BOSTON — An archive of author Mario Puzo’s papers that includes multiple drafts of “The Godfather” novel and movie screenplay has sold at auction for $625,000.
RR Auction of Boston announced that the 45-box archive sold Thursday to a bidder from the U.S. who wishes to remain anonymous.
“The Godfather” material included thousands of pages, notes and drafts of both the novel manuscript and the screenplay. The papers shed light on Puzo’s character, scene and dialogue development, as well as his collaboration with director Francis Ford Coppola, who brought the fictional mob family’s story to the screen.
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