Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"—a moniker which is now trademarked by her estate—or the "Queen of Mystery". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies. More about Agatha Christie
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Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejections, but this changed in 1920 when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring detective Hercule Poirot, was published. Her first husband was Archibald Christie; they married in 1914 and had one child before divorcing in 1928. Following the breakdown of her marriage and the death of her mother in 1926 she made international headlines by going missing for eleven days. During both World Wars, she served in hospital dispensaries, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the poisons that featured in many of her novels, short stories, and plays. Following her marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan in 1930, she spent several months each year on digs in the Middle East and used her first-hand knowledge of this profession in her fiction.In total, we tracked 57 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Agatha Christie (Signed First Edition Agatha Christie Sad Cypress) was sold in December 2023 for £2200.00 while the cheapest item (ALISTER CAMERON-Acted In Agatha Christie's Poirot-TV-Signed Picture) found a new owner for £0.97 in November 2013. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2021 with an average selling price of £28.00 for an autographed item of Agatha Christie. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2016 with £419.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.97 was November 2013. In average, an autographed item from Agatha Christie is worth £25.00.
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Agatha Christie The Miss Marple Collection 12 Disc DVD Signed Autographed | £15.00 | ||
Agatha Christie's Poirot Cast Signed 8x10 Photo David Suchet & Pauline Moran 51 | £39.99 | ||
David Suchet Agatha Christie's Poirot Signed Autograph UACC RD 96 | £45.00 | ||
DAVID SUCHET ORIGINAL SIGNED AGATHA CHRISTIE POIROT ACTOR MURDER ORIENT EXPRESS | £27.00 | ||
David Suchet Poirot Agatha Christie BAFTA Signed Autograph UACC RD 96 | £32.00 | ||
David Suchet Signed 6x4 Photo Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie Autograph + COA | £34.99 | ||
David Suchet Signed 6x4 Photo Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie Autograph + COA | £34.99 | ||
Joan Hickson( Miss Marple/agatha christie Original Signed Photograph | £34.33 | ||
Sir David Suchet Signed 8x10 Photo ~ Agatha Christie's Poirot - RARE!!! 81 | £23.00 | ||
Sir David Suchet Signed 8x10 Photo ~ Agatha Christie's Poirot ~ RARE!!! ~ 54 | £99.00 |