TS Elliot's letters

I wish I were rich.
T.S. Elliot's letters to his godson Tom Faber are being auctioned off. Here's the BBC story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4142558.stm

They're expected to sell for 30-40,000 pounds. That's about 54-72,000 in American Dollars. Pshew! That's a lot of green! If I were rich--I'll pause here so the potential of that idea can be laughed at--Suffice to say, I'd love to own them, I truly would. But-- As is so often said: Wish in one hand and shit in the other. Or in the immortal words of Luke Duke(Tom Wopat, not Mr. Jackass): "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."