LONDON.- An historically important collection from the Hanoverian Royal Family – the ancestors of today’s British Royal Family – will be offered in an auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, December 8 2010. The sale will be held at midday by Thomas Del Mar Ltd (in association with Sotheby’s) at his saleroom at 25 Blythe Road, W14. The collection, which is estimated to fetch in the region of £250,000 comprises 100 items such as armour, swords and halberds of the early renaissance as well as sporting guns, spears, swords and accoutrements from the Royal hunt. Among the highlights will be several items relating to George IV including a pair of 15-bore Hanoverian percussion sporting guns, which are estimated at £5,000-8,000; while an 18-bore example is expected to fetch £4,000-6,000 and a German 20-bore cape rifle is estimated at £3,000-5,000. Thomas