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July 17, 1929
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
Primroses picked by Queen Mary in Bognor sold for £32.50 at a charity bazaar, exceeding the £25 auction price for Charles Dickens' desk in London. Tennyson's coat and Burns' toaster also fetched low prices of £30 and £25.
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Roses Bring More Than Dickens' Desk
London.—(R)—A little bunch of primroses, picked in a modern English garden, brought more at auction the other day than the desk on which Charles Dickens is said to have written his "Pickwick Papers."
The desk was knocked down for £25 in an auction room here; the roses, gathered by Queen Mary in the grounds of Craigwell house, Bognor, where the king is convalescing, brought £32.50 at a charity bazaar held at a small town nearby.
Other literary souvenirs which brought surprisingly low prices in the London auction included a black coat formerly worn by Tennyson and a bannock-toaster once owned by Robert Burns. The cloak sold for £30 and the toaster for £25.
London.—(R)—A little bunch of primroses, picked in a modern English garden, brought more at auction the other day than the desk on which Charles Dickens is said to have written his "Pickwick Papers."
The desk was knocked down for £25 in an auction room here; the roses, gathered by Queen Mary in the grounds of Craigwell house, Bognor, where the king is convalescing, brought £32.50 at a charity bazaar held at a small town nearby.
Other literary souvenirs which brought surprisingly low prices in the London auction included a black coat formerly worn by Tennyson and a bannock-toaster once owned by Robert Burns. The cloak sold for £30 and the toaster for £25.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Primroses Auction
Dickens Desk
Queen Mary
Literary Souvenirs
Low Prices
Charity Bazaar
What entities or persons were involved?
Queen Mary
Charles Dickens
Tennyson
Robert Burns
Where did it happen?
London, Craigwell House, Bognor
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Key Persons
Queen Mary
Charles Dickens
Tennyson
Robert Burns
Location
London, Craigwell House, Bognor
Event Date
The Other Day
Story Details
Primroses gathered by Queen Mary sold for more than Dickens' writing desk at auction, with other literary items fetching low prices.