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A Grace Kelly Handwritten Letter, 1979. One page

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A Grace Kelly Handwritten Letter, 1979. One page

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A Grace Kelly Handwritten Letter, 1979. One page of stationery printed with the Princess' "L'avenue Foch" apartment address in Paris, penned in black fountain pen ink on both sides, dated "Nov. 9th" [1979], to "Don" [Richardson, the actor and director who was Kelly's former beau in the late 1940s], reading in part "...I have...an extra / copy of my review from Dublin / which has lifted my spirits / to new heights & enabled / me to face fifty on Mon.," signed on the verso "Grace;" included with the above-mentioned photocopied review and the original transmittal envelope postmarked in part "Paris / 12-11-79" (coincidentially, the day of her actual 50th birthday which she referenced in the letter.)
7 1/2" x 6"

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A Grace Kelly Handwritten Letter, 1979. One page

Name: A Grace Kelly Handwritten Letter, 1979. One page
SKU: 57227544
Price: 850 USD
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