Lot 82 · English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
a collection of 7 works, comprising:
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $1,974–$2,632
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, London · 12 July 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4495855
- Record
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Elizabeth Barrett. Browning, a collection of 7 works, comprising:. Sotheby's, 12 Jul 2016, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4495855.
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Elizabeth Barrett. Browning, a collection of 7 works, comprising:. Sotheby's, 12 Jul 2016, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4495855.
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From the same sale English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations · Jul 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autograph letter signed, to John Cam Hobhouse | Byron, George Gordon, Lord. 1788-1824. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| "Where the bee sucks, there suck I" | Edmund Dulac | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Autograph letter signed, to George Arbuthnot | Alexander Pope | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| preliminary pencil drawing for The Pooh Story Book | Shepard, E.h. 1879-1976. | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Typescript contributions to 'Declaration' | — | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Autograph letter signed, to David Mallet | Alexander Pope | £1,000–£1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Barrett. Browning | aurora leigh. london: chapman and hall, 1857 [1856]. | $2,125 | Sotheby's, Jun 2016 | |
| Hemingway, Ernest. 1899-1961. | Green Hills of Africa. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1 | Bonhams, Aug 2023 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to Frederic Ouvr | Christie's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | English Novelist. A.L.S., Mr. Charles Dickens, in the third | International Autograph Auctions, Dec 2021 | ||
| Hemingway, Ernest. 1899-1961. | Men at War | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2025 | ||
| Elizabeth Barrett. Browning | an essay on mind, with other poems. london: james duncan, 18 | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Elizabeth Barrett. Browning | a collection of 7 works, comprising: | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | 10 Novels in 13 volumes | Bonhams, Apr 2023 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.