Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
Carbon DS, signed in ink “Ernest Hemingway Trustee for John Hadley Hemingway,” one page, 8.5 x 11, January 4, 1937. Gustavus A. Pfeiffer begins “Dear Ernest, Pursuant to the right reserved to me under the terms of Paragraph IV of the Trust Agreement, made the 17th day of November, 1936, of which you are the Trustee, to deliver additional securities to become part of the Trust Estate thereunder, I, as Donor, am delivering herewith to you, as Trustee, Certificate #B424, for twenty-three (23) shares of William R. Warner & Company, Inc., Second Preferred Stock, having a par value of $100 per share…” Hemingway “acknowledges receipt of and accepts the above addition to the Trust Estate and agrees to administer the same according to the terms of the said Deed of Trust, dated November 17, 1936.” In fine condition, with a couple small tears to left edge, two pinholes to bottom edge, and some scattered mild spots of foxing over signature areas. Accompanied by a copy of the complete 14-page Deed of Trust, dated November 17, 1936, including a photocopy of this document and photocopies of three others signed by Hemingway.
The original trust agreement referenced in this paperwork by Gus Pfeiffer—the wealthy owner of Pfeiffer Pharmaceuticals and uncle to Hemingway’s second wife—was created by ‘Papa’ as he was en route to Key West home to work on his novel, To Have and Have Not. The legendary author would soon depart for the Spanish Civil War, and cognizant of the dangers he would face in war-torn Spain, wanted to ensure his eldest son, nicknamed ‘Bumby,’ would be provided for in a substantial manner.
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