?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
IMAGINING HIMSELF AT CONEY ISLAND'S LUNA PARK CRANE, HART. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, "Hart," to his "Dear Aunt Sally" (Mrs. T.W. Simpson), explaining that he's in the woods--not at Coney Island, mentioning a visit from an airplane, and complaining of the cold. On verso is a reproduction of a hand-colored photograph by Irving Underhill showing a view of Coney Island's Luna Park. Written in holograph are the words "Five Cents a Bag! [for roasted peanuts?]," in the image at upper right. 1 page, 12mo; some scattered abrasions to correspondence side with minor loss to text, creases to corners, cancelled 2-cent stamp showing George Washington's profile. Paterson, NJ, 30 May[?] 1926 [from postmark]
"Not that I'm galivanting here! No, I'm still in the woods--but different views are entertaining. "See you've been visited by an airplane lately. Br-r-r! It's getting chilly here."
