Real Alice in Wonderland book fetches $115k at US auction
December 20th, 2009 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI ( Leave a comment )London, Dec 20 (ANI): A rare edition of Alice in Wonderland given to the real Alice has fetched 115,000 dollars at an auction.
Written by Lewis Carroll, the copy belonged to 10-year-old Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Alice.
Another first edition sold for 40,000 dollars, reports The BBC.
The books were being sold by the American football star and children’s book collector Pat McInally.
They went under the hammer at Profiles In History auction house in California. (ANI)
- 'Pride and Prejudice' fetches 140,000 pounds at auction - Oct 30, 2010
- 30000 pounds for rare copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler - Apr 11, 2011
- Monroe's items set auction on fire - Dec 18, 2011
- Rare Sex Pistols disc pips Beatles to be the most valuable vinyl - Apr 22, 2011
- World's most expensive book to go under the hammer - Sep 09, 2010
- Mariah Carey bidding for MJ's furniture - Jun 25, 2010
- Rare 'Star Wars' Darth Vader costume up for grabs - Oct 28, 2010
- Hitler's signed autobiography to go on sale - Apr 11, 2011
- Ferrari's ultimate opus super-book comes with a 275,000 dollar price tag! - Mar 24, 2011
- Sly's 'Expendables' truck sold for $132K at auction - Jan 25, 2011
- Auction houses picking on Indian heritage - Sep 29, 2011
- Monroe's teenage photos up for auction - Nov 09, 2011
- Market for antiquities still strong in India: Neville Tuli (With Images) - Jan 30, 2012
- Star spangled banner copy sells for $506,500 - Dec 06, 2010
- 10 Cent Fetches $1 Million! - Feb 23, 2010
Tags: alice in wonderland, alice liddell, american football, auction house, bbc, football star, hammer, history auction, lewis carroll, london, profiles in history, rare edition, real alice
