11,000 Pounds Buys Jane Austen Collectable

October 23, 2013 at 7:30 pm (jane austen, people) (a memoir of jane austen, auction, james edward austen leigh, Jane Austen)

Of special concern for Two Teens in the Time of Austen: a book that went up for auction at Gorringes today:

Jane Austen, “An autograph manuscript fragment, comprising four lines, attached to another leaf bearing authentication, in turn attached to a letter from her nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh, written on paper bearing watermark date 1868, at Bray Vicarage, February 7, 1870, presenting the fragment to Rev. G. C. Berkeley”.

Estimate before the sale: £2,000-3,000. As the hammer dropped, the cost closed at £11,000!!

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The note, letter, and authentication are attached to a copy of Edward’s book, A Memoir of Jane Austen.