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Howard Carter

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD
Howard Carter

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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
British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s ‘Valley of the Kings’ proved to be one of the signal events in the history of archaeology. Extremely rare vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 Harris and Ewing photo of Carter sitting in a chair, affixed to its original 9.75 x 12.5 photographer’s mount, signed in fountain pen in the lower left corner of the image, “Howard Carter 1924.” In very good to fine condition, with moderate silvering to darker areas of image, mostly visible only at an angle, a couple mild ripples to top of photo from adhesive on reverse, and lightly trimmed edges to mount. In 1924, Carter gave 24 lectures about King Tut in the United States, and spoke in Washington, D. C. on May 8–9, when he almost certainly sat for this portrait at the Harris and Ewing studio. Carter returned to England that summer and returned to Cairo in December. Research indicates no record of the sale of any Howard Carter signed photo at any major public auction in the last 35 years.