Frank Sinatra's letter about his son's abduction is up for auction for $30 thousand.

A letter written in 1964 by American musician and entertainer Frank Sinatra to Father Roger Schmit, a chaplain in prison where one of his son Frank Jr.'s kidnappers was serving time, has been put up for auction. The New York Post (NYT) learned about this on September 13.

"A letter written by Frank Sinatra in 1964 regarding the abduction of his son has been put up for sale at the Bonhams Unplugged & Unforgettable Music Auction, which starts on Tuesday (September 16. — Ed.). <...> A six-page letter, <... It is estimated at $30 thousand," the article says.

It is clarified that the letter was Sinatra's response to the clergyman's request to forgive those involved in the kidnapping of Barry Keenan and Joe Amsler, who decided to take this step in order to receive a ransom of $ 240 thousand. At the time, the kidnappers' lawyers claimed that Frank Jr. had staged his own abduction in order to gain popularity.

"Their behavior, which allowed this claim of a "hoax", was, in my opinion, another crime against society," the NYT cites the content of the response.

Sinatra clarified that the incident was "hanging over the head" of his child and would negatively affect his life and career. The publication noted that the real owner of the lot was the son of a prisoner held in the same prison as Keenan, to whom Father Roger gave these papers.

Franceinfo TV channel reported on September 10 that Peter Paul Rubens' painting "Christ on the Cross", found 400 years after it was painted, will be auctioned on November 30, 2025. It was noted that the painting was discovered in one of the mansions located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

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