Bob Dylan love letters, $669,875, RR Auction

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by Ken Hall

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An archive of 42 love letters written by Bob Dylan to a high school sweetheart, Barbara Ann Hewitt, sold for $669,875 in an auction that began Oct. 26 and ended Nov. 17 by RR Auction, based in Boston. Included in the archive were early drawings and photos, including one of the earliest signed Dylan photos known to exist ($24,361). Another Dylan archive in the sale consisted of 24 handwritten works collectively dubbed Poems Without Titles, written while he was at college ($249,563).

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