In 1840, Edgar Allan Poe wrote that illness had delayed his dream of launching a literary magazine; the publication never appeared in his lifetime, and his handwritten letter sold for $206,266 in 2026
Poe delays the launch of The Penn Magazine (PC: RRAuction) The author of The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heartspent years pursuing a dream. But it was a far-fetched one: establishing his own literary magazine. Now, a handwritten letter from Edgar Allan Poe, dated December 30, 1840 and signed “Edgar A. Poe” was recently sold at…
