MLK papers are for sale; value put at $30 million By Bartholomew Sullivan sullivan@gomemphis.com August 27, 2003 A New York auction house put the private papers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on display Tuesday and announced they'll be sold later this year. But when sold they should be carefully preserved and made available to the public, several civil rights advocates said. The material, owned by the King estate, has never been made public. Reacting to news the papers are to be sold by the Sotheby's auction house this fall, some expressed dismay but all said they are a national...
