Autógrafo - Firma de Don Juan de Borbón y Doña María de las Mercedes y fotografías exilio Estoril. - 1948

An extraordinary and moving historical collection from the Spanish Royal Family in exile. It includes an original diptych featuring a color photograph aboard the legendary yacht Giralda, dedicated and signed in their own hands by the Counts of Barcelona: Don Juan de Borbón (“Juan”) and Doña María de las Mercedes (“María”), dated 1977–78. Accompanying the card is an exceptional private collection of 10 original period photographs (1948–1949), mounted on album boards with contemporary handwritten annotations of great documentary value.

An intimate, human portrait of Don Juan de Borbón and his wife at Villa Giralda and in their surroundings in Estoril (Portugal). The period snapshots capture endearing, elegant, everyday moments: Don Juan at the helm of the celebrated sailing yacht Saltillo, sailing scenes among friends, sporting days at the Estoril golf course precisely dated May 1949 (“Their Majesties at the Golf Club,” “golf championship”), the family residence (“Their Majesties’ home”) and moments of relaxed affection and family closeness.

A testimony of immeasurable historical and sentimental value: Don Juan de Borbón embodied, with exemplary dignity, loyalty to Spain and institutional generosity, the historical continuity of the Crown throughout the decades of exile. He was a key figure in the subsequent restoration of the monarchy and democracy under his son, King Juan Carlos I. The 1977–78 card (“Aboard the Giralda”), bearing a warm handwritten greeting to “Concha,” signed by both royals, crowns this documentary collection with the elegance and warmth that always characterized the Counts of Barcelona.

Excellent pieces, carefully selected.

Ideal for collectors, lovers of antique paper and history, and anyone wishing to decorate a space with charm.

Original period pieces. A great opportunity, with no reserve price.