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LETTERS OF DONNE, NAPOLEON, GANDHI UP FOR SALE.(Living)

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From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
Date: 20070614
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Byline: Associated Press

LONDON -- A love letter from Napoleon, words of comfort from John Donne and a plea for tolerance from Mahatma Gandhi are among the treasure of a private collection up for auction in London next month, Christie's auctioneers said Monday.

The extensive collection, estimated to sell for $4 million at the July 3 sale, was quietly amassed over three decades by the late Albin Schram, who kept them in a filing cabinet in his home in Lausanne, Switzerland, according to Christie's.

Napoleon's letter, one of three to his future wife that are known to ...

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