ERNEST HEMINGWAY HISTORIC ORIG 1959 PERSONALLY OWNED/USED BULLFIGHTS TICKET STUB

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THIS TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEM CLEARLY BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!!!!!
THIS IS LEGENDARY AUTHOR ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S PERSONALLY OWNED & USED TICKET "STUB" FROM BULLFIGHTS HE ATTENDED ON AUGUST 5, 1959, AT MALAGA'S PLAZA de TOROS de MALAGA DURING HIS FAMOUSLY CHRONICLED "DANGEROUS SUMMER of 1959!!!
PROVENANCE: EXTENSIVE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM RENOWNED SPECIALIST JOHN REZNIKOFF OF "UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES"!!!
MR. REZNIKOFF IS AMONG THE MOST HIGHLY RESPECTED & REGARDED AUTOGRAPH EXPERTS IN THE WORLD, WITH HIS GREATEST EXPERTISE COMING IN THE CATEGORY OF "HISTORIC ITEMS".
HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PARTNERS IN PSA/DNA.
THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THIS BRILLIANTLY COLORED 63 YEAR OLD PAPER ARTIFACT RATES "FINE"; EXCEPTIONAL WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT UNLIKE NORTH AMERICAN TICKETS WHICH ARE PRINTED ON HEAVY CARD STOCK...SPANISH BULLFIGHT TICKETS OF THE DAY WERE PRINTED ON "PLIABLE SOFT PAPER"!!!
TICKET HAS ONE EXPECTED PUNCHED CANCELLATION HOLE WITH LIGHT CREASES.
TORN AT RIGHT EDGE WHERE DETACHED FROM TICKET PORTION WHEN ENTERING THE BUILDING.
OVER-SIZED TICKET "STUB" MEASURES 7" X 3"
THIS BULLFIGHTS TICKET ORIGINATES FROM THE PERSONAL (ESTATE) PROPERTY OF ROBERTO HERRERA SOTOLONGO, PERSONAL SECRETARY & LONGTIME DEAR & DEVOTED FRIEND OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
HERRERA AND HEMINGWAY MET IN 1942, WHEN HERRERA BECAME A CREWMEMBER ABOARD HEMINGWAY'S BOAT THE "PILAR"...WHEN HEMINGWAY PATROLLED THE GULF STREAM FOR GERMAN SUBMARINES FOR THE US GOVERNMENT.
THEY DISCOVERED THEY SHARED A MUTUAL AFFECTION FOR HUNTING, FISHING, BULLFIGHTS & HEAVY DRINKING;  AT THEIR FAVORITE "WATERING HOLE" LA FLORIDITA IN HAVANA, CUBA.
HEMINGWAY CALLED HERRERA "EL MONSTRUO" (THE MONSTER) AND SIGNED MUCH OF HIS CORRESPONDENCE TO HERRERA "MR. PAPA".
BY THE MID-1940'S, HEMINGWAY WAS TRAVELLING EXTENSIVELY...LEAVING HIS CUBAN HOME
"FINCA LA VIGIA" (LOOKOUT FARM), IN THE CARE OF HERRERA.
FOLLOWING HEMINGWAY'S 1961 SUICIDE, HERRERA WAS APPOINTED AS CONSERVATOR (UNTIL HIS OWN DEATH IN 1970) OF HEMINGWAY'S ESTATE; TO DOCUMENT & DISPENSE OF HEMINGWAY'S PROPERTY AS HE SAW FIT.
AS AN ADDED BONUS, INCLUDED WITH THE TICKET IS A COURTESY SOFTCOVER COPY OF HEMINGWAY'S CLASSIC BOOK "THE DANGEROUS SUMMER", HIS 1960 "MEMOIR" OF HIS TIME SPENT IN SPAIN ATTENDING BULLFIGHTS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1959...THE VERY TIME PERIOD TO WHICH THIS TICKET CORRESPONDS!!!
CONDITION OF THE BOOK IS STRONG  NEAR MINT.
ON OCTOBER 26, 1959, "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" REPORTED THAT DURING THE EXTENDED 250 DAY BULLFIGHTING SEASON OF THAT YEAR...MORE THAN 2,OOO BULLS WERE KILLED & MORE THAN 1,100 EARS WERE AWARDED TO 63 MATADORS.
IN EARLY 1959, HEMINGWAY HAD CONTRACTED WITH "LIFE" MAGAZINE TO DO A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON HIS EXPERIENCES WHILE ATTENDING THE 1959 BULLFIGHTING SEASON IN SPAIN.
ALONG WITH OUR 45 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS...ALL OF OUR LISTINGS COME WITH OUR PERSONAL LIFETIME GUARANTEE.
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