▁silver , ▁paint ings , ▁t apest ries ▁and ▁por cel ain , ▁with ▁a ▁portrait ▁previously ▁identified ▁as ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁I ▁( but ▁now ▁considered ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁Catherine ▁Howard , ▁n ée ▁Care y , ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Not ting ham ) ▁ach ieving ▁the ▁highest ▁au ction ▁price ▁of ▁£ 3 2 5 , 2 5 0 . ▁In ▁total , ▁the ▁au ction ▁raised ▁£ 7 . 9 ▁million . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Cow d ray ▁Est ate ▁Cow d ray ▁Park ▁Pol o ▁Club ▁Rem ark able ▁trees ▁in ▁Cow d ray ▁Park ▁ ▁Category : P olo ▁clubs ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁Category : Country ▁houses ▁in ▁West ▁Sus sex ▁Category : S ports ▁ven ues ▁in ▁West ▁Sus sex ▁Category : Cl ubs ▁and ▁soci eties ▁in ▁West ▁Sus sex <0x0A> </s> ▁R ainer ▁Kir sch ▁( 1 7 ▁July ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁– ▁ 4 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 5 ) ▁was ▁a ▁German ▁writer ▁and ▁poet . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁Kir sch ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁D ö b eln ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 . ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁high ▁school , ▁he ▁studied ▁history ▁at ▁the ▁K lost ersch ule ▁Ro ß leben ▁and ▁philosophy ▁at ▁the ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁University ▁of ▁Halle - W itten berg ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁J ena ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁he ▁was ▁re leg ated , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1