A cigar butt discarded by Sir Winston Churchill and picked up by a policeman is expected to fetch up to £1,200 ($1,677) at auction. The item cast aside by the wartime leader in the 1940s will go on sale along with a pair of satin slippers that once belonged to Queen Victoria. Made in the mid-19th century, the royal shoes are detailed with gold thread bands and will go under the hammer almost 202 years to the day after she was born. The slippers are expected to fetch up to £3,000 ($4,192) later this month when members of the public will be able to bid. Julian Dineen, specialist in charge of the Bellmans auction, said: “There is definitely a taste for memorabilia related to important historical figures at the moment. “The recent sale of Churchill’s slippers indicated that although we don’t expect Queen Victoria’s slippers to necessarily reach five figures …