Sell or Auction Your Ernest Hemingway Check Signed for up to $1,563 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Here are some Ernest Hemingway signed checks we sold:
Check signed “Ernest M. Hemingway”. Check, dated 1 October 1956, is made out to Hemingway’s friend Roberto Herrera, who also served as manager of his estate in Cuba called Finca Il Vigia. Issued in the amount of 150 pesos, check is drawn on his account with the First National Bank of Boston, Havana branch. Check is endorsed to verso by Herrera and measures 6.25″ x 2.75″. Standard bank cancellations and a few vertical fold creases. Near fine overall. Originally from Herrera himself, who acted as conservator of the Hemingway Museum in Cuba after his friend’s death. Sold for $1,563.
Check signed “Ernest M. Hemingway”. Check, dated 26 May 1956, is made out to Hemingway’s friend Roberto Herrera Sotolongo, who also served as manager of his estate in Cuba called Finca Il Vigia. Issued in the amount of 100 pesos, check is drawn on his account with the First National Bank of Boston, Havana branch. Check is endorsed to verso by Herrera and measures 6.25″ x 2.75″. Standard bank cancellations and a few vertical fold creases. Near fine overall. Originally from Herrera himself, who acted as conservator of the Hemingway Museum in Cuba after his friend’s death.
Sold for $1,563.
Ernest Hemingway Check Signed to the Hotel Ambos Mundos in 1935
Ernest Hemingway check signed to the Hotel Ambos Mundos, his residence in Havana for much of the 1930s, when writing his most celebrated novels. Dated 31 July 1935, check is written entirely in Hemingway’s hand and signed ”Ernest M. Hemingway” in black fountain pen. Check measures 7” x 5”. Minor smudging, and cancellation stamps and small holes, partially affecting signature. Small chip to lower left corner. Overall in very good condition with bold handwriting by Hemingway. Sold or $1,375.
Ernest Hemingway Check From 1952 — To Longtime Friend & Manager of His Property in Cuba
Ernest Hemingway signed check, filled out entirely in his hand and dated 15 October 1952, just weeks after publishing his Pulitzer-prize winning novel, ”The Old Man and the Sea”. Hemingway addresses a check to Roberto Herrera, friend and manager of his ”Finca Il Vigia” property in Cuba, which is now a museum. Signed ”Ernest M. Hemingway”, check for $30 is drawn on the First National Bank of Boston, Havana Branch. Measures 6.25” x 2.75”. Bank cancellation stamps slightly affecting signature, else near fine.
Sold for $1,250.
Ernest Hemingway Check From 1952, Filled Out in His Hand — To Longtime Friend & Manager of His Property in Cuba
Ernest Hemingway signed check, filled out entirely in his hand and dated 16 December 1952. Check is addressed to “Portador”, which means “pay the bearer” in Spanish. Check is endorsed to verso by Roberto Herrera, friend and manager of his “Finca Il Vigia” property in Cuba, which is now a museum. Signed “Ernest M. Hemingway”, check for $18.50 is drawn on the First National Bank of Boston, Havana Branch. Measures 6.25″ x 2.75″. Bank cancellation stamps slightly touching signature. Near fine. Sold for $1,177.
Ernest Hemingway Signed Check From 1950 — Filled Out Entirely in His Hand
Ernest Hemingway signed check, filled out entirely in his hand and dated 14 December 1950. Check is addressed to “Portador”, meaning “pay the bearer” in Spanish. Endorsed to verso by Roberto Herrera, Hemingway’s friend and manager of his “Finca Il Vigia” property in Cuba, which is now a museum. Signed “Ernest M. Hemingway”, check for $10.00 is drawn on the First National Bank of Boston, Havana Branch. Measures 6.5″ x 2.75″. Very light creasing and standard bank cancellations, one of which affects “Ernest”. Very good. Sold for $983.
Ernest Hemingway Check Signed From 1949
Ernest Hemingway check signed, dated 12 November 1949 from the Cuban branch of the First National Bank of Boston. Hemingway signs his full name, ”Ernest M Hemingway” and writes the check in Spanish to ”Portador” (Pay to Bearer) for thirty dollars. Interestingly, he switches pens, writing the payee, amount and date in black ink and then changes to blue for ”Hemingway” underlining his last name with it. Check is endorsed on verso by Roberto Herrera, Hemingway’s friend and manager of his ”Finca Il Vigia” property in Cuba, which is now a museum. Measures 6.5” x 2.75”. Very good condition with cancellation stamps affecting ”Ernest”. Sold for $688.
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Ernest Hemingway check that is for sale, please email your description and photos [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
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