Apr 23, 2009 - Sale 2177

Sale 2177 - Lot 270

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
GIBSON, CHARLES DANA. Three items: Two Autograph Letters Signed * Autograph Inscription Signed, "With every good wish / C.D. Gibson." The first letter, to Mr. Carrington, complaining of the harsh light in the [exhibition?] gallery, requesting some changes to the lighting and backgrounds, and asking to "keep those three old drawings that belong to you a little in the background, at least until the newspaper men get through." 3 pages, small 8vo, written on the first and fourth pages, and across the second and third pages, of a folded sheet; minor soiling. The second letter, to Vernon Arthur Lucas, thanking him for his letter, written in an expansive hand. 1 page, 4to, "Life" letterhead; folds. With the original envelope. 1/4 page, 4to, personal stationery; folds. Np, 23 October no year; New York, 25 May 1931 [from postmark]; Np, nd