The Independent - London, March 25th, 1999
A LETTER in which Beatrix Potter reveals that one of her best- loved fictional creations, Squirrel Nutkin, was based on a pet squirrel with behavioural problems is expected to fetch up to pounds 15,000 at auction. The letter, written to four-year-old Marjery Spicer in January 1903, will be auctioned by Bonhams on 11 May. It is being sold by Mrs Spicer's daughter, Rosemary Franklin, who only learnt of its value when she took it to BBC Television's Antiques Roadshow. In the four-page letter, the children's author told Marjery about her favourite pets, including a white rat called Sammy, some b...
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