Letter on White House stationery from 1940 from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the wife of the son of Thomas Edison (Charles Edison) who served as Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Governor of New Jersey. The paper carries a Whiting's Angora watermark.Owner is interested in discovering the value and possibly selling the letter.
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I have a Eleanor Roosevelt autographed letter dated April 15, 1933.
ReplyDeleteThe signature is very similar to mine, with slight variance. Slightly faded black ink also. The White House letter head is identical.
I happened to pull this out of my collection tonight, and by chance held it in front of the light of my monitor and for the first time noticed
that it had a watermark, that of
'Whiting's Angora'.
I paid just under over $70 on Ebay from a collector in New York state several years ago.
I'm not a pro appraiser, but since your letter is written to Edison's son and and mine is written to some unknown woman
(Ms. Wynkoop) asking about a career in business, yours is worth maybe 4-5 times more, around $250-300 in a real live auction. If this were her husband, it would go in the thousands, easily.
Hope this may help.
I have a letter written and by Eleanor Roosevelt dated April 28, 1955 to Mr. Miller. The letter talks about a song he dedicated to her husband. I am assuming that it is addressed to Glen Miller. Anybody have a clue of its value?
ReplyDeleteI have an copy of "On Our Way" by FDR published in 1934, any idea the value of it?
ReplyDeleteWe have a $1. Silver Certificate signed by Eleanor Roosevelt.
ReplyDeleteWritten in red ink it says;
Good Luck White House Red Room
February 24, 1945
Eleanor Roosevelt
I check to see who spent the night as a guest on that date.
No one
But Mrs. Roosevelt was a member of the Short Snorters Club and more than likely had a gathering of other short snorters.
How much is this item worth?
Anonymous, as by now you've no doubt noticed,the April 28, 1955 letter to Mr. Miller couldn't be to Mr. Glen Miller, the bandleader, because, alas, he went missing in action on Dec 15, 1944...
ReplyDeleteI have a personal letter, hand written and signed from my husbands cousin, the late Mario Cuomo, speaking of his proud connection to my husband as a family member of his...I'd like to know if this is of any value.
ReplyDeleteHi Cynthia. Thank you for your question. It sounds like an interesting letter but it probably has more family sentimental value than actual collector value. Assuming th esignature of Mr. Cuomo is authentic i would estimate its value at $50 - $75. However, the vast majority of political signatures are not original but rather signed by secretaries or auto-pen machines and those would have very limited value.
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