Isaac Asimov and BAKER STREET IRREGULARS Signed Envelope.
New York: Baker Street Irregulars Annual Dinner, 1983.
1st Edition. Envelope. A rare piece of ephemera for the Sherlockian collector: A large 10" × 15" manila envelope printed “BSI,” boldly signed in ink by more than twenty attendees of the Baker Street Irregulars Annual Dinner, January 7, 1983, held at the Regency Hotel, New York City. This was the dinner at which Robert E. Thomalen and Arthur Liebman received their investitures—an event also attended by Isaac Asimov, who was invested into the BSI in 1973.
Noteworthy Signatures Include:
Isaac Asimov – titan of science fiction; his signature links this piece to 20th-century literary history.
Albert M. (Al) Rosenblatt – judge, legal scholar, former editor of The Baker Street Journal.
Peter E. Blau – long-time BSI chronicler and editor of Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press.
Robert E. (Bob) Thomalen – invested 1983; later active BSI organizer.
Jerry Margolin – celebrated Holmesian collector and illustrator.
Cameron Hollyer – Canadian bibliographer and international Sherlockian.
Andrew (Andy) Peck – author and essayist in the Sherlockian community.
Charles (Chuck) Henery – regular BSI member, invested 1977 as “The Crooked Man.”
Robert (Bob) Hahn – Sherlockian scholar and collector.
Franklin D. Hoffmann – academic contributor to The Baker Street Journal.
John Nieminski – active Sherlockian writer and lecturer.
Arthur Liebman – invested 1983, noted in The Baker Street Journal report.
Near Fine. Light curling and minor edge wear only; verso clean. All signatures remain clear and unfaded.
Founded in 1934 by Christopher Morley, the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) is the oldest Sherlock Holmes society in the world. Membership is by invitation only. Annual dinners, where investitures are bestowed, are considered the pinnacle ceremonies of American Sherlockiana. Items circulated at these dinners, especially those signed by Isaac Asimov, are highly sought after by collectors.
Additional Probable/Tentative Signatures:
R.A. Mills (or Miller); Edwin Van de G— (possibly Van de Garde); Paul S— (incomplete); Walt/Walter (partial); “Bob A—”; top-margin inscription “Pat” (likely a guest).
A must-have for the Sherlock Holmes completist.
Item #34234 Price: US$1,550.00