Diary from ordinary seaman takes $110,000
A DIARY kept by a sailor in Nelson’s navy was offered for sale in a US auction earlier this month. Given that diaries kept by ordinary sailors are exceptionally rare, there was huge interest in this visually striking document from both sides of the Atlantic with institutions, the trade and private collectors vying for the journal.
Competed past its $35,000-50,000 estimate, it sold in the room at $110,000 (£61,800) to an American …