'Mallorca is not for sale', 'Mallorca is not for sale'... these are slogans we hear and see painted on walls today in connection with the pressure of tourism and the purchase of homes by foreigners. But the kingdom of Mallorca was literally sold in August 1375—650 years ago—when Isabella, daughter of James III, transferred her rights to the crown of the Islands to a brother of the King of France for 120,000 gold florins: approximately the sum of 1.