Auction of Agatha Christie items raises GBP303,000.
| Publisher | M2 Communications Ltd. |
| Publication | M2 Best Books |
| Subject | Business |
| Format | Newsletter |
| Issues per Year | 255 |
| Published | 2006-09-13 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Person | Works | Agatha Christie |
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Novels written by crime writer Agatha Christie have been sold in an auction this week in an effort to help maintain her former Devon home, the Greenway Estate.
The sale raised a total of GBP303,000.
According to The Telegraph, 30 of the writer's novels, many of which were first editions and signed, were sold in a 719-lot auction of art and antiques.
The novels reportedly sold for almost GBP42,000 in total. The Guardian reported that a copy of Death on the Nile sold for GBP2,400 and A Pocket Full...
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