Letters written by singer Morrissey while he is aged 14 to 20 are being offered for sale at auction, according to reports. The correspondence is addressed to a pen friend in Birmingham, Simon Pitt, who later becomes the city’s poet laureate. The letters are described as dating from 1974 to 1979, a period that falls within Morrissey’s teenage years and early adulthood. The Evening Standard reports an expected sale price of about £22,000 for the letters, while BBC News states that the letters were written during the years Morrissey is between 14 and 20. The items are presented as personal writing from before Morrissey becomes widely known, with the connection to Pitt cited as a key part of the letters’ provenance. Across the coverage, the central points are the authorship by Morrissey, the Birmingham recipient, the approximate timeframe of the correspondence, and the auction setting with an anticipated high-value outcome.
Young Morrissey letters to pen pal set for auction in UK
Letters written by singer Morrissey while he is aged 14 to 20 are being offered for sale at auction, according to reports. The correspondence is addressed to a pen friend in Birmingham, Simon Pitt, wh...
- The letters are written by Morrissey when he is between 14 and 20 years old.
- They are addressed to a Birmingham pen pal, Simon Pitt.
- The letters are dated from 1974 to 1979.
- Simon Pitt later becomes Birmingham’s poet laureate.
- The letters are scheduled for auction with a reported expected sale price of about £22,000.
The letters to a Birmingham pen pal were written by the singer between the ages of 14 and 20.
2 hours agoThe letters were written to a Birmingham pen friend, Simon Pitt, who would go on to become the city’s poet laureate, between 1974 and 1979.
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