Mar 21, 2019 - Sale 2502

Sale 2502 - Lot 196

Price Realized: $ 715
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
STRAVINSKY, IGOR. Three Autograph Notes Signed, "IStr," to composer Richard Pindle Hammond and his partner George, each written above and below the printed name on his visiting card, two in red ink. The first: "Very very, very best thanks dear friends, bon voyage . . . j'espère." The second: "Dearest friends Dick and George, how to thank you!?!?!?" The third, in blue ink: "Dear friends, how to thank you? Merry Christmas to you too." Each 1 page, 2 1/2x3 1/2 inches; minor scattered marginal staining. Hollywood, 17 June 1958; Np, 18 June 1959; New York, 17 December 1960

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with--Vera Stravinsky. Holograph greeting card Signed, "Igor, Vera Strawinsky," to Richard Pindle Hammond and George, in paint of various colors and black ink: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 1943." 1 page, 4to. Np, 1943.
Richard Pindle Hammond (1896-1980), known to close friends as "Dick," was an American composer who wrote mostly for orchestra.