03-08-2012, 10:34 AM
i would think this would go for more money than this, for its historical value:
A ‘wanted’ poster issued by Oliver Cromwell offering a reward for Charles II’s capture is expected to fetch £1,000 at auction today.
The item, dubbed the ‘most famous wanted posted in the world’, was issued on Wednesday September 10, 1651, after the defeat of the King’s forces at the hands of Cromwell’s New Model Army in the Battle of Worcester a week earlier.
After the bloody encounter the fugitive King fled and began his historic horse ride to Boscable, Staffs, where he famously hid in an oak tree.
Then having evaded Cromwell’s forces and with the aid of Catholic nobles Charles II slowly made his way to the coast and escaped into France.
Adorned across the top of the poster are the powerful words: ‘A PROCLAMATION for the Discovery and Apprehending of CHARLS STUART and other Traytors his Addherents and Abettors.’
It offers a reward of £1,000 - about £75,000 in today's money.
![[Image: article-2112014-12143F8C000005DC-483_312x462.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/08/article-2112014-12143F8C000005DC-483_312x462.jpg)
![[Image: article-2103187-11CB1FC1000005DC-535_468x631.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/19/article-2103187-11CB1FC1000005DC-535_468x631.jpg)
A ‘wanted’ poster issued by Oliver Cromwell offering a reward for Charles II’s capture is expected to fetch £1,000 at auction today.
The item, dubbed the ‘most famous wanted posted in the world’, was issued on Wednesday September 10, 1651, after the defeat of the King’s forces at the hands of Cromwell’s New Model Army in the Battle of Worcester a week earlier.
After the bloody encounter the fugitive King fled and began his historic horse ride to Boscable, Staffs, where he famously hid in an oak tree.
Then having evaded Cromwell’s forces and with the aid of Catholic nobles Charles II slowly made his way to the coast and escaped into France.
Adorned across the top of the poster are the powerful words: ‘A PROCLAMATION for the Discovery and Apprehending of CHARLS STUART and other Traytors his Addherents and Abettors.’
It offers a reward of £1,000 - about £75,000 in today's money.
![[Image: article-2112014-12143F8C000005DC-483_312x462.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/08/article-2112014-12143F8C000005DC-483_312x462.jpg)
![[Image: article-2103187-11CB1FC1000005DC-535_468x631.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/19/article-2103187-11CB1FC1000005DC-535_468x631.jpg)