^Lot 263 Edmund Hillary

Original signed ink sketch of a climber atop the peak of Mount Everest raising his ice axe, with another climber descending the summit with other peaks in the background, on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet of Himalayan Trust stationery. Several horizontal mailing folds, and some light creasing to top edge, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Hillary would create sketches for charitable causes only on rare occasions.