Shakespeare folios expected to fetch more than £3.5m at auction

Shakespeare’s four folios are being auctioned in London (Sotheby’s/PA) -

William Shakespeare’s four folios published more than 300 years ago are to go on auction where they are expected to fetch between £3.5 million and £4.5 million.

The books, which compile Shakespeare’s plays, will go on sale at Sotheby’s in London on May 23, a month after the Bard’s birthday on April 23.