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Lester Dent Personal Items.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Lester Dent Personal Items.
<B>Lester Dent Personal Items.</B></I> This large selection of personal items belonging to prolific pulp writer Lester Dent was originally purchased at an estate auction in 1995, following the death of Dent's wife, Norma. A talented writer, Dent created the classic pulp hero Doc Savage for Street & Smith in 1933; it took only six months for the character to become a top-seller. Included here are: a pewter jewelry casket containing a pair of pearl tie tacks worn by Dent; a white Vienna carved meerschaum pipe with dog motif, in case; an ornate hand-carved "Bull's head" pipe (one horn missing); a 10kt gold-filled Bulova watch with Dent's name engraved on the back (non-functioning, crystal missing); Dent's sterling silver Explorer's Club bracelet with his name and member number (#89) engraved on the back (moderate to heavy tarnish); a Ronson "Crown"-style desktop cigarette lighter; a stenographer's notebook with extensive writing by Dent in shorthand (contents unknown, his wife later used it to store recipes); a 6.5" x 8.25" color ink drawing recreating the cover of the November 1935 issue of <B>Doc Savage </B></I>("The Murder Melody") by pulp fanzine illustrator Frank Hamilton, dated August 9, 1980 and inscribed and signed by him to Norma Dent; a small selection of Doc Savage-themed fanzines; Dent's Author's Guild -- Pulp Writers Section membership card, signed by him; a bank deposit slip signed by Dent; a VIP pass for an unknown event; three of his business cards; a postcard dated December 22, 1925 to Dent from his parents; four personalized envelopes; 85 unused Doc Savage Award certificates, each bearing Dent's thumbprint; 18 unused covers for the <I>Apart </B></I>fanzine with art by Hamilton; 34 printed brochures of "some unusual facts about this Northeast Missouri writer," written and printed by Dent; and five "Caribbean Treasure Hunt" contest brochures with content written by Dent. A great selection of items from a pulp legend, in overall great condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Comics Box - Full, Short (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>\)
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