Autograph note in the third person, to Mrs Hawkins of Alresford Hall, Colchester, refusing an invitation, "Friday Twentieth July 1860" — DICKENS (CHARLES)

Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.

Estimate: £600–£800 hammer ≈ $834–$1,112
Result
Performance
Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 24 June 2021
Record ID: TB-2026-634685
Record: first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
Cite this record: TB-2026-634685 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-634685

Dickens, Autograph note in the third person, to Mrs Hawkins of Alresford Hall, Colchester, refusing an invitation, "Friday Twentieth July 1860". Bonhams, 24 Jun 2021, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-634685.

Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable

Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-634685.

Dickens, Autograph note in the third person, to Mrs Hawkins of Alresford Hall, Colchester, refusing an invitation, "Friday Twentieth July 1860". Bonhams, 24 Jun 2021, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-634685.

Test the link

The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.

From the same sale Fine Books, Manuscripts and Photographs · Jun 2021

Lot	Artist	Estimate
ARCHITECTURE - FRANCE Four fine original architectural designs for th…	Architecture - France Four Fine Original Architectural Designs For The Four Elevations Of A Fin-de-siècle Brick Town House In Rouen, "dressé Par L'architecte Soussigné, Rouen Le 1[-15] Mars 1902"	£800–£1,200
BINDINGS COLLIER (JEREMY) An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain,…	Bindings Collier	£400–£600
Characteristics. In Twenty Six Plates, Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, f…	Heath	£400–£600
MONET (CLAUDE) Autograph letter signed ("Claude Monet") to "Cher Ami"…	Monet	£2,000–£3,000
PHOTOGRAPHY COLE (ALAN SUMMERLY) Ancient Needlepoint and Pillow Lace.…	Photography Cole	£400–£600
Liber Studiorum, for the Author, [1807-1819]	Turner	£15,000–£20,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Dickens	Bleak House, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS, Brad	$1,051	Bonhams, Apr 2022
Dickens	Master Humphrey's Clock, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN ORIG		Bonhams, Dec 2021
Dickens	Bleak House, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS, Brad		Bonhams, Nov 2023
Dickens	DICKENS (CHARLES) Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens"		Bonhams, Sep 2021
Dickens	DICKENS (CHARLES) [Reading Editions] A Christmas Carol; The		Bonhams, Dec 2021
Dickens	Autograph letter signed to A.R. de Montarcis, in French, Dev		Bonhams, Jun 2026
Dickens	Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz", 3 vol		Bonhams, Mar 2026
Dickens	A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christma		Bonhams, Dec 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.