April 2014 Auction Ends Tuesday, April 29th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/29/2014
Edie Bouvier Beale autograph letter signed. Datelined from her notorious estate ''Grey Gardens'', 5 August, with no year. Letter reads in part, ''Dearest Janet - I wore your beautiful scarf to a mass that was said for my mother on June 28th at St. Patrick's Cathedral at 8:30 a.m. It was short - just half an hour. In the middle the priest said, 'this is for Edith Bouvier who was married in this church.' So I will never forget that morning and I had on your beautiful gift...Edith Beale / P.S. Am very fond of [illegible]''. Single-page letter on lavender stationery measures approximately 5'' x 7.5'' Near fine.
Jacqueline Bouvier's Eccentric Cousin Edie Bouvier Beale Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...the priest said, 'this is for Edith Bouvier who was married in this church.'...''
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