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Lot #1644
Orson Welles

While appearing in Hamlet, Welles quotes Hecate in Macbeth: “Security is mortal’s chiefest enemy.”

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While appearing in Hamlet, Welles quotes Hecate in Macbeth: “Security is mortal’s chiefest enemy.”

Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “For Arthur Howard, Salt Lake, May 23, ‘Security is mortal’s chiefest enemy’ Thanks, Orson Welles,” on a white 5 x 3 page. According to the collector’s typewritten notations, the signature was obtained while Welles was appearing in Hamlet at the Utah Centennial Event. In very good condition, with punch holes to left edge, couple of areas of adhesive residue, smudging to a few of the letters in the signature. R&R COA.

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