This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2026
Autograph sentiment signed by Thomas Mann, one small card, neatly inscribed “Thomas Mann with kind regards / St. Francisco 29. III. 38.” The note bears the embossed red letterhead of The Clift, San Francisco, where Mann stayed during his American exile.
Presented together with a striking black-and-white photographic portrait of Mann, the ensemble is attractively matted and framed, creating a compelling literary display piece. The date places the inscription during a crucial period shortly after Mann’s flight from Nazi Germany and in the early years of his American residency, when he had become one of the most prominent intellectual voices opposing the Third Reich.
Mann, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1929), is universally regarded as one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, celebrated for Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, and Doctor Faustus. Autographs from this transitional exile period, particularly dated and located examples, are especially sought after by collectors.
Dimensions: Signed note: approx. 3.5" × 5.5", Framed display: approx. 18" × 22"