Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
"PRESIDENTS WILL [N]EVER AGAIN HAVE THE TIME TO WRITE LONG HAND LETTERS" HOOVER, HERBERT. Autograph Letter Signed, to "Dear Mr. Gelterman," stating that collectors [of presidential autographs] must get used to typed letters signed, as Presidents won't have time to write letters in long hand. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery, with integral blank; slight even fading to text and signature, horizontal fold; matted with portrait and framed. (TFC) Np, 21 August 1933

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"I doubt whether Presidents will ever again have the time to write long hand letters. Therefore collectors will need adapt themselves to the typewriter with signatures only."