Rare Letters By Jackie Kennedy, Sigmund Freud and Ernest Hemingway Are Up For Sale

Dec 19, 2013

Today, a rare collection of 300 important historical manuscripts go on the block both live and online, at the auction house Profiles in History in Calabasas, California. Today’s sale called “The Property Of A Distinguished American Private Collector Part III,” is the third sale of museum-worthy letters and manuscripts. The event gives the public access to a little piece of their very own history; Joseph Maddalena, president of the auction house, states in the sale catalog: “I have decided to pursue auction as the best way to bring wonderful materials on a regular basis to market…”

The first sale of 300 lots last December fetched almost $6 million and the second auction, of 250 letters, about $3 million last April.  “We’re not saving the best for last,” said Marsha Malinowski, president of of Marsha Malinowski Fine Books and Manuscripts, “We tried to create a balance.”

The balancing act includes letters from Charles Darwin, William Shakespeare, Malcolm X, Catherine the Great and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, to name a few.

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