Roosevelt Memorabilia Auction
Published May 4th, 2008
Important items of Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorabilia, including the last check ever signed by the late president, from the Drs. Joseph and Deborah Plaud Collection of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Items, will be offered in Heritage Auction Galleries’ upcoming Grand Format Auction, to be held on June 7, 2008.
Highlights of the auction include:
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Signed Free Frank Postal Cover as President: Estimate: $6,000 – $9,000
FDR Check Archive: 47 Signed Checks and His Last Check Register. Includes the Last Check He Ever Signed: Estimate: $40,000 – $60,000
Madame Elizabeth Shoumatoff’s Original Watercolor Proof Studies for Her Famous Unfinished Portrait of FDR: Estimate: $80,000 – $120,000
FDR’s Personal Trademark Fedora Hat: Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
Native American 1696 Land Deed for Most of Hyde Park, New York: Estimate: $40,000 – $60,000
FDR’s 1934 Christmas Gift to Eleanor- an 18K Gold and Diamond Compact with Engraved Message: Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
FDR’s Personal Tiffany Wristwatch, Worn at the Yalta Conference: Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
Franklin Roosevelt Signed Copy of the D-Day Prayer by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the White House, June 6, 1944, Here Printed for his Friends at Christmastide 1944: Estimate: $8,000 – $12,000
The Actual Sheets Upon Which Franklin Roosevelt Lay in Death, From His Warm Springs, Georgia “Little White House”: Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000
Auction info www.HA.com
