March 2016 Auction Ends Thursday, March 31st, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/31/2016
Very personal Harper Lee autograph letter signed, dated 28 December 2003, on a Metropolitan Museum of Art greeting card, and additionally, a signed photo of the author. Letter is written to a Don Salter, a longtime fan who became very close to Lee during their ten years of correspondence. Letter, in black ink, reads in full: ''Dear Don: You must have your own radar system. The first Christmas I find it difficult to read, you send candy. Thank you ever so, and thank the French Republic for keeping up their standards in a downmarket world! It's delicious. Comparatively recently, I have fetched up with macular degeneration that seems to be galloping whereas it's supposed to go slowly, so I don't even know if I'll be in NYC in April. I'm at the beck + call of several doctors in Mobile, and can't even drive there any more. I'm due to have more cataract surgery (the other eye) and am hopeful that it'll improve things, but when is yet to be revealed to me. Please don't put this on the internet or anything -- I'd dread for it to bring more mail! (She's going blind, so I'll send her a chatty letter...) So plan to see the City without me. I'll miss you, though. Maybe I can get back by then, but I doubt it. Don't feel bad about being unable to concentrate -- you are missing very little. Love and thanks again -- Harper''. Lot includes a 2.75'' x 3.25'' black and white photo of Lee, with the inscription: ''Don: with love, Harper Lee''. Greeting card, measuring 4.75'' x 6.25'', is accompanied by its original postmarked envelope. Near fine.
Harper Lee Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...Please don't put this on the internet or anything -- I'd dread for it to bring more mail!...'' -- Also Includes a Signed Photo of Lee
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