Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Photography
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2016
(1899 - 1961) American writer, a Nobel prize winner and author of For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea, and other classic novels. Fine association pair of signed items, includes a signed check "Ernest M. Hemingway", Havana, Dec. 24, 1954, making a $100.00 payment to Robert Herrera. Endorsed on verso. Ink cancels somewhat affect signature. Sold with an A.N on Hemingway's Finca Vigia envelope which presumably accompanied the check: "Merry Christmas Roberto Happy New Year". Envelope stained. Herrera, a Spaniard who fled to Cuba following the Franco takeover, was a close friend to Hemingway. Two pieces.
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