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Intaglio Etching Signed in the Plate
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Restrike Intaglio Etching, "El Cid", published in 1968 by The Collector's Guild. Signed in the plate by Salvador Dali. Matted...
Truman Capote Signed Bank Check Inscribed to Joanne Carson
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Jocose bank check signed by author Truman Capote, drawn on his personal Marine Midland Bank account and humorously made payable...
Truman Capote Signed inscription to Joanne Carson
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A gift from author Truman Capote to his friend Joanne Carson (ex-wife of Tonight Show host Johnny Carson) we offer...
Truman Capote Autograph Note Signed
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Intimate message on personalized note paper handwritten by Truman Capote, most likely addressed to his friend Alan Schwartz, executor of...
Truman Capote’s Personal Script for Screenplay of The Glass House
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Truman Capote's personal copy of the script for his short story The Glass House, adapted for the screen by screenwriter...
Autograph Manuscript Signed
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A remarkable list of proposed chapter headings handwritten by Truman Capote for his friend, Joanne Carson (ex-wife of former Tonight...
Caleb Carr Signed First Edition “The Alienist”
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Signed first edition, first printing, of The Alienist, the brilliant bestselling crime novel of 1994 by Caleb Carr. As New...
Personal Check Payable to Himself
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Johnny Carson's personal check drawn on Franklin National Bank, New York, made payable to himself in the amount of $90.00,...
Michael Chabon Signed First Edition “Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”
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Signed First Edition, First Printing of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. In As...
Signed Postcard to Sheriff Wendle Meier
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LITERARY HISTORY FROM IN COLD BLOOD Handwritten and signed postcard from Truman Capote sent from his chalet in Verbier, Switzerland,...