Apr 21, 2011 - Sale 2244

Sale 2244 - Lot 301

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
SARGENT, JOHN SINGER. Autograph Letter Signed, "John S. Sargent," to Theodore Spicer-Simson, expressing gratitude for having lent his medals, describing some features of one that he admires, and arranging a meeting. 2 1/2 pages, small 8vo, "Copley-Plaza" stationery, written on a single folded sheet, signature page written vertically. With the original envelope. Boston, "Saturday" [1923: from postmark]

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"It is very kind of you to have let me use your medals, which I shall wear as you request . . . . [T]he man's hands especially are full of character. . . ."