Wilma Frances Minor letters

[RJNorton]

Probably because there was [and still is] the chance to make a buck off the memory of Lincoln

Wilma Minor's deal was $1500 for serialization, a $1000 advance on expanding the story to a book, and $4000 upon publication of the book. $6500 in 1928 would be the equivalent of $87,561.76 according to an inflation calculator here. Because the whole sorry affair was revealed as a fraud I am assuming any monies she may have received were returned.