Lot 6 · English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
letter signed at the head (“marye the quene”), to lord paget
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $13,162–$19,743
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, London · 12 July 2016
- Dimensions
- 195 x 355mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4496458
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Queen Mary II, letter signed at the head (“marye the quene”), to lord paget. Sotheby's, 12 Jul 2016, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4496458.
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Queen Mary II, letter signed at the head (“marye the quene”), to lord paget. Sotheby's, 12 Jul 2016, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4496458.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Mary II | queen mary i., letter signed, 18 april 1554 | $15,567 | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | |
| Queen Mary II | letter signed at the head (“marye the quene”), to lord paget | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Queen Mary II | two autograph letters signed ("marie r"), to anne, countess | Sotheby's, Jul 2014 | ||
| Robert Louis Stevenson | strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. london: longmans, g | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| J. K. Rowling | rowling, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, 1998, unco | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| J. K. Rowling | harry potter and the philosopher's stone. bloomsbury, 2015 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island. London, 1883. Édition originale, en premier | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Arthur Rackham | Fantasy Scene with characters from Alice (1907), A Midsummer | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2021 |
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.