Lot 334
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) Scottish physician, arthor, and spiritualist; best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Autograph Letter Signed, "A. Conan Doyle" on personal letterhead, one page, 8 x 5 in., Windlesham, Crowborough, Susses (England), Dec. 3, 1914. To Mrs. Gribble about a medical matter, in part: "… If you are comfortable where you are I should not move. You must remember that a simple & open-airing sort of life has very often a very good effect upon a man’s health…." Fine.
Accompanied by a 1935 TLS from Doyle's wife, Jean Conan Doyle, to a Mr. Deets In part: "Both my family and I have had…proof of my husband’s nearness and interest in our welfare since he passed on…we never make an important decision in our daily lives without first consulting him….Hoping that you will have personal evidence before long of the truth that ‘There is no death'…" With the original transmittal envelope.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
|
| |
| Realized $390 |
