The Bronte Parsonage Museum dedicated to the life and works of the Bronte sisters and now they need help to buy an remarkable original miniature manuscript written by Charlotte Bronte when she was just 14 years old.
Entitled Young Men’s Magazine Number 2, the 4000 word, 19 page manuscript is part of a series of six, with four of the other publications in this series already owned by the Bronte Parsonage Museum.
Director of the museum is quoted as saying the manuscript is “the most significant [Bronte] manuscript to come to light in decades“, which is not surprising as it both contains hints towards some of Charlotte’s later work and is also rather amazing due to the tiny size of the publication at just 3.5cm by 6.1cm (1.4in x 2.4in).
Sotheby’s in London are due to auction Young Men’s Magazine Number 2 on the 15th December with a guide price of £300,000 although due to the rare nature of this item, the price may well go well above this.
So now the museum has the remaining 3 weeks to find £300,000 to have a chance of securing one of the most culturally important Bronte treasures to come onto the market in many years.
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