Jane Austen books sell for £181,000 at auction
The novels by Jane Austen, which sold at auction for £181,600 were originally bought for about £5,000The books went under the hammer at Dominic Winter Auctions in Cirencester, with Pride and Prejudice the most popular, selling for £92,000.
It attracted the second-highest successful bid of £62,000, with Emma, published in 1816, reaching £12,800.Born on 16 December 1775 in the Hampshire village of Steventon, where her father was the local clergyman Lived in Bath from 1801 before moving to Southampton and then the Hampshire village of Chawton after her father diedDied in Winchester in 1817 at the age of 41 and was buried in the cathedralMr Albury said the novels went to four different buyers who attended in person or on the phone, with no internet bidders successful.
"The consensus among those who watched and participated was that these were all strong prices," he added.Auctioneer Chris Albury said first copies of Pride and Prejudice were the most sought-after by collectors
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