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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject: MLK papers pulled from auction over ownership dispute |
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"Come Mr. Sotheby mon, tally me bananas"?
Quote: | MLK papers pulled from auction over ownership dispute
Harry Belafonte ‘wrongly acquired them,’ estate claims
By STAFF, WIRE REPORTS
Associated Press
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
New York — Sotheby’s in New York has withdrawn from auction three important papers related to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after the King estate objected, claiming the documents being offered for sale by singer-actor Harry Belafonte were actually the property of the estate.
Belafonte himself asked that the papers be withdrawn from today’s sale, said Lauren Gioia, a Sotheby’s spokeswoman. The auction house did not comment further.
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