{"product_id":"mark-twain-psa-samuel-l-clemens-autograph-cut-signature-signed-psa-dna","title":"MARK TWAIN * PSA * SAMUEL L. CLEMENS Autograph Cut Signature SIGNED * PSA\/DNA","description":"\u003cpre data-hook=\"description\" class=\"skK8UF\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; text-overflow: ellipsis;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-width: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003eLegendary American writer and humorist SAMUEL L. CLEMENS cut signature card signed as his pen name \/ alter ego, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Mark Twain\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003e. Clemens adds a small flourish beneath his signature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003eIt has been said that a riverboat pilot gave young Sam Clemens his pen name \"mark twain\", from the helmsman's cry for a measured river depth of two fathoms  – safe water for a steamboat. Literary historians have argued, however, that according to a Virginia City legend a \"mark twain\" actually stood for two shots of whisky for Clemens, and two chalk marks against his tab at the saloon.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003eCERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA\/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION, and encapsulated using PSA\/DNA's proprietary sonically-sealed technology. UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED GENUINE. An investment-quality acquisition for any collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-width: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003eTwain was widely celebrated as the \"greatest humorist the United States has produced\", with author William Faulkner calling him \"the father of American Literature\". Twain's novels include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003e and its sequel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003e, with the latter often called, \"the great American novel.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-width: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal;\"\u003eCondition is as shown. The Twain signed card measures appx. 2.5\" x 3.5\" in appx. 3.25\" x 5.25\" encapsulate. Previous signs of mouting at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003eupper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal;\"\u003e right corner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003eBuy with confidence – Signaturist-Ink is proud to have served a range of private collectors, scholars, and prestigious institutions. 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