Lot 363
Reagan, Ronald. Large, Color Photograph of President Reagan and his Cabinet and sub-Cabinet members, signed by 18 of the 19 members pictured (Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige died in a rodeo accident just days after the photograph was taken on 1 July 1987, before the photos were printed and presented to the Cabinet members in the next Cabinet meeting for signature), 19¾x23¾", on 1/8" thick foam core (Washington, 1987). Mint condition. These Cabinet photos were given only to members of the Cabinet and sub-Cabinet and a handful of their key staff members. All of the Cabinet members signed this photo during the same Cabinet meeting. Stamped on the verso is: "Official Photograph / The White House / Washington, D.C."; written in pen below is "1 July 1987 / C-41605-11." Fewer than 50 of these are in existence.
The photograph was signed in black marker by:
Ronald Reagan - President; George Bush - Vice President; Senator Howard Baker - White House Chief of Staff; James A. Baker III - Secretary of the Treasury; William J. Bennett - Secretary of Education; Otis R. Bowen - Secretary of Health and Human Services; William Brock - Secretary of Labor; Elizabeth Dole - Secretary of Energy; Donald P. Hodel - Secretary of the Interior; Richard E. Lyng - Secretary of Agriculture; Edwin Meese III - Attorney General; James Miller - Director, Office of Mgt. & Budget; Samauel R. Pierce, Jr. - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; George P. Schultz - Secretary of State; Vernon Walters - Ambassador to the U.N.; Caspar Weinberger - Secretary of Defense; and Clayton Yeutter - Secretary of Agriculture.
Estimated Value $7,500 - 10,000.
From the personal collection of a former Reagan administration staff member.
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