Lot 123
Reagan, Ronald. Four doodles made by President Reagan, three in pencil on a piece of folded typing paper and one in ink on a 6" x 4" engraved "Ronald Reagan" note card. On the typing paper, one figure seems to be the President himself; one is an Asian man's face, and the third is a left profile of a balding, mustachioed man sporting a monocle (Jeeves, perhaps?). The ink sketch is the latter figure but with a bow tie and a jacket lapel visible; the card has one crease from folding.
President Reagan found drawing doodles relaxing and would do so infrequently, sometimes while sitting at his desk in the Oval Office sorting out issues and decisions, or, more often, during a lengthy Cabinet meeting which might have grown taxing. He would usually use whatever note paper or card was handy. Generally the doodles were caricatures or self portraits -- usually a single face, or sometimes a few on one page. Cabinet members would linger in the Cabinet Room after a meeting with the President, hoping he would leave a doodle or two behind on the table so they could grab it for their own memorabilia collection.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
From a former member of President Reagan's staff.
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| Realized $1,150 |
