£84,000 for Roald Dahl photos

PRIVATE photographs taken by classic children's author Roald Dahl have fetched more than £84,000 at a charity auction.

Proceeds have been earmarked for the Roald Dahl Museum and new Story Centre, which opens In Great Missenden in June.

Among the lots up for sale at Christie's on Monday, December 14th, were a picture of Roald Dahl's first wife Patricia Neal with children sat under her skirt which sold for £7,500. . .

Dahl's widow, Liccy, was particularly taken with the photographs which cast fresh light on Dahl's wartime experiences. She said: "I found those images particularly moving. They give an insight into what he went through in the war."

Two photographs of Baghdad market taken by the author in 1940 fetched �5,500 while his picture of the Arch of Ctesiphon in Iran made �6,000.

Posted by David on December 31, 2004 3:21 PM