Oct 22, 2015 - Sale 2394

Sale 2394 - Lot 383

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
SARGENT, JOHN SINGER. Autograph Letter Signed, "John S. Sargent," to "My dear Osgood," explaining that he cannot meet because he must complete a project, asking whether he would be in New York this winter, and giving his address there. 3 pages, 8vo, mourning stationery, written on a folded sheet; remnants of prior mounting along right edge of fourth page, short closed tear repaired with tissue at upper left of third page, horizontal fold, second page written vertically. (MRS) "Ightham Mote" [Ightham, Kent], "Sunday" no year

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"I must give up the hope of meeting the fellows tomorrow night. If I don't stick to what I am doing here like grim death, I shall either leave the thing unfinished or wait over a steamer. . . ."