article_snippet: The opening bid was $60,000, the sum an online bidder ultimately .
article_snippet: paid for The opening bid, though the item had been expected to fetch at least $120,000, according to the company's website.
article_snippet: Auctioneer Matthew Quinn said the letter had special .
highlights_snippet: Historic letter was expected to fetch $120,000 at Quinn's Auction Galleries in Falls Church, Virginia, on Thursday .
  