Notes and personal items belonging to Sylvia Plath going under the hammer

— the collection includes tarot cards, photos and passionate notes written to her husband Ted Hughes following their marriage

Letters written to Ted Hughes by American poet Sylvia Plath, and their gold wedding rings, which are some of the items belonging to Sylvia Plath going under the hammer at Sotheby's on July 9. The collection of letters and personal items - including passionate notes written to husband Ted Hughes following their marriage - come from the collection of Frieda Hughes, one of the couple's two children. Picture: Sotheby's/PA Wire

A collection of letters and personal items belonging to Sylvia Plath — including passionate notes written to husband Ted Hughes following their marriage — are going under the hammer.

Sotheby's said the sale contains "the most personal objects" belonging to American poet Plath to ever come to market.