They sent me some high resolution photos with that press release, and one of them is the cover (and some contents) of Signature 2. But wasn't this copy in Montfort's collection or Fogel's book? I know I've seen a picture of this inscription to William Wantling somewhere...but now it's part of Bukowski's papers? Weird. I guess he got it back at some point.
That is the one pictured in the later edition of Fogel, and I believe, from the introduction, that the photos were from the Montfort collection. Weird.
Hi, I have the solution. This was once owned by Fogel. It was then sold to Montfort. This much is known. What then happened is that Montfort sold the collection to Simon Finch in UK. They put out a great catalog, where it was listed as item 53 with the asking price of 5000 BP (about $7500). I had heard that once the catalog was complete, Linda was given first shot at anything that she wanted. It seems that she bought this copy from Simon Finch. Finally, she donated it to Huntington, where it will remain..... Also, I think that Fogel got this directly from Ruth Wantling. Anyone know if that was the case? If so this is a pretty iron-clad provinance.... Best, Bill (not quite Columbo) Roberts
Hello: Here's the correct sequence of owner/ changes Re: SIGNATURE 2: I originally purchased this from John William Corrington for $100 in 1980 who received it initially gratis (w/ inscrip.: "to Wm...") from the Buk. I then sold my entire collection (Including Sig 2) to the Mod First Dealer Joseph The Provider in 1984. Joe The Pro then sold this (& other rare items from my collection) to Montfort. I then lost track of the rest of the hand-changes, but I assume that it then got into the hands of Finch who sold it to Linda Lee who donated it to Huntington.
