Auction 80
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, July 14 & 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
(your local time)
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 1392:
JAMES EARL RAY
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Sold for: $140
Start price:
$
100
Estimated price:
$200 - $300
Auction house commission:
30%
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JAMES EARL RAY
(1928 - 1998) Assassin of Martin Luther King whom he killed in Memphis in 1968. Good content A.L.S. "James", 1p. 4to., [Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, TN], Apr. 12, 1990, to his wife Anna Sandhu Ray, whom he married in jail in 1978 and divorced in 1993. Interestingly, Ray writes to Anna about the couple's divorce plans, three years before Ray was officially granted permission to divorce his wife by the State of Tennessee. In part: "Tomorrow I am going to ask the chancery court to mail you the process form for the divorce�I wouldn't waste any money on an attorney especially if you don't intend to contest�we can still keep in contact�it may be necessary for me to appear in court for the proceeding, if so the divorce won't go through�I don't have a legal right to appear in State court, just federal�" He adds: "�Some sent me the article quoting you in the Enquirer & the Globe�I don't know if the articles will help anyone�regardless of what you or I say, the headline�will always be about 'killer this & killer that'�" Ray signs at the conclusion in black ink. Significant spots of staining, ragged bottom edge, minor 1 in. split at bottom edge, archivally repaired on verso. Still good condition, with text clearly readable.
