Colorful 5.5 x 3 ticket for a bullfight at the Plaza Toros de Valencia, July 30, 1959, from the personal property of Roberto Herrera Sotolongo, personal secretary and good friend of Ernest Hemingway. Various folds and creases, a cancellation hole to the right side, and rough right edge, otherwise fine condition. On occasion, Hemingway would buy tickets and bring Roberto to the bullfights. On this particular date, matador Luis Miguel Dominguin was badly gored and thrown while fighting his third bull of the day in a mano-a-mano competition with his brother-in-law and rival, matador Antonio Ordonez, at the Plaza Toros de Valencia. Hemingway had become a fan of bullfighting while in Spain during the 1920s, and it is featured in many of his works. RR Auction COA.
