A woman who auctioned off papers written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing said the documents were almost disposed of before their value was realised. The collection, dating from the 1930s and included a copy of Turing’s PhD dissertation, was sold for £465,400 at auction in Etwall, Derbyshire, on Tuesday. Bridget Pitcher, from Newark,...
Lyon & Turnbull Boy is the only book for which Roald Dahl attempted his own illustrations during his career Roald Dahl’s original sketches, created for his memoir, will be sold at auction after being found in an envelope. Dahl, who was born in the Cardiff suburb of Llandaff, produced the sketches in black ballpoint pen...
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor Bonhams The oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was painted in the UK in 1931 A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi – painted in 1931 in the UK – will be auctioned in London next month. Gandhi led a non-violent resistance movement against British rule in...