Muhammad Ali letter to Nelson Mandela sold for £7,200
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A signed letter from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela offering his condolences on the death of an anti-apartheid leader has sold for £7,200, reports BBC.
The typed letter, signed by the boxing legend on "Muhammad Ali in South Africa" stationery, dates from 1993.
It was sold in an auction in Devizes.
The letter was typed by the personal assistant to the general manager of the Elangeni Hotel in Durban, where former world heavyweight champion Ali was staying at the time.
Henry Aldridge and Son said the letter was sold to a collector in the US. It was expected to fetch between £6,000 and £8,000.
The letter also includes an explanation as to why Muhammad Ali's name was typed incorrectly by the personal assistant, who has sold the letter.
Mr Aldridge said Mandela kept a photograph of himself with Ali on his desk and his favorite book, in his later years, was an autographed copy of Ali's biography.
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