HELEN KELLER Signed PSA 10 AUTOGRAPH Photo Signed With “Bible” Quote * Graded

Gorgeous Early Signed Image of Keller Reading the Bible, Graded 10 by PSA!

American author, disability rights advocate and lecturer HELEN KELLER uncommon oversized 11" x 14" GEM MINT 10 autographed vintage photograph, signed and inscribed in pencil, "To Dear Mrs Sibley / With happy thoughts of a bright hour spent in her lovely home / Helen Keller". Depicting an image of a youthful Keller with her hand resting on a book, she adds, "The Bible - The Book I Love Best". This same image albeit inscribed to a different recipient prominently hangs in the entry hall of Keller's beloved Ivy Green estate.

PSA/DNA has rated the Keller autograph with the highly coveted GEM MINT 10. Under PSA's exacting autograph grading standards a Gem Mint 10 example "is a virtually perfect autograph. Attributes include bold writing with the absence of skipping or retracing by the original signer or otherwise..." In addition, "the autograph must be strong and clear...as well as aesthetically beautiful in terms of placement and representative of the common/traditional autograph patterns of that person."

The recipients family, the Sibleys, were a wealthy Rochester NY family that were owners of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr, a department store built at 73 Main St., Rochester NY, and founded in 1891. In its day, it was the largest department store between Chicago and New York City – comparable to Macy's NYC – before the store finally closed in 1990. 


Keller learned to use block printing, her handwriting was consistently upright like the writing in calligraphy. Her handwriting and signature bears this specific style because of the use of an assistive writing board and a method called "square-hand". People with visual disabilities would place a piece of paper on the writing board which had horizontal grooves in it, creating lines that could be felt as a person's hand moved across the page, keeping their writing straight. Writing within the grooves gave letters a square appearance, hence the term.

The HELEN KELLER autograph has been thoroughly reviewed and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION. GUARANTEED GENUINE. Purchase includes original PSA/DNA Letter of Authenticity. 

Keller was a prolific author, writing 14 books and hundreds of speeches and essays on topics ranging from animals to Mahatma Gandhi. Keller campaigned for those with disabilities and for women's suffrage, labor rights, and world peace. She was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). She became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Condition is as shown with some tears, losses, tape repair along border noted, mostly hidden behind the outer white mat. Please review images carefully for exact condition. Archivally framed and matted to an overall size of 18.25" x 15.25" under museum-grade 98% UV-blocking non-glare acrylic.


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A handsome and impressive addition to any truly exceptional autograph collection. An exceptional investment opportunity, and a truly rare and remarkable find. 

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