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Fine Autograph Letters And Manuscripts From A Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English And Continental Literature
13 December 2018 • New York
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Sale Number: N09920
152 lots
284. Photograph, signed
Estimate: 80 – 120 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
285. signac, paul. 15 autograph letters signed ("paul signac," "p. signac," "p. s."), in french
Estimate: 7,000 – 10,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
286. stein, gertrude. autograph postcard signed to myron wood, 28 jan 1945
Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
287. Photograph postcard, signed
Estimate: 400 – 600 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
288. Highly important autograph letter signed, in Russian, to Raphael Löwenfeld, Tolstoy’s first biographer, publisher and German translator, about the urgent need to abandon publication of part of The Kingdom of God is Within You, a precursor of Tolstoy’s final novel Resurrection
Estimate: 20,000 – 25,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
289. Important autograph letter signed, in English, to the writer and humanitarian Herbert welsh, regarding the Philippines and appropriate Christian response to violence
Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
290. Highly important autograph letter signed ("Leo Tolstoy"), in French, to Octave Mirbeau, the French journalist, critic, and novelist ("Cher Confrère") comparing the natures of French and Russian art as an expression of a common humanity, citing the works of Rousseau and Dostoevsky, and stressing the importance of Rousseau on his own writing
Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
291. Portrait postcard, signed
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
292. Postcard, signed: "Leo Tolstoy 30 Febr. 1908"
Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
293. toulouse-lautrec, henri de. autograph letter signed to gustave geffroy, 1893
Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
294. turner, j. m. w. autograph letter signed to w. b. cooke, 16 december 1813
Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
295. One autograph letter signed, in German, with another autograph letter signed, also in German, by Friederike von Unruh, Fritz's wife
Estimate: 400 – 600 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
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