Set Reminder2023-04-20 12:00:002023-04-20 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : A Study in Sherlock: The Curious Collection of Robert Hess Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/a-study-in-sherlock-the-curious-collection-of-robert-hess-part-i-21932 This was the first sale from Robert Hess's collection of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle. High spots in every category related to these two subjects included original illustration art, first editions, signed photos, and archives of letters.
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[DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930)]. A group of 6 contemporary printed portraits of Doyle in various magazines and supplements. Including: Sunday Magazine of the Sunday Star. Washington, D. C., September 6, 1914. Color portrait of Doyle on front cover, also with a 2-page centerfold, ?Characters From the Books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,? with art by Joseph Clement Coll. Complete issue. -- Full-page illustrated advertisement for The Return of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Collier?s Weekly, September 12, 1903. Advertisement in black, white, and orange. -- Leslie?s Illustrated Weekly. New York: Arkell Weekly, November 8, 1894. Black and white photographic portrait on front cover, featuring the article, ?Dr. A. Conan Doyle in America.? Complete issue. -- The Bookman. London: Hodder & Stoughton, November 1912. With a cover photograph of Doyle, and an article with many photographs. Laid-in is the presentation plate portrait of Doyle (often missing). -- Portrait photo of Doyle on a supplement to The Bookman. London: Hodder & Stoughton, April, 1902.