Deborah YaffeDec 19, 2019Still missingToday’s Jane Austen happening is what hasn’t happened yet: Almost exactly three years after an artist engraved tiny portraits of Jane...
Deborah YaffeJun 13, 2018Still missingIn the annals of news-that-isn’t-exactly-new, the year 1975 holds a special place. That fall, the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco...
Deborah YaffeDec 7, 2017Golden fiver on the blockHow time flies. It’s been exactly a year since a Scottish art gallery announced that Graham Short, an artist known for his teeny-tiny...
Deborah YaffeApr 19, 2017A fiver to BathThe Roald Dahl-flavored tale of the four specially engraved, possibly valuable Jane Austen £5 notes continues to be The Story That Will...
Deborah YaffeMar 29, 2017Jane meets AgathaJust when you thought everyone had forgotten about the final Jane Austen Mystery Fiver – the still-missing British £5 note engraved with...
Deborah YaffeFeb 23, 2017And another one bites the dustI clearly don’t have much of a future as a soothsayer. Back in December, I predicted that it could take many, many months for lucky Brits...
Deborah YaffeJan 5, 2017Two down. . .For the past month, I have attempted to cultivate an air of studied indifference to the story of the Priceless Fivers – the four British...
Deborah YaffeDec 16, 2016I spoke too soon!Just yesterday, I was expressing skepticism about whether the famous, allegedly valuable Jane Austen £5 notes would turn up any time...
Deborah YaffeDec 15, 2016Golden Tickets on the looseIt’s been nearly two weeks already, but the British press cannot get enough of the Jane-Austen-meets-Roald-Dahl story of the specially...
Deborah YaffeDec 5, 2016Oompa-LoompaSomeday very soon, a lucky Brit will turn a crisp new £5 note to the light, just so, and something unexpected will appear: A tiny...
