Rare Handwritten Poem Signed by Anne Frank Sold for $148K

A rare handwritten poem signed by Anne Frank sold at auction Wednesday for 140,000 euros ($148,620). In a sign of the enduring popularity of the Jewish diarist who became a symbol for Holocaust victims, the sale price, which doesn't include the auctioneer's commission, was nearly three times the upper limit of the Dutch auction house's pre-sale estimate. The eight-line poem, half of which was copied from a Dutch book of verse, is dated March 28, 1942, shortly before Anne...

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