This carte de visite picturing the author Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens) is estimated at $3000-5000 In Freeman’s auction in Philadelphia on January 30.
To the top is the line Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economise it. Truly yours Mark Twain. Below is the inscription To Mlle. De Brouckère with the kindest regards of S.L. Clemens May 13, 1899.
The albumen print portrait was taken in the Asèle photography studio, Vienna.
In Freeman’s auction in Philadelphia on January 30 it is estimated at $3000-5000.
