Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 272

Price Realized: $ 6,480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
SIGNED IN OSLO AFTER ACCEPTING THE PEACE PRIZE KING, JR., MARTIN LUTHER. Signature on the cover of a program for the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. The program, listing titles of the music to be performed, including a selection from Porgy and Bess, and the names of speakers, including King, in Norwegian. 8vo, single folded sheet; faint scattered foxing. [Oslo, December 1964]

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with--a letter from the Boston couple who attended the ceremony sending the program and stating that they obtained the signature during a reception held for King by the American Embassy. With a related newspaper clipping and postcard from Oslo.