Author John Steinbeck’s personal journal from 1949 (left), in which he details his despair at the loss of his best friend and the end of his second marriage, sold for $70,000, and a circa 1941 gelatin print photograph of Steinbeck (right) sold alongside two other photos for $4,500 at a sale of material dedicated to Steinbeck held on October 25th by Bonhams in New York. Also, a fragment of the original draft of Of Mice and Men, destroyed by Steinbeck’s dog Toby, gaveled for $13,000.
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