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Lot 104
Thurston, Howard. Portrait of Thurston and Dorny, Inscribed and Signed.
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
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| $5,000 | $500 |
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Thurston, Howard. Portrait of Thurston and Dorny, Inscribed and Signed. Dated Feb. 1, 1933 in Thurston?s hand. A three-quarter length portrait of the two men, both dressed in suits and ties likely taken at the 1928 I.B.M. Convention in Kenton, Ohio. 8 x 10?. With a lengthy and humorous inscription by Thurston to Dorny in the upper right: ?For my best and true friend / Howard Thurston / Some say I expect him / to be my successor / Howard Thurston / I wrote the / above just / to make him / feel important / Feb. 1/33.? Minor edgewear and chipping, scrapbook remnants to verso.
