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News Archive 2022

Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Charles Dickens Letters Project, spots two further forgeries

9 December, 2022

Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Charles Dickens Letters Project, spotted two forgeries being offered at auction by Fonsie Mealy’s in Kilkenny.

When he alerted the auctioneers to the forgery, they withdrew it from sale:

https://www.fonsiemealy.ie/catalogue/lot/1cb08f5dfcfc16bd8297b973146999ae/bd96274c72c9a29dd716683412367761/christmas-rare-books-collectors-sale-lot-637/

The story appeared in the Guardian on 7 December:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/07/charles-dickens-letters-auction-withdrawn-forgeries-handwriting-wrong

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