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Jerry Garcia’s Iconic ‘Wolf’ Guitar, Alan Turing’s Cryptic Postcard, and More Fresh News

Jerry Garcia and his iconic ‘Wolf’ guitar. Image courtesy of Guernsey’s

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • Guernsey’s will auction off Jerry Garcia’s beloved “Wolf” guitar, arguably one of the most important pieces of rock ‘n’ roll history, on March 14th. The auction house advises that 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bids will be accepted from all over the world online through LiveAuctioneers.com. [Read more from JamBase]
  • A postcard sent by legendary cryptologist Alan Turing to his psychologist has sold at auction for $35,000. It is believed that Turing included a coded reference to one of history’s most enduring mathematical puzzles within his message on the card. [Read more from The Telegraph]
  • Nineteen letters written by Jacqueline Kennedy to David Ormsby Gore in the years following President Kennedy’s assassination will be auctioned next month at Bonhams. Ormsby Gore, a close friend of JFK’s and a former British ambassador to the United States, proposed marriage to Jacqueline, who declined and instead wed shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. [Read more from Fox News]
  • The stars were out last night at Morrison Hotel Gallery in West Hollywood for “Winners,” a photographic exhibition dedicated to Grammy and Oscar winners. The event was co-hosted by Julian Lennon, a talented photographer in his own right. [View collections at Morrison Hotel Gallery]

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