May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 258

Price Realized: $ 175
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
BULL, OLE. Two items: Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "Truly yours," in purple ink * Autograph Letter Signed, in English. The photograph, a carte-de-visite, half-length portrait by Brady, showing him standing with violin under his chin and looking into camera. Inscribed on the mount below the image. 3 1/4x2 inches (image), 4x2 1/4 inches overall; slight fading to signature, owner inscription on verso crediting photograph and describing occasion of signing. The letter, to R[obert?] Ogden Doremus, sending a check of $250 relating to a mortgage foreclosure [not present], and, in a postscript, giving his travel plans. 3 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; moderate bleed-through overall. (MRS) [Bergen, 10 August 1868]; Selma, 17 December 1872