Antique Handwritten Letters
Lewis Carroll Two Original Handwritten Letters on Paper, 1877
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Jersey, GB
- A pair of handwritten letters by one of the most influential writers of the 19th century, Lewis
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Late 19th Century British Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
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H 5.25 in W 3.25 in D 0.01 in
British Nobility Historical Autographs and Letters
Located in Jersey, GB
A fascinating collection of signatures and handwritten letters from 18th and 19th century British
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18th Century Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
Outlaw Frank James Original 1883 Handwritten Letter on Paper
Located in Jersey, GB
- A touching handwritten love letter by one of the most legendary outlaws of the Old West, Frank
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Late 18th Century American Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
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H 7.3 in W 4.9 in D 0.01 in
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1920s Original Handwritten List on Envelope
Located in Jersey, GB
. Nevinson; and the actress Elsa Lanchester.
Also included are two typed signed letters, a handwritten
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Late 19th Century Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
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H 4 in W 6 in D 0.01 in
Nelson's Guide to the City of New York and its Neighbourhood, 1858
Located in Langweer, NL
presented in gilt letters on both the cover and spine, indicating the guide's prestigious nature and the
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1850s Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
Erte " Eve"
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, titled Eve, and bears the handwritten mentions Decor
Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Handwritten Letters
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Gouache
Couture Antique Tuxedo Wool Ribbed&QuiltedSatin FullyLined&Padded Black Tailcoat
Located in Chicago, IL
dial-up number during the 1920s in at least the United States. The tag's additional handwritten
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1920s British Antique Handwritten Letters
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter of January 1918
By Theodore Roosevelt
Located in Dallas, TX
’ letterhead. Fully handwritten and personally signed by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Dated January 28th
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Antique Handwritten Letters
Materials
Paper
Highly Important Theodore Roosevelt Collection of 6 Items
By Theodore Roosevelt
Located in Dallas, TX
handwritten ‘Poem’ on an Index Card by Eliza Calvert Hall which was sent by her to Theodore, after the death
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Early 20th Century American American Empire Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
"Three Chiefs, Blackfoot, Montana" by Edward S. Curtis, Platinum Print, 1900
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
unearthed a cache of letters from Curtis to J.P. Morgan and to Morgan's librarian, Ms. Bella da Costa Greene
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Early 1900s American Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
H 22.5 in W 26.5 in D 1 in
Judaica Hand-Written Calendrical Manuscript from Władysławowie, 1837
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Exceedingly rare, one-of-a-kind handwritten Jewish calendrical manuscript from Władysławowie, 1837
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
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'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö.
This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Antique Handwritten Letters
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Textile
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm
1970
Signed in pencil and numbered
Edition : /CXX
References : Field 70-8
Salvador Dali
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1970s Surrealist Antique Handwritten Letters
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Lithograph
H 30.12 in W 22.45 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
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1970s Old Masters Antique Handwritten Letters
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Canvas, Oil
René Lalique Bacchantes Yellow Rene Lalique Glass Vase
By René Lalique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
René Lalique (1860-1945)
Bacchantes
Yellow Rene Lalique glass vase with ten female nude figures in high relief on a self illuminating bronze base, cast with stylized oak leaves.
W...
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1920s Antique Handwritten Letters
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Art Glass
1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in Perpignan, FR
Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House came to fulfill the fantasy of those dreaming of living in space. While that type of arc...
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1970s French Space Age Antique Handwritten Letters
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Metal, Aluminum
DUMBO
By Banksy
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print & hand-finished watercolor on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Pest Control included.
Banksy’s Dumbo is an extremely rare Banksy print. It was never rele...
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2010s Street Art Antique Handwritten Letters
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Screen, Watercolor, Paper
Pablo Picasso "Grand Tête" (Portrait de Jacqueline aux Cheveux lisses)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Grand Tête (Portrait de Jacqueline aux Cheveux lisses)
linocut in colors, on Arches paper, 1962,
signed in pencil, numbered 12/50,
with full margins, pale ...
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20th Century Cubist Antique Handwritten Letters
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Linocut
H 32.25 in W 27 in D 2 in
Spanish Colonial Mexico Carved Painted Archangel Santo Religious Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A large vintage Spanish Colonial style Mexican religious folk art carved wood santo figure - bulto carving.
Mid-20th century, Mexico, primitive hand-crafted construction, one-of-a-k...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Handwritten Letters
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Metal
Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 artist's proofs. This piece is...
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1960s Modern Antique Handwritten Letters
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Linocut
Antique Spanish Colonial Archangel Polychrome Wood Santo Carving
Located in Forney, TX
Antique religious Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted archangel santo altar figure. circa 1800
Hand-crafted by Spanish settlers in North America (likely Southwestern United Sta...
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Early 19th Century North American Spanish Colonial Antique Handwritten Letters
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Wood, Paint
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Handwritten Letters
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Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
19th Century Cuzco School Oil On Canvas Archangel Michael
Located in Hastings, GB
Peruvian Cuzo School Oil on Canvas of the Archangel Michael. Canvas has been remounted on new stretchers, a few small marks to the edge of the frame.
The Cuzco or Cusco school was...
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Early 19th Century Peruvian Rococo Antique Handwritten Letters
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Canvas, Paint
PABLO PICASSO "Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
"Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune"
linocut in colours, 1958, on Arches wove paper, signed in blue crayon, numbered 31/50, a very good impression of t...
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Mid-20th Century Antique Handwritten Letters
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Linocut, Paper
San Miguel (St. Michael) Mexican Retablo
Located in Dallas, TX
San Miguel (St. Michael) Mexican Retablo Oil on Tin - Mexican folk art retablo on heavy gauge tin represents San Miguel Archangel, patron saint of warriors and soldiers. Saint Michae...
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19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Handwritten Letters
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Tin
Spanish Colonial Cuzco Painting of Archangel Michael
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good Spanish Colonial, Cuzco School (Cuzqueno) painting of the Archangel Michael. The painting appears to have little or no restorations and, as such, is in remarkable...
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Mid-18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Handwritten Letters
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Elizabeth Taylor 1970s Handwritten Love Letter to Richard Burton
Located in Jersey, GB
The unique Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton love letter:
A love letter written, in pencil, by Elizabeth Taylor to her husband Richard Burton on their ten year wedding anniversary, ...
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1970s Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
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19th Century French Piano Stool or Side Table
Located in Surrey, BC
and a customized top featuring multi handwritten letters covering the surface.
circa 1890-1900.
Very
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Handwritten Letters
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Iron
Futurist Correspondence - 1900s - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti - Futurismo
Located in Roma, IT
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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s Correspondence: consists of 24 typewritten and handwritten letters, four
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Early 20th Century Futurist Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
36-Star “Political Campaign” Civil War Era American Flag
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, glazed cotton surface – once in script and once again in dark block handwritten letters.
The 36th
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19th Century American Antique Handwritten Letters
18th Century Italian Handwritten Letter with a Fragment and Crystals on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Lucite back.
The 18th century handwritten letter was found as part of a group of letters from Italy
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Handwritten Letters
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Rock Crystal
H 11 in W 9 in D 1.5 in
Rare English Victorian Period Oak Country House Pillar Form Mailbox
Located in San Francisco, CA
letters, below is a handwritten schedule of pickup times. The piece is further fitted with a functional
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1870s English Victorian Antique Handwritten Letters
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Brass
Memoirs of My Life by John Fremont, First Edition with Fremont Inscription, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
slipcase with a portrait of Fremont on the front board.
Laid in are two individually handwritten and
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1880s Antique Handwritten Letters
H 11 in W 3.5 in D 8.25 in
Ernest Shackleton Handwritten Signed Letter
Located in Jersey, GB
A rare handwritten letter by Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackleton
Written during the early days
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Early 1900s Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
President George Washington Autographed Lottery Ticket
Located in Jersey, GB
handwritten letters, examples of the President's autograph can also sell for significant sums. In 2010, Paul
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1760s Antique Handwritten Letters
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Paper
A 19th Century English Victorian Oak Desktop Letterbox
Located in Englewood, NJ
slot is inscribed "LETTERS", the hinged door with inset glazed plaque with handwritten postage times
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19th Century English Antique Handwritten Letters
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Brass
Six Large Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Carved Plaques, circa 1870
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Maximilian of Baden. Paper lables on the back with handwritten inscriptions (date, place of the hunt and the
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Mid-19th Century German Rustic Antique Handwritten Letters
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Antler, Wood
Six Large Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Plaques ca. 1870s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
of Margrave Maximilian of Baden. Paper lables on the back with handwritten inscriptions (date, place
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Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Handwritten Letters
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Antler, Wood
Six Large Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Carved Plaques, circa 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Maximillian of Baden. Paper lables on the back with handwritten inscriptions (date, place of the hunt and the
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Mid-19th Century German Rustic Antique Handwritten Letters
Materials
Antler, Wood
Six Large Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Carved Plaques, circa 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Maximilian of Baden. Paper lables on the back with handwritten inscriptions (date, place of the hunt and the
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Mid-19th Century German Rustic Antique Handwritten Letters
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Antler, Wood
Six Large Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Plaques, ca. 1860s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
of Margrave Maximilian of Baden. Paper lables on the back with handwritten inscriptions (date, place
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Mid-19th Century German Rustic Antique Handwritten Letters
Materials
Antler, Wood
Six Large Antique Deer Trophies on Wooden Plaques ca. 1860s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
family of Margrave Maximilian of Baden. Paper lables on the back with handwritten inscriptions (date
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Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Handwritten Letters
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Antler, Wood
Six Antique Black Forest Deer Trophies on Plaques, Germany 1870s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
handwritten inscriptions (date, place of the hunt and the hunter - in antique German letters). Very good
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Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Handwritten Letters
Materials
Antler, Wood
Taormina - Von Gloeden n° 139 - Original Photograph by W von Gloeden - 1909
By Wilhelm Von Gloeden
Located in Roma, IT
ink.
On the back: number of catalog 139 and B and D (?) letters handwritten in blue pencil with very
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Handwritten Letters
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Photographic Paper
Wilhelm Von GloedenTaormina - Von Gloeden n° 139 - Original Photograph by W von Gloeden - 1909, 1909
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.04 in
After Henri Matisse - Blue Nude
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good
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1920s Abstract Impressionist Antique Handwritten Letters
Materials
Lithograph
Henri Matisse - The Saint Michel Bridge - Original Etching
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming
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1920s Modern Antique Handwritten Letters
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Etching
H 13 in W 10 in D 0.1 in
Vegetables
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming
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1920s Modern Antique Handwritten Letters
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Lithograph
2 Volumes, U.S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
Located in New York, NY
. Signed Copy. Includes a portrait frontispiece and handwritten notes and letters. Published by Charles L
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1880s American Antique Handwritten Letters
Materials
Leather
Venice California 1920s Wooden Street Signs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ct, Altair Pl and 5th Ave. The background color is indigo blue with white handwritten letters
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Handwritten Letters
Materials
Paint, Wood
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Antique Handwritten Letters For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of antique handwritten letters available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique handwritten letters was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper. Antique handwritten letters have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique handwritten letters are generally popular furniture pieces, but neoclassical style is often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique handwritten letters over the years, but those made by Theodore Roosevelt, Edward S. Curtis and Lewis Carroll are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Handwritten Letters?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $7,750, while they’re typically $1,548 on the low end and $120,000 highest priced.