Imagine that one day, a simple letter you wrote to your doctor would be sold for a million dollars? Well this story could well become a reality for George Washington, whose handwritten letter will be auctioned tomorrow, Friday September 22, in New York.

The letter in question dates from 1789. George Washington had just been elected to be the first president in the history of the United States. He then expressed in a routine letter addressed to his doctor, Doctor Frederick Phile, all his motivation regarding gaining power and proving himself up to the heavy task entrusted to him.

The chronology of this letter, which dates from the pre-inauguration of the American president, makes it a piece of immense rarity that collectors are ready to snap up for a fortune. Proof of this is that the auction house in charge of the transaction estimates the value of this letter between 500,000 and one million dollars! Let's see what happens tomorrow evening. It is in any case possible that after Lady Di's million dollar sweater, we are still witnessing a new madness...