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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1663

Sandburg, Carl American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer (1878-1967); remembered especially for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. Quartet of autographs including brief Typewritten Letter Signed "Carl Sandburg," 2 lines, small 8vo, on stationery imprinte "Connemara Farms / Flat Rock, NC," April 20, 1949. He tells Miss Brown that "The quotation atttributed to Lincoln is definitely spurius [sic]." With a second TLS "Carl Sandburg," 1953, to an admirer, full vertical tear replaced with tape, with envelope; and a third TLS, 1958, to Mr. Sampson, saying he cannot read his poems, with envelope. Finally, with his Signature "Carl Sandburg" on a 3" x 4" card, 1963, with envelope to a fan in Harrisburg, PA. Repaired letter VG, other letters VG/F, card Fine. [6]

Estimate
$400 to $500