MLK papers go for more than $130k at N.Y.C. auction

Updated 8:12 PM ET NEW YORK Some civil rights movement history went up for sale Thursday, as papers from the Rev.louis vuitton monogram Martin Luther King Jr., including speech outlines and letters, brought in more than $130,000 at auction. They were sold by 88-year-old Maude Ballou, who worked as King's secretary from 1955 to 1960, through the New York office of Texas-based Heritage Auctions. Still work to do on Martin Luther King's dream, civil rights leaders say Martin Luther King's dream illustrated by long-standing friendship Guardian of history: MLK's "I have a dream speech" lives on A series of handwritten notes outlining one of King's speeches, his farewell address when he left the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.gucci messenger bag, was the top lot. It sold for $31,250. Two letters King wrote to Ballou from India sold for $18,750 and $17,500. More than 100 items were up for auction.louis vuitton monogram The prices include a 25 percent commission. 10 Photos MLK Jr.'s secretary to auction artifacts One item originally marked for sale was pulled from the auction just before it started. The page was believed to have been from King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington, but Sandra Palomino, director of historical manuscripts for Heritage Auctions, said there was some question of whether it was actually part of another speech, so it was pulled.louis vuitton epi The page was sent to Ballou on Jan. 31, 1968, weeks before King was assassinated, by Lillie Hunter, bookkeeper for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Play Video MLK's "I have a dream speech" lives on King's estate sued the secretary's son, Howard Ballou, in federal court in Jackson, Miss., in 2011 in a bid to take possession of the items.chanel handbags U.S. District Judge Tom Lee dismissed the lawsuit in March, saying there was nothing to contradict Maude Ballou's testimony that King gave her the material and that the statute of limitations had passed. The 5th U.louis vuitton handbagsS. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld the decision based on the statute of limitations. King's estate, operated as a private company by his children, is known to fight for control of the King brand. Harry Belafonte sued the estate this week in Manhattan federal court over the fate of three documents he tried to sell at auction.chanel bags online Ballou, of Ridgeland, Miss., told The Associated Press last month that selling her collection was bittersweet. She said a portion of the proceeds would be used to establish an education fund at Alabama State University. ? 2013 The Associated Press.louis vuitton paris All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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