For all the Huck Finn Fans in Uxbridge .....
Following up on the heals of Uxbridges Huck Finn Day Sotheby's International announced, on the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death, an Auction Of some 200 items to be put up for Auction in June.
NEW YORK — Sotheby's on Wednesday announced plans to auction off an unpublished autobiographical work by Mark Twain, one of America's most celebrated writers.
The 65-page unedited manuscript, "A Family Sketch" is described by the auction house as a "most intimate and introspective memoir" by the author.
Sotheby's timed the announcement to coincide with the 100th anniversary Wednesday of Twain's death at the age of 74.
The auction house called the work "the missing chapter" from Twain's autobiography, and said it includes "recollections of his youth, sketches of people he had met, and essays on various subjects cobbled together in rambling fashion."
The work is dedicated to Twain's favorite daughter, Susy, who died of meningitis at the age of 24.
The manuscript is among 200 of the writer's possessions, valued at about one million dollars, to be put on sale by Sotheby's in June, including original letters, photographs and other writings.
Born Samuel Clemens in November 1835, Mark Twain is one of America's most beloved writers, with his "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Adventures of Tom Sawyer," two of the most important works in American literature.
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Kathy: Very interesting, I wonder how much it went for? Mark Twain actually lived a long time for the statistics back then, most people didn't live that long.
Jane - I belive the auction is not until sometime in june