Lot 115
Prominent Businessmen, Including Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Railroad and Automobile Moguls. Group of 22 items, including: Andrew Carnegie, signature and sentiment on 3 ¼ x 4 ½" paper (1902 date in another hand on verso); Charles M. Schwab, signature on paper affixed to larger 6 ¼ x 4 ¼" paper; Henry J. Kaiser, Jr., 1956 TLS to Basil O'Connor; Peter Cooper, large signature and sentiment; Cornelius Vanderbilt, signature, sentiment and date (1855); Chauncey Depew, signature and sentiment; Oakes Ames, large signature with city and state on 2 ½ x 6 ½" paper; Oliver Ames, signature on calling card; Edward H. Harriman, signature cut from a document; James J. Hill, signature and sentiment matted with a photo of an oil portrait (1909); Robert R. Young, signature on 3x5" card; Charles E. Duryea, signature on small paper, matted with photo; William C. Durant, signature on 2 ½ x 4 ¼" paper; Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. 1960 TLS re NYC Cancer Crusade, with a 1953 signed contract with NBC; Charles F. Kettering, signature on business-size card; Edsel B. Ford, 1937 TLS, acknowledging receipt of a replica of the medal presented to Amelia Earhart, plus a cut signature followed by "Detroit"; James J. Couzens, 1918 TLS; Henry Ford II, signature on 3x5" card; and William Clay Ford, 1959 TLS with smeared signature. Also, Roger M. Blough, 1974 TLS re the Boy Scouts. Overall fine. Housed in a black leather album with matching case. Estimate Value $600 - UP
The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection.
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