Jun 05 2008
Charles Dickens’ writing desk auctioned for $860,000
The desk and chair where Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations was sold at auction Wednesday for about $860,000 CAD.
Tom Higgins, an Irish businessman who is the CEO of a live tarot card and psychic readings service, was the lucky winner of this one-of-a-kind desk and chair, sold at an auction to benefit the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London.
Dickens himself was a supporter of this hospital, speaking at its first fundraiser in 1858. His desk and chair were passed on through the family to his great-great-grandson Christopher. When Christopher died, his wife donated the famous items to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in honour of Dickens.
Source:
CBC
Image: Christie’s/Associated Press
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