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But a pair of intimate letters between the epic lovers would be another matter entirely.
It could be more!
You could almost say anything, she says, with a chuckle.
Love letters back and forth you almost never see that, he says.
You see one side, because they dont stay together.
Also, you know, the French are lunatics about letting any of their treasures out of the country.
He agreed with Hample that a straightforward signature is not so tough to find.
There are thousands of letters out there, he continued, but most are written by other people.
Reznikoff directed me to two semi-recent comparable sales.
(There were two other Napoleon-to-Josephine letters in the sale; collectively, they went for $575,000.
That went for 276,000 about $500,000 at the exchange rate back then.
Bottom line, says Reznikoff?
A good pair, $500,000 to $700,000.
