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Samuel L. Clemens

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Samuel L. Clemens

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Auction Date:2012 Jul 18 @ 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
Crystal clear vintage lightweight matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of Clemens, clad in a light-colored suit, sitting in a rocking chair on a porch, with a cigar clenched between two of his fingers, signed and inscribed vertically in fountain pen “Dear Miss Bessie: Even if an agent should take your scoldings on a commission I doubt if he would get much of a living out of it. Sincerely yours, Mark Twain, Oct.17/07.” Scattered silvering to darker areas of background and lower portion of image, light creasing to lower left corner tips, and a small tear to top edge and a detached top left corner tip, otherwise fine condition. Inscribed just three years before his death, this striking image captures the quintessential Mark Twain—white suit, cigar in hand, casually rocking on a breezy porch. Compounded by the one-line witticism of an inscription in classic Twain fashion, this is an exceptional depiction of the master both physically and in spirit.