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Charles Dickens

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Charles Dickens

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Auction Date:2013 Feb 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Ink signature, “Dear Sir, faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip. An unknown hand has added “I am” at the top, and “The Reverend W. B. Sprague” at the bottom. Nicely matted and framed with an enormous engraved portrait of Dickens to an overall size of 23 x 32. In very good condition, with a central vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature, and moderate scattered foxing and soiling. The Reverend William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) was a well-known 19th century autograph collector who at one time had amassed the largest private collection in the world. He was credited in 1833 with being the first to assemble a complete set of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Oversized.