Bookseller Buys Dahl Story

The unfinished Roald Dahl children’s story that went up for auction on eBay last week fetched $1,900 for Jerry Biederman, who has owned the document and the rights to the story since 1982 when he paid Dahl $200 for its use in the proposed Do-It-Yourself Children’s Storybook…read more

£150K FOR BOOK ON CRICKET

A RARE cricket book described as “gold dust” has sold at auction for more than £150,000.

A Collection Of All The Grand Matches Played In England From 1771 To 1791 fetched a world record for a book on the sport.

The 1799 work, by William Epps, was expected to sell for up to £70,000 – in fact it fetched £151, 250….read more