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Samuel L. Clemens

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Samuel L. Clemens

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Auction Date:2013 Mar 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
Superb matte-finish 12 x 10 Underwood & Underwood portrait of Twain writing in his notebook, signed and inscribed in the borders in black ink, “To Mr. Frederic Bulkeley Hyde, with the best wishes of Mark Twain, Oct. ’08.” Beautifully double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 19.5. In fine condition, with a crease to the upper border (slightly affecting inscription) and a small area of discoloration to the right border. Hyde was a photographer who took numerous portraits of Twain in 1908; other notable individuals to be photographed by Hyde include Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Andrew Carnegie. A truly spectacular portrait of Clemens in a literary pose.