Brontë auction at Christie's: results ~ BrontëBlog

Well, here's hoping we will eventually hear to whose hands the Brontë items auctioned at Christie's today (Sale 5123) are going, with the exception of Lot 13, which we know is going home to the Parsonage. But for most all we know is the prices they have realised, although some of them haven't been sold yet.

Lot 12
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
By Acton Bell. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1848.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Price realised: $15,000

Lot 13
Charlotte Brontë - Autograph manuscript of two poems, "Found in the Inn Belo nging to You" ("Thou art a sweet and lovely flower..."), and "Addressed to the Tower of all Nation" ("O thou great thou mighty tower...") dated resp ectively "U.T. Sept. 28,1829" and "U.T. Oct 7 1829," with a title and two lines of another poem entitled "The Walk," neatly inked out.
Estimate: $50,000 - $75,000
Price realised: $62,500 (Acquired by the Brontë Society)

Lot 14
BRONTË, Cha rlotte. Aut ograph letter signed ("C., Bronte") to Henry Nusse y (brother of her friend Ellen Nussey), Haworth, 5 March 1839.
Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000
Price realised: $56,250

Lot 15
BRONTË, Cha rlotte. Autograph letter signed ("C Brontë") to the Rev. Henry Nussey, Hawo rth, 26 May 1840.
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000
Price realised: ------ Not Sold

Lot 16
BRONTË, Charlotte. Autograph letter signed ("C., Bronte") to the Reverend Henry Nussey (brother of her f riend Ellen Nussey), Upper Wood House, Rawden, May 9 [1841].
Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000
Price realised: ------- Not Sold

Lot 17
[BRONTË, Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848) and Anne (1820-1849)]. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. London: Aylott and Jones, 1846.
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
Price realised: $40,000

Lot 18
[BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily and Anne]. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. London: Smith, El der and Co., 1846 [but 1848].
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Price realised: $2,500

Lot 19
[BRONTË, Charlotte]. Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell. London: Smith Elder, 1847.
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Price realised: $40,000

Lot 20
[BRONTË, Charlotte]. Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell, author of "Jane Eyre." London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1849.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Price realised: $4,375

Lot 21
[BRONTË, Charlotte]. Poetry Past and Present. A Collection for Every-Day reading and Amusement. London: John and Charles Mozley, 1849.
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Price realised: $50,000

Lot 22
BRONTË, Charlotte. Autograph letter signed ("C Brontë") to "My dear Mrs. Forster (wife of John Forster?), in Rawden, Haworth, 28 October 1851.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Price realised: $8,750

Lot 23
[BRONTË, Charlotte]. Villette. By Currer Bell, author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," etc. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1853.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Price realised: $6,000

Lot 24
[BRONTË, Charlotte (1816-1855)]. The Professor, a Tale. By Currer Bell. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Price realised: $5,000

Lot 25
[BRONTË, Charlotte (1816-1855)]. The Professor, a Tale. By Currer Bell. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Price realised: ------- Not Sold

Lot 26
[BRONTË, Charlotte]. GASKELL, E.C. The Life of Charlotte Brontë. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857.
Estimate: $300 - $400
Price realised: $1,500

Lot 27
[BRONTË, Emily and Anne. Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By Ellis Bell. -- Agnes Grey. A Novel. By Acton Bell. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847].
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Price realised: $86,500

Lot 28
BRONTË, Reverend Patrick (1777-1861). Cottage Poems. Halifax: P.K.Holden for the author, 1811.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Price realised: ------ Not Sold

Incidentally, Jacket Copy - a Los Angeles Times blog - has a 'fantasy Christmas shopping for book lovers' post on this 'droolworthy auction'. EDIT: And here again.

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