Auction Date:2012 Oct 17 @ 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
Manuscript DS, in Italian, signed “Vittorio Emanuele,” one page, 9 x 13, August 2, 1900. A letter of state to the president of Bolivia announcing the death of his father Umberto I. In part: “Dearest and good friend, with the soul grieving with pain, We announce to you that on July 29th of this year, died in Monza, victim of a wicked attack, our most beloved father, His Majesty the King Umberto l. The incomparable virtues of the noble deceased and the friendship that your Republic always shared with him, assure us of your participation in the pain for this immense tragedy that is breaking our heart. As We are called to succeed my beloved father, it is our intention to tie even further the friendly relationship that happily exists between Italy and Bolivia. With such feelings, We pray God that He may keep You under His Patronage, our dearest and good friend.” In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical fold, a bit of trivial soiling, lightly trimmed edges, and marginal binding holes to left edge.
Though often referred to as Umberto the Good, the king’s twelve-year reign was far from peaceful. His authoritarian views brought Italy into the Triple Alliance, despite the widespread public opposition to ally with Austria-Hungary, the nation which they had fought three wars in the 34 years prior to the first treaty signing. After destroying the economy through a tariff war with France, and putting an abrupt end to Italian colonialism with a failed battle in Ethiopia in 1896, his enemies grew exponentially. When he imposed martial law upon the nation to combat the social unrest, it was the final straw; after two failed attempts on his life, anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated the king on July 29, 1900. Reaching out to his allies in Bolivia, the newly crowned King Vittorio Emmanuel III sends this regal announcement just four days after the loss of his father.
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