Wow, that’s staggering John! I wonder if we will find out who the buyer was.
Well done by the way in getting the preview info.
Best regards Phil
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> On 4 Aug 2020, at 15:13, John Henry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> The Mary Anning letter was auctioned today. The winning bid was
> £100,800, a truly astounding price. To that will be added a commission of
> 25%. The bidding on the letter was to have closed at 14:04 at which time it
> reached £75,000. Sotheby's extended the deadline by two minutes, which
> proved profitable for the seller and them. I will be watching the news to
> see if the bidder remains anonymous.
> If there is a silver lining, such a high price may tempt other
> letters out of private collections. This one may have been testing the
> water. I feel sorry for the Jurassic Coast Trust who valiantly raised a sum
> in pledges that should have been more than enough to have returned the
> letter to Lyme Regis.
> All the best,
> John Henry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HOGG - History of Geology Group <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of
> Cindy Howells
> Sent: 04 August 2020 09:08
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mary Anning's letter to Buckland
>
> Presumably everyone is now also aware of the Jurassic Coast Trust crowd
> funding bid to raise the money to buy the letter.
>
>
> https://mailchi.mp/jurassiccoast/crowdfunder-alert-24-hours-to-save-a-pricel
> ess-mary-anning-letter-trustees-pt-ii?e=ce2b4ceed1?
>
> ________________________________
> From: HOGG - History of Geology Group <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of
> John Henry <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 03 August 2020 13:47
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Mary Anning's letter to Buckland
>
> Dear All,
> I had a look at Mary Anning's letter at Sotheby's yesterday, Sunday,
> morning. No photographs or transcribing was permitted. However, I can tell
> you that there is no additional information beyond what was in the auction
> description and the image extract from her letter. If the letter should
> disappear into anonymity again, we do now have all the information she
> passed on to Buckland. This morning, the bidding has reached £10,000!
> Someone will have a very expensive memento, but we all have the factual
> content.
> All the best,
> John Henry
>
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