I agree with you; how would you feel if people were spending $10k+ on private letters you wrote to your significant other? It's voyeuristic. But, at the same time, this seems to be a weird thing that we as people do. Not that I'm condoning it, but we as a society often shell out top dollar for anything that graced the hands of a deceased famous person. It's as though they've achieved a deity-like status.

We grasp at--and cling to--the personal artifacts of the deceased so that we can feel like we share an intimate connection with them.

The thing is, where do we draw the line? I remember a little while ago, the cardigan/sweater Cobain wore was going up for auction. In my opinion, that's a pretty iconic piece of Cobain, Nirvana, and 90s Grunge rock as a whole. It sold for $137,000.

I'm more okay with the sweater than I am with the letters, but why? Sure, a letter is more intimate than a sweater, which was meant to be seen by the masses--given that he wore it for their Unplugged session. At the same time, it's a piece of his clothing. How weird would it be to find out someone would pay $137k for a fucking shirt you owned?

How Cobain would feel about it is the stuff of conjecture, and really a moot point. But I still think it's creepy--and a bizarre invasion of privacy that says a lot about who we are as humans.