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Dad From Southend Spends £25k on Never-Seen-Before Letter From Late Queen
A letter by a young Queen Elizabeth II with original doodles sold for $33,444 after intense bidding between UK and US collectors, bought to inspire the buyer’s daughter.
- On Friday, Hansons Auctioneers sold a previously unseen one-page letter by a young Queen Elizabeth II for $33,444, far exceeding its $2,675–$5,350 estimate.
- Found in a suitcase two years ago, the note was written during a Praa Sands holiday around age ten and addressed to Beatrice Stillman at Royal Lodge.
- The note includes primroses and textual references, doodles of dogs, horses, children and highwaymen, and was part of an archive of royal memorabilia; a lot of ration books and signed photographs sold for £3,600.
- A bidding war between collectors in the UK and the US drove the price past estimates, and an anonymous buyer from Southend, Essex said he bought it to inspire his young daughter.
- Charles Hanson said the sale was a privilege, and the family was stunned and overjoyed by the worldwide interest.
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Letter written by young Queen Elizabeth II sells for $33,000
The auction sparked a bidding war between collectors in the UK and the US.
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