Branson, Mo., 3/21/22
Dear Seymour:-
After receiving the page from Goodspeed's catalog of autographs, I set to figuring, and I find, after figuring all night, that my friends owe me nigh onto $750,000. However, I shall postpone suit, as I look for a rising market. In the meanwhile, being a shrewd and far-seeing man, I withhold signatures.
Yours,
John G. Neihardt
SIGN HERE (15¢ in stamps enclosed to cover cost of ink, etc.)
(NAME) Jno. G. Neihardt (BOOKFELLOW No.)_________________
SIGN
SIGN = SIGN
Note by a collector in the year 2022:
This is one of Neihardt's alleged humorous notes so highly prized by collectors. It is said that Mr. Seymour sold it for 35¢, thus sacrificing the friendship of the Doctor, who was a very shrewd and far-seeing man.
ENVELOPE ADDRESSED IN HANDWRITING OF DR. J.G. NEIHARDT, FIRST POET LAUREATE TO HAVE A BOOK OF PROSE PUBLISHED BY THE BOOKFELLOWS. SLAIN BY VERS LIBRISTS IN 1923. EXCESSIVELY RARE
Branson Mar 21 [?]PM 1922 MO.
United States Postage 2 Cents 2
Geo. Steele Seymour,
4917 Blackstone Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.
Bookfellow Lodge
