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Lot 211

A Tupac Shakur handwritten letter

27 March 2017, 13:00 EDT
New York

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A Tupac Shakur handwritten letter

Autograph letter signed twice ("2Pac" and "Until the End of Time / Tupac Shakur"), 4to, 3 pp recto and verso, Dannemora, New York, July 12, 1995, to a young woman. The last page is a poem titled "Twist of Fate, Stroke of Luck," written "Exclusively" for the recipient. Shakur expresses his affection at length for the young woman recipient. He then writes, in part: "I'm spending my time working out, reading Shakespeare and writing a screenplay. I'm working on a book deal with Nikki Giovanni, an autobiography. It would be like therapy . . ." The poem begins: "By what twist of fate have I been placed / in this Hell-like prison cell / By what stroke of luck have I been blessed / with a friend when the otherz failed . . ."
8 1/2 x 11 in

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