Big corrections here, she didn’t steal them. They were in the possession of Fred Seaman who quit his job after John had died, and he passed the letters on to Yoko. Another note is, it’s reasonable for Julian to have bought them back. Fred Seaman had given the letters directly to Yoko and by the time the auction happened, Julian had just sued Yoko for everything that he could. I can’t blame her for feeling no obligation to putting them up for sale, especially after being sued for millions by her own son.