Mark Twain’s never-published tribute to daughter sells for more than $242,000 at NYC auction
By APThursday, June 17, 2010
Mark Twain tribute fetches $242,000 at NYC auction
NEW YORK — Mark Twain’s never-published “A Family Sketch” has sold for more than $242,000 at a New York City auction.
The document was a tribute to his daughter Olivia “Susy” Clemens.” She inspired two of his stories and died at 24 after contracting spinal meningitis. The document sold Thursday at Sotheby’s.
The auction house did not identify the buyer.
The price outpaced the original estimate of $120,000 to $180,000.
The 64-page, handwritten document was among a trove of 200 Twain letters, manuscripts and photographs. Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
The total collection is expected to bring $750,000 to $1.2 million. It belonged to the late media executive James S. Copley.
Online:
www.sothebys.com
