LONDON — Almost anything linked to Winston Churchill can be collectible, right down to the butts of his cigars. But it is hard to imagine an artifact rarer or more intimate than the one scheduled to be auctioned on March 12: a vial of his blood.
The sample, long since turned from red to amber, was collected in 1962 by Patricia Fitzgibbon, a student nurse at Middlesex Hospital in London, where Churchill was being treated for a hip injury. The vial was supposed to be discarded after his stay, but Ms. Fitzgibbon got permission to keep it as a souvenir, according to a statement by Duke’s Auctioneers, which is organizing the sale.
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