LOT #43070 |
Sold on Mar 18, 2026 for: Sign-in
or Join (free & quick)
[Samuel Clemens] Mark Twain: Autograph Manuscript Page (Unsigned) from The Gilded Age....
Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
Sold on Mar 18, 2026 for:
$2,250.00
Bid Source: HA.com/Live bidder
Get one of these:
Explore Available Items
Description
[Samuel Clemens] Mark Twain: Autograph Manuscript Page (Unsigned) from The Gilded Age. One page (paginated 15), 5" x 8"; no place, no date [circa 1873]. Written entirely in Twain's hand of page 23 in Chapter 1 (Squire Hawkins and His Tennessee Land-He Decides to Remove to Missouri), in part: "Do you see these papers? Well, they are evidence that I have taken up Seventy-five Thousand Acres of Land in this county - think what an enormous fortune it will be some day! Why, Nancy, enormous don't express it - the word's too tame!" Complete with a few added corrections.Condition: Minor toning with flattened folds. Creasing and minor stains at top margin. Previously tipped in with mounting remnant at left center of recto, and mounting strip along right margin of verso.
Auction Info
2026 March 18 The Dan Madsen Collection of Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain Memorabilia Americana & Political Signature® Auction #6335 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
March, 2026
18th
Wednesday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 8
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
Page Views: 609
Buyer's Premium per Lot:
25% of the successful bid 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