04 November 2009

Making "Turdsworth" a $460,000 word

An unknown buyer just dropped £277,250 on a collection of unpublished letters by Lord Byron to a college buddy in which he brags about his vacations, complains about the servant who cheated on him and rips on William Wordsworth.

Will the collectors of the future be bidding on flash drives of famous writers' e-mails in the original fonts? On the "Personal" folder of keithgessendoesntlikeyou@yahoo.com ? On an iPhone containing Sloane Crosley's real text messages? Need to get Margaret Atwood working on this.

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