Oscar Wilde – Two autograph manuscripts, a working draft and a fair copy of the sonnet titled “The Grave of Shelley”, [c.1881] sold for £60,090
A collection of Oscar Wilde memorabilia resulted in a white glove sale at Bonhams in London this month. The 156 lot auction of the collection of Jeremy Mason, who has been collecting Wilde memorabilia for 60 years, made £1.68 million and was 100% sold. The top lot was the last photograph of Wilde, taken on his death bed on November 30, 1900. It made £279,800 over a top estimate of £5,000.