May 12, 2005 - Sale 2043

Sale 2043 - Lot 177

Price Realized: $ 4,830
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JOHNSON, LYNDON B. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, as Vice President, to Dorothy [Nichols], "A lady turning 50 needs to fire up now and then. So here it is with our love and gratitude always." Signed "Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson" but entirely in LBJ's hand. 1 page, small 8vo, Vice President correspondence card. With the original envelope. Washington, 22 October 1963

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This birthday note, likely accompanying the gift of a lighter, was written only one month before the Kennedy assassination. Autograph letters by Johnson as Vice President and President are scarce.