At Auction November 8
Complete Catalogue Coming Soon
Preview some of the items that will be available in our November 2018 catalogue of Autographs:
Artists, Authors & Musicians
Jacob Lawrence, illustrated greeting card signed, 1960. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000.
Joan Miró, illustrated autograph note signed, to MoMA Director of Exhibitions & Publications, 1959. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
Mark Twain, autograph letter signed, explaining that the target of his new book is Mary Baker Eddy, not followers of Christian Science, 1902.
Charles Dickens, autograph letter signed, accepting a birthday party invitation in the voice of a Martin Chuzzlewit character, 1843. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Gustav Mahler, autograph letter signed, arranging a meeting during his historic visit to New York, circa 1908. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Politicians
Winston S. Churchill, photograph portrait signed, 1950s. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Samuel Houston, autograph letter signed, to Gideon Welles, suggesting an “America first” foreign policy and looking to Andrew Jackson for guidance, 1852. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
Civil War
Robert E. Lee, autograph letter signed, to the colonel of the Kanawha Valley volunteers, boosting troop morale, 1861. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.
Additional Highlights
Carl Gustav Jung, typed letter signed, to a colleague, stating that he employed the “association method” at a time when he “felt insecure and understood little about dreams,” 1948. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
Orville Wright, photograph signed & inscribed. Estimate $2,500 to $3,500.
For more information on the sale, contact Specialist Marco Tomaschett in the Autographs department.
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