Lot 4491
Cody, W. F. "Wild Bill". Autograph Letter Signed ("W.F. Cody"), on stationery from The Irma Hotel in Cody, Wyoming, with a small chest-up portrait of Cody below "Buffalo Bill's Hotels in the Rockies," Jan. 13, 1908. To Mr. McCaddon, regarding the show for the next season. In part: "I want to be with you when the ticket sellers and ticket takers are engaged. We don't want a bunch of robbers, short change men, and flim flammers, like we had last season. I get all the blame when our front of the house rob our patrons and I don't propose to stand for it. We must give an honest show. Another thing we must guard against an organized click at our front of the house….No one man must hire or engage all the ticket sellers and takers. These men should be engaged by you and I. I will never go through another season like the last one. Our patrons were robbed and so were we…." A couple of tiny blemishes and file holes at top, else fine.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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| Realized $2,185 |
