George Washington letter may overthrow price record
- December 02, 2009 10:22
A signed four-page letter from George Washington to his nephew is expected to break sales records in one of two manuscript auctions at Christie's in New York on Dec. 4. The letter, in which Washington shared his firm support for the ratification of the American Constitution, could fetch up to $2.5 million dollars which would smash the previous record of $834,500 set in 2002 for a Washington document. Works by Vladimir Nabokov, Charles Dickens, and Edgar Allen Poe will also be up for sale...