Miles Davis, 1959 — Love letters to Beverly Bentley

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Estimate: $8,000–$12,000 hammer
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Sale: Christie's — Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana, New York · 25 October 2019
Dimensions: 21 pages total, size ranges from 57 x 90mm to 238 x 150mm (redactions in black felt marker affect several lines of text, light toning in spots)
Record ID: TB-2026-3684396
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Love letters to Beverly Bentley, Miles Davis, 1959. Christie's, 25 Oct 2019, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3684396.

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Love letters to Beverly Bentley, Miles Davis, 1959. Christie's, 25 Oct 2019, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3684396.

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From the same sale Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana · Oct 2019

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Lewis & Clark, 1904	"The most elaborate work on this expedition"	$4,000–$6,000
Steve Reich, 1971	The manuscript for a minimalist masterpiece	$12,000–$18,000
Reinhard Selten, 1994	For refining Nash's work	$200,000–$300,000
beginning with Where the Wild Things Are, 1963	Maurice Sendak's 'Night' Trilogy—Signed	$6,000–$8,000
Amos Stoddard, 1804	Transferring control of upper Louisiana to the U.S.	$1,000–$1,500
Thomas Moore, 1813	The Irish poet writes to his publisher	$400–$600