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Sun Yat Sen Autograph Brings $17,690 at NateDSanders.com

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A Sun Yat Sen autograph is a great rarity in the autograph business.  His autograph hardly ever comes to market.  We at NateDSanders.com Auctions were lucky enough to have sold his autographs twice.  Here the are with the description, picture and price realized:

Sun Yat-sen Signed First Edition of His Book ”The International Development of China”

Scarce signed copy of Sun Yat-sen’s book, ”The International Development of China”, boldly inscribed in fountain pen by the Chinese leader on the front free endpaper, ”Mr. H.S. Quigley / Sun Yat-sen”. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922 first English edition. Book is inscribed to Harold Scott Quigley, a scholar of Chinese studies who acquired the autograph in Shanghai in 1923, possibly during the Sun-Joffe Agreement, which was held in Shanghai in January 1923. In original publisher’s binding, book contains all maps, including the folding map housed in the rear pastedown pocket. Book measures 5.675” x 8.25” and runs 265pp. Text block has pulled away from backstrip at page 49. Portrait and biography of Sun, taken from jacket, have been affixed to front pastedown and free endpaper, underneath signature. Some pencil erasure at bottom of signature page. Chip to top of backstrip, and paper clip to rear endpaper. Overall in very good condition. An important book authored by Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of China, and scarce as signed by him. Sold for $17,690.
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Sun Yat-sen Autograph on His Cabinet Photograph

Extremely rare cabinet photograph signed by Chinese revolutionary and political leader, Sun Yat-sen. A formal, half-length portrait of the founder of modern China, signed in blue ink on the lower portion of the image. Black and white image measures 3.75″ x 5.5″, mounted to larger board embossed “Wo Shing, 425 Nanking Road, Shanghai.” Signed photographs of Sun Yat-sen are exceedingly rare. In very fine condition. A stunning piece.   Sold for $8,652.

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