Sylvia Plath’s letters to Ted Hughes among intimate items to be auctioned

The sale at Sotheby’s includes the poet’s wedding ring, drawings and a family photo album

A cache of Sylvia Plath’s letters and personal items – including her wedding ring, a captioned photo album and her drawings of Ted Hughes – are to be sold at Sotheby’s in a sale which provides unique insight into the life of one of the most celebrated literary figures in the English language.

Sotheby’s is hosting the 55-lot auction, which includes some of the most personal Plath items ever sold, including intimate pieces such as the Plath family Bible and letters between herself and Hughes, with whom she had one of literature’s most famous relationships.