Christie's

Connections

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Wealth and Poverty Enid Bagnold
Her Rottingdean belongings were sold through Christie's in October, raising a total of £72,321.
Sebba, Anne. Enid Bagnold: The Authorized Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
263
Occupation Emily Eden
One activity she took absolutely seriously was her art: drawing and painting, which covered a variety of subjects. Her first publication, not long after her return from India, was a book of sketches produced there...
Occupation Germaine Greer
GG 's love of books also expresses itself acquisitively. She says she is not really a collector, but admits: Some people read Cosmopolitan, but I read Christie's catalogues.
Healey, R. M. “Interview with Germaine Greer”. Book and Magazine Collector, Vol.
180
, pp. 26-34.
26
She names as the most...
Family and Intimate relationships Nancy Cunard
In June 2015 unpublished letters from Crowder to Cunard, property of a private collector, were sold at Christie's in London.
Kennedy, Maev. “Scandalous affair. Lover’s passionate letters to Nancy Cunard for sale”. Guardian Weekly, p. 17.

Timeline

9 June 1819: The library of the late Queen Charlotte was...

Building item

9 June 1819

The library of the late Queen Charlotte was auctioned by Christie's ; it included Jane Austen 's works, plus titles by Catherine Cuthbertson , Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire , Christian Isobel Johnstone , Alethea Lewis

6 May 2009: The antiquarian book collection of the late...

Women writers item

6 May 2009

The antiquarian book collection of the late Paula Fentress Peyraud (the largest in private hands), auctioned in New York, fetched more than $1.5 million US. Books by women between 1760 and 1830 predominated.

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