(BUSINESS) WALKER MADAM CJ Signed Check

Sale 2271 - Lot 200

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

(BUSINESS.) WALKER, MADAM C.J. Signed Check, drawn on "The Mme. C.J. Walker Mfg. Co," dated August 25, 1917 to Mrs. V.V. McGinley for $50.00. Matted and framed with a facsimile of the noted Addison Scurlock portrait of Madam Walker. Indianapolis, 1917

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A rare signed check from the great woman entrepreneur, written to "Mrs.V. V. McGinley" as a prize. One can see the word "prize" faintly in pencil in the upper left corner of the check. Madam Walker conceived the idea of a periodic contest with a $50.00 prize for the salesperson that brought in the most orders for the year. $50.00 in 1917 had the same buying power as $944.74 in today's economy.