Lot 400
Clemens, Samuel / Mark Twain. Autograph note signed ("Mark Twain") and "S.L. Clemens" in the text, on an album leaf, 4 5/8 x 7½ in., Hartford, Mich., 1883. "To Miss Julie with regards & kindest remembrances of Mark Twain (known to the police as S.L. Clemens.") Light toning, else fine. With an 8½ x 6½ in. photo, worn and soiled, with a hole to the right of Twain's coat jacket, inscribed and signed ("Mark Twain") in dark lower left area, rendering most of the writing illegible, dated Oct. 5, 1909; imprint of Paul Thompson, 1909 on the verso.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
Profiles in History, August.
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