Typed note was sent to Johnson on April 5 , 1968 . Was the day after her husband was gunned down in Memphis , Tennessee . Historic letter was expected to fetch $ 120,000 at Quinn 's Auction Galleries in Falls Church , Virginia , on Thursday . Sixteen MLK items , including drafts of speeches , were sold for $ 99,668 .
Typed note was sent to Coretta Scott King on April 5 , 1968 . Was the day after her husband was gunned down in Memphis , Tennessee . Historic letter was expected to fetch $ 120,000 at Quinn 's Auction Galleries in Falls Church , Virginia , on Thursday . Sixteen MLK items , including drafts of speeches , were sold for $ 99,668 .