date: 1978 -1979
Extent: 9 items
Scope and content: Includes Sotheby's valuations of furniture, notes on auction lots and sums received, and a sale instruction form.
NAF 9/2/9 File, "Sales", Records of the Sale of Chattels by the Nova Atlantis Property Co. Ltd.
Date: 1978 -1979
Extent: 31 items
Scope and content: Typescript statements and manuscript notes concerning money raised through sales of art, ethnographic items and antiquities. Includes a letter from the British Museum agreeing to purchase a collection of Serbian costumes.
NAF 9/2/10 File, "Sotheby's Valuation" of Artworks owned by the New Atlantis Foundation.
Date: 1969 -1981
Extent: 21 items
Scope and content: Typescript insurance and sale valuations of artworks, objets d'art, antiquities and antique furniture. Includes a depositor's agreement with the British Museum for Serbian traditional costumes, list of artworks at Colstock House and correspondence with Mary Eagle concerning the art of Roy de Maistre and his relationship with Dimitrije Mitrinović.
NAF 9/2/11 File, "Penningtons", Records of the Sale of Furnishings by the Nova Atlantis Property Co.
Date: July 1980
Extent: 33 items
Scope and content: Typescript correspondence, receipts and lists of furniture and objets d'art sold through Bonsor Penningtons, Chartered Surveyors, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Includes printed auction catalogue from the sale of the contents of Norfolk Lodge and Norfolk Lodge Cottage, valuations for the sale of the houses and details of repairs.
Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with exemption 42 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Access status: Closed.
NAF 9/2/12 Copies of Legal Papers of the Nova Atlantis Property Co. Ltd.
Date: 1991
Extent: 6 items
Scope and content: Photocopied material relating to the Company: Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1952; Special Resolution to alter the Articles of Association, 1975; New Atlantis Foundation correspondence with the Charity Commission concerning the Nova Atlantis Property Company Ltd; Internal memorandum concerning “close” and “non-close” companies; share-holding and loans, 1991.
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