Baby hair, love letters, first-edition books and other personal belongings of author John Steinbeck will be available to the public for the first time in an upcoming auction
The collection includes an array of items saved from John and his wife Elaine's New York home, including locks of Steinbeck's baby hair, love letters, family photos, first edition books and a handful of other items.
"This auction goes through John's life from childhood to eighteen years of John and Elaine's marriage to Elaine's life after John's passing," said Jill Iorio, auction organizer and owner of Curated Estates in a statement to CNN."These important objects and ephemera have been in storage for almost 20 years and are offered to the public for the first time here.
The October auction included a handwritten letter from First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy to Steinbeck which sold for $18,750 and one of the author's journals which sold for $17,500, according to Heritage Auctions Director of Public Relations Eric Bradley.
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