Rare ‘Wuthering Heights’ First Edition To Sell At Christie’s London
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- Forbes Life Rare ‘Wuthering Heights’ First Edition To Sell At Christie’s London.
- Some of the more breathless estimates bandied about in the last weeks range up into the low seven figures.
- The Three Volumes Under The Hammer: The simultaneously published three-volume first edition of 'Wuthering Heights' and 'Agnes Grey.'Courtesy of Christie's Images Ltd.
Forbes Life Rare ‘Wuthering Heights’ First Edition To Sell At Christie’s London. The star lot on June 30 will be a three-volume first edition of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” in two volumes, and Anne Brontë’s “Agnes Grey” in the third. Valued at $794,000, it’ll run higher.By Guy Martin,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Guy Martin covers culture, travel, and Thoroughbred racing.Follow Author Jun 29, 2026, 11:16pm EDTUpdated Jun 29, 2026, 11:45pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.The Ferocious, Luminescent Brontë: Emily Brontë (1818-1848), English novelist and poet, as rendered at twenty-five, by her brother Patrick Branwell Brontë, circa 1833. (Photo by Apic/Bridgeman via Getty Images)Bridgeman via Getty ImagesChristie’s June 30 Exceptional Sale in London offers many fine lots, among them, a bespoke cigar humidor of Cuban amboya gifted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Winston Churchill during the war ($25,000-$40,000); a sabre-toothed tiger skull discovered in a Pleistoscene sinkhole in Florida in 2008 ($1,000,000-$1,500,000); and by no means least, a rare first edition of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, published, fascinatingly, as a three-volume set, the first two of which are devoted to that novel, the third of which is her sister Anne’s novel, Agnes Grey. Pictured top, a portrait of the twent
The three volumes carry a pre-sale estimate range of $200,000-$300,000, but for a host of reasons, as the gavel strikes Christie’s lectern sometime after 4:30 British Summer Time (11:30 Eastern) on June 30, the market value of this particular first edition is thought to be running higher than that. Some of the more breathless estimates bandied about in the last weeks range up into the low seven figures. Pictured below, the three-volume first edition.