Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 12

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ASTOR, JOHN JACOB. Autograph Letter Signed, to Peter Smith, acknowledging receipt of $1000, sorry to hear that he has been sick with the fever, writes that he too has been unwell. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; usual folds. New York, 27 May 1805

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Astor (1763-1848) fur trader and financier, invested heavily in New York City real estate, the Mississippi Valley and the upper Missouri, at the time of his death he was the wealthiest man in America. <