Leonard Cohen's love letters to muse Marianne sell for five times estimate at Christie’s auction

Letters from Canadian poet, singer-songwriter and novelist Leonard Cohen to his muse Marianne Ihlen have sold for a total $700,800 ($876,000 including buyer’s premium).

Ihlen, from Norway, and Cohen began a love affair on the Greek island of Hydra in the mid-1960s. She…

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