- 85
Dickens, Charles
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- ink and paper
Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens"), one page bifolium (7 x 4 3/4 in.; 180 x 120 mm), Paris, 29 January 1856, to James Ballantine, accepted Ballantine's "esteemed proposal," with original envelope; letter tipped to portfolio, the envelope laid down on tissue, soiled, and frayed. Quarter red morocco folding-case.
Condition
Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens"), one page bifolium (7 x 4 3/4 in.; 180 x 120 mm), Paris, 29 January 1856, to James Ballantine, accepted Ballantine's "esteemed proposal," with original envelope; letter tipped to portfolio, the envelope laid down on tissue, soiled, and frayed. Quarter red morocco folding-case.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Dickens pens a brief but warm letter to his friend, artist and author James Ballantine: "I hasten to reply to your kind and highly esteemed proposal, that I am more than proud and more than delighted to accept it. I feel that I have this qualification for such an honor, which I may act against your friendly enlargement of any other: no one can have heard your verses sung with a fine admiration, a heartier sympathy, or a deeper emotion than Your faithful friend, Charles Dickens."