
Ira Gershwin Hand-Written Letter to Irving Drutman - $10K APR Value w/ CoA!
IRA GERSHWIN HAND-WRITTEN LETTER - $10,000 APPRAISAL VALUE! ITEM DESCRIPTION: This letter from Ira Gershwin was written to his friend Irving Drutman, a fellow songwriter and journalist. In the letter Gershwin advises Drutman on his potential plans to visit Berlin. He also includes information about his work on the movie “A Star is Born” and the opera “Porgy and Bess.” The letter is very friendly and informal, since it is simply correspondence between friends. It is in excellent condition with no flaws and all of the writing legible. Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. He was a recipient of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for “Of Thee I Sing” and three of his songs were nominated for an Academy Award. The letter reads as follows: Feb 2nd Dear Irving [Irving Drutman], Certainly go to berlin for Reed-Kurnitz [?] But if