Personal documents and mementos previously belonging to Mike Hawthorn, including a congratulatory telegram from HRH Prince Philip upon winning the F1

Personal documents and mementos previously belonging to Mike Hawthorn, including a congratulatory telegram from HRH Prince Philip upon winning the F1 Drivers World Championship in its original envelope, a 19 January National Sporting Club dinner menu in his honour, the front cover signed with dedication by actor Jack Hawkins, other signatures within including Tony Brooks, David Brown, Donald Campbell, Henry Cooper, 'Lofty' England, John Surtees and Tony Vandervell, a Certified Copy of his Birth Certificate, personal effects comprising a tortoiseshell case with hinged silvered metal mounted map reading glass, two glazed bakelite picture frames and a small leather travelling picture frame, each containing a personal b&w photo, largest 24 by 19cm., 9 by 7in., a leather driving licence holder (empty) and a leather key fob with Mike Hawthorn and TT Garage details set in gold lettering, his copy of Motor-Racing Drivers Past and Present by 'Sallon', published by Shell-Mex & BP, the caricatures of John Bolster, Tony Brooks, Ivor Bueb ('Lula Belle'), Colin Chapman, Freddie Dixon, Duncan Hamilton, Nancy Mitchell, Don Parker, Reg Parnell, Tony Rolt, Jim Russell, Roy Salvadori, and Peter Whitehead signed by their subject, that of Archie Scott-Brown dedicated 'to Mike', 26 personal and press b&w photographs 1942-1958, 14 newspaper & magazine clippings 1952-58, plus 3 added obituaries, 13 copies of various 1958-59 magazines from Autosport, Motor Racing, Motor Sport, Sports Car Illustrated and Autocourse; sold with a letter of authenticity and programme for the 1983 Hawthorn Memorial Trophy meeting (qty.) These items passed to Mike's mother upon his tragic death on 22 January 1959, aged just 29, and were later bequeathed to her goddaughter, with whom Mike had been friends since childhood.