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January 2019 Auction Ends Thursday, January 31st, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 1/31/2019. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #1: Hans Christian Andersen Autograph Quote Signed Regarding Retirement -- ''The first moment of retirement is the nosegay of the entire journey''

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #2: Very Personal Samuel Clemens Autograph Letter Signed, to His Wife Regarding the Near-Death of Their Daughter Jean -- ''...It still makes me shudder...''

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #3: Beatrix Potter Signed First Edition, Second Issue of ''Roly-Poly Pudding''

  

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #4: Marcel Proust Autograph Letter Twice-Signed -- ''...your absolutely unique style as an ironic writer and painter of characters...''

  

  Min Bid: $3,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #5: Superb Harriet Beecher Stowe Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Slavery -- ''...Nothing more is needed than to awaken the attention of the public to an expose of the slave law system...''

  

  Min Bid: $21,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #7: Hunter S. Thompson Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...all sorts of people are after me - police, creditors, ins. companies...''

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #8: Hunter S. Thompson Letter Signed -- Fantastic Letter With Dozens of Quotable Lines: ''...have been requested to do article on 'The Dry Rot of American Journalism' (my title)...''

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #9: Hunter S. Thompson Letter Signed From 1959 -- ''...a huge man in shorts and a cigar standing over the bed, jabbering about...bastards sleeping in his bed...''

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #10: Evelyn Waugh Signed First Edition of His Heralded Biography ''The Life of Ronald Knox''

  

  Min Bid: $1,750

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #34: Fantastic Dr. Seuss Lot of 3 Letters Signed & Illustrations From His Pivotal Year of 1957 -- ''...THE CAT IN THE HAT will, shortly, be my best known animal...'' -- Also Several Drawings by Walt Kelly

  

  Min Bid: $3,500

  Final Price: $8,529