Can anyone rustle up £4.5million by next week?

[Dave2002]

http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver...r-magazine.JPG

Now where have I heard the name Breitbart before? Ah - yes - let's not bring Donald's friends into this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/10-most-despicable-stories-breitbart-published-under-bannon-w452226/its-the-washington-post-spinning-the-news-not-breitbart-w452230

[Nick Armstrong]

The manuscript and its significance (and sale for the exact price in the thread title) made the lunchtime BBC1 TV news...

... and indeed, the main BBC online news page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38142482

[kernelbogey]

Just watched the short video on BBC news site: the auctioneer knocks it down at £3.9m (to an anonymous buyer). Presumably the rest is the buyer's and vendor's premiums...?

[ahinton]

Just watched the short video on BBC news site: the auctioneer knocks it down at £3.9m (to an anonymous buyer). Presumably the rest is the buyer's and vendor's premiums...?

Indeed - which just goes to show how much auctioneers make from their vendors and purchasers...