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Lot # 688: 1949 "The Death of Margaret Mitchell", Author's Lifeless Body Lies on Atlanta Street

Category: Artists/Authors

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "October Collectors Auction 2021",
which ran from 9/26/2021 9:00 PM to
10/9/2021 8:00 PM



The life of author Margaret Mitchell seemed like a fairy tale, right up to the end when it became a tragic horror story. She was walking to the theatre in Atlanta in 1949 when she was struck by a car and hit her head violently on the concrete, killing the young author. The offered candid crime scene photograph shows her lifeless body laying on the ground in a pool of her own blood. This is the only image of her tragic death we have ever seen and it was issued by the International News and has a full paper caption on the back. A tragic piece of entertainment history offered here for the first time ever, fresh out of a newspaper archive.

Size: 7x9
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 4/5
Quality: 5/5
Overall Grade: 9/10

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