TLS signed in pencil, “Houdini,” one page, 8.5 x 5.5, personal letterhead, June 18, 1926. Letter to prolific Lincoln collector Oliver Barrett. In full: “Glad the clipping about the Lincoln letters interests you. I think there are several turning up in a sale. Believe I wrote you some time ago about the newly found letters. They were in a collection by a lady who tried to sell them for $50. and in the bunch there was a letter of Bouton Gwynette [sic], which alone is worth a great deal of money, irrespective of what it may contain. Am fairly busy—as a matter of fact, I am busier when I am not working than when I am. By the way, David Belasco sold many of his items. Prices were very small as the collection did not contain anything of great interest. I have the book ‘Abraham Lincoln, As a Spiritualist.’ Its full of misrepresentations. Am going to take off some time and come out and pester you for a day or so.” In fine condition, with two vertical mailing folds, one passing through a single letter of the signature, a rusty paperclip mark and impression to the top, and a pencil notation to the upper left. Button Gwinnett remains one of the most sought after autographs to this day, a necessity for a complete set of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. A letter with fantastic content from the early days of autograph collecting. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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