The sketches were drawn in black ballpoint pen and are the only ones he ever produced for a book.

Rare sketches by Roald Dahl, created for his memoir "Boy", will be sold at auction, offering a unique glimpse into the author ...

The drawings, found in an envelope, are the only known sketches produced by the celebrated author before he died in 1990.

The sketches will be sold in Edinburgh as part of Lyon & Turnbull's books and manuscripts sale on Wednesday. They are part of ...

Roald Dahl's original sketches, created for his memoir, will be sold at auction after being found in an envelope. Dahl, who ...

The sketches were produced by Dahl in black ballpoint pen for Boy, which was published in 1984. Dahl died in 1990 aged 74 and Boy is the only book which he produced illustrations for during his ...

Artist James Mylne spends hundreds of hours on each of his drawings. His preferred tool is a standard Bic ballpoint pen, leaving no room for mistakes, slips or smudges. James Mylne's hyper ...

You were making works with provocative slogans or phrases, but then you started to make figurative pen drawings. Can we talk about using ballpoint pen on a large scale and why you chose to do that?

20 x 40 x 17 cm. (7.9 x 15.7 x 6.7 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

The ballpoint pen as we know it was patented on June 10, 1943, by brothers László and György Bíró, who sought a cleaner, more reliable alternative to fountain pens.

Original drawings by Roald Dahl that were found in an envelope have sold for almost £24,000 (€28,000). The collection of sketches was produced by Dahl in black ballpoint pen for his memoir, Boy (1984) ...