LOT #47277 |
Sold on Sep 21, 2023 for: Sign-in
or Join (free & quick)
Sun Yat Sen Autograph Letter Signed "S. Y. Sun." ...
Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
Sold on Sep 21, 2023 for:
$22,500.00
Bid Source: Internet bidder
Get one of these:
Explore Available Items
Description
Sun Yat Sen Autograph Letter Signed "S. Y. Sun." One page, 8" x 10", Penang; October 4, 1910. A scarce letter to Mabel Cantlie, Sun sends news of his wellbeing. He writes:"Your kind letter of April 17, addressed to the care of Sing Tiang Bee, Singapore, had been received only a few days ago. For this letter had been sent and resent after me to several places by my friends and final reached me here. My appreciation of it also increased at the ratio of time and places which this letter had been passed.
I was glad to hear that you and Mrs. Chang have been made friend of each other, for I had had a letter from her before I received this one.
I am enjoying good health and my family is coming to join me..."
Sun signs with a variant westernized format of his name, "Y. S. Sun."
Mabel Cantlie was the wife of British physician Sir James Cantlie who is most noted for his pioneering advances in first aid treatments. Cantlie had been Sun's teacher at the Hong Kong College for Medicine for Chinese. In 1896, Cantlie had been instrumental in securing Sun's release when he was kidnapped by the Chinese secret service while in London raising money for his revolutionary causes. The Chinese were planning to smuggle him back to China where he was to be executed for his activities. Sun and the Cantlie's maintained a life-long friendship and often exchanged letters.
The letter offered here is written while Sun is in Penang, where he had recently relocated Tongmenghui headquarters from Singapore. He was forced to move his headquarters out of Singapore because of strong factions that were forming questioning his credentials. The move to Penang proved successful, and Sun reasserted his leadership over revolutionary forces. Two months later, Sun and his supporters would successfully launch the Kwong Wah Yit Poh, a Chinese daily newspaper.
The letter is accompanied by two 8" x 10" black and white reprint photos of Sun and the Cantlies.
Condition: Flattened mail folds and light creasing throughout. Uneven toning, a bit darker at the margins. A few ink stains occurring at the time the letter was written.
Auction Info
2023 September 21 Historical Manuscripts Signature® Auction #6272 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
September, 2023
21st
Thursday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 3
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
Page Views: 933
Buyer's Premium per Lot:
25% on the first $300,000 (minimum $49), plus 20% of any amount between $300,000 and $3,000,000, plus 15% of any amount over $3,000,000 per lot.
Shipping, Taxes, Terms and Bidding
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms
Important information concerning Sales Tax and Resale Certificates. Learn More
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms