Coverage dated September 4, 2023

Ernest Hemingway letter detailing injuries he sustained in 2 plane crashes sells for $237K

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Nate D. Sanders Auctions announced it has sold a four-page letter from Ernest Hemingway that details the injuries and money troubles the author dealt with after surviving two plane crashes.

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Delaware Public Media
Ernest Hemingway survived 2 plane crashes. His letter from it just sold for $237,055 (opens Delaware Public Media)
Published Sep 4, 2023
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The novelist and his wife survived successive crashes in Uganda in 1954. In the letter, Hemingway also describes shooting his first lion in Kenya with an old gun "held together with tape."
New York Times
Hemingway Survived Two Plane Crashes. A Letter About Them Just Sold for Over $237,000. (opens New York Times)
Published Sep 4, 2023
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“I am weak from so much internal bleeding,” the novelist wrote to his lawyer. “Have been a good boy and tried to rest.”
FOX Business
Ernest Hemingway letter detailing injuries he sustained in 2 plane crashes sells for $237K (opens FOX Business)
Published Sep 4, 2023
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Nate D. Sanders Auctions announced it has sold a four-page letter from Ernest Hemingway that details the injuries and money troubles the author dealt with after surviving two plane crashes.

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