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Lot #699
Norman Rockwell

Rejecting a collector’s request for a Boy Scout drawing: “I cannot provide you with an original”

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Rejecting a collector’s request for a Boy Scout drawing: “I cannot provide you with an original”

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, March 23, 1960. Rockwell writes to John H. Connell in Henniker, New Hampshire. In full: “Thank you for your letter which I am enclosing. I cannot provide you with an original. If you want me to autograph something, please send it to me and I will be glad to do so….” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and the letter from Connell, discussing Connell’s 50 years with the Boy Scouts of America and requesting from Rockwell an original Boy Scout drawing. Mild handling wear, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #345 - Ended May 13, 2009