After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

Satisfaction abounded as bidders landed rare first edition copies of books by Agatha Christie and PG Wodehouse on day two of the sales event, named “Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone – Literature and Jazz”, which started up at famed auction house Christie’s on Thursday (28 September).

One of day two’s biggest sales, which occurred virtually on Friday (29 September), was the late drummer’s edition of Wodehouse’s 1919 novel A Damsel in Distress , which was ensnared for £21,420, while his Victorian full-size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry, was sold for £20,160.

Meanwhile, a group of twelve presentation copies of novels by Christie, inscribed with notes and dedications, rolled up interest worth £18,900.

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