Belafonte Cancels MLK Auction After Estate Objects
"On the eve of a planned Sotheby's auction of three documents related to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harry Belafonte, the singer and a friend of Dr. King who owned the papers, withdrew the items for sale... After news reports early this week about the auction the King estate released a statement condemning the sale and saying that it believed the documents had been 'wrongly acquired' by Mr. Belafonte." The New York Times 12/11/08

Posted December 11, 2008 06:28 AM