FAMOUS MEN: Small selection of signed items by various famous men comprising Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953, black ink signature (‘E. P. Hillary’) to the upper half of a 4to sheet of printed stationery from the Himalayan Trust of which Hillary was the chairman; Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001) South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant, signed 3.5 x 5 photograph of Barnard in a head and shoulders pose, signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image; F. W. de Klerk (1936-2021) South African politician who served as State President of South Africa 1989-94, Nobel Peace prize winner 1993, signed 8 x 10 cardstock image of de Klerk seated in a half-length pose behind his desk. Signed in black ink with his name alone to the lower white border which also features a printed caption; Bernard Lovell (1913-2012) English physicist and radio astronomer, signed 5.5 x 3.5 photograph of Lovell in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG to EX, 4
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FAMOUS MEN: Small selection of signed items by various famous men comprising Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953, black ink signature (‘E. P. Hillary’) to the upper half of a 4to sheet of printed stationery from the Himalayan Trust of which Hillary was the chairman; Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001) South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant, signed 3.5 x 5 photograph of Barnard in a head and shoulders pose, signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image; F. W. de Klerk (1936-2021) South African politician who served as State President of South Africa 1989-94, Nobel Peace prize winner 1993, signed 8 x 10 cardstock image of de Klerk seated in a half-length pose behind his desk. Signed in black ink with his name alone to the lower white border which also features a printed caption; Bernard Lovell (1913-2012) English physicist and radio astronomer, signed 5.5 x 3.5 photograph of Lovell in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG to EX, 4
Auction: Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents, 1st Dec, 2023