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Sale 73
The Manuscript, Space & Collectibles Auction
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Lot 162 |
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[Business Tycoons] Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, Dollar bill signed by business tycoons and philanthropists Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Both signed in black marker. With signatures of Apple co-founder, chairman and CEO Steve Jobs and Walter Isaacson, Job's biographer, on a 7 x 5 in. piece of gray paper.
Estimated Value $150 - 200
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| Realized
$900 |
Lot 163 |
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Ford, Henry (1863-1947) Pioneer auto manufacturer; organizer and president of Ford Motor Co.; employed assembly-line method for production of Model T.Sepia-toned photo signed, 7 x 9½ in., n.p., n.d. Imprint of Blackburn, Valdosta, GA on verso. The chest-up portrait has some silvering at right margin. Signed in black ink.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000
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| Realized
$1,440 |
Lot 164 |
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Ford, Henry, Bold signature on back inside cover of program for a Detroit civic event honoring Judge Christopher Stein, an old friend of Ford's. Several other attendees also signed. With archive of the event and tattered newspaper page of photos from the event.
Estimated Value $700 - 900
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| Unsold |
Lot 165 |
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Getty, J. Paul (1892-1976) American industrialist, philanthropist and art collector. Rare autograph letter signed ("Father") on a postcard, postmarked from Florence, Italy, 3 Mar. 1953. Very good; dampstain in lower right corner; postmark affects the final sentence and closure. Written to Timothy Getty, his youngest son, by his fifth wife, Teddy. Getty writes: "Dearest Son, I wish you had been with us all last month in St. Moritz in Switzerland. It was a place full of skiers and bob run and Cresta run enthusiasts. I miss you every day and am so looking forward to being with you again. You are my own dear boy and you are good to your dear mother. Love, Father." Getty also addressed the postcard.
Timmy lived with his mother in Santa Monica, California. Getty, who would be married to Teddy until she divorced him in May 1958, moved to Europe in 1951, and had not seen Timmy or Teddy in over two years; he would see them briefly in 1955, when Teddy took Timmy to England for a visit. Timmy suffered greatly from a tumor that developed between his eyes in 1952 at the age of six. He went through several operations, but in August 1958, died on the operating table at the tender age of twelve. Getty did not return home for the funeral.
Estimated Value $500 - 600
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