Nov 26, 2013 - Sale 2333

Sale 2333 - Lot 18

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
"TO BE CONSIDERED A LADY HAS ALWAYS [BEEN] MY HIGHEST AMBITION" OAKLEY, ANNIE. Autograph Letter Signed, "Annie Oakley / Buffalo Bills Wild West," to an unnamed editor [John S. Gibson of Iron Era], thanking him for the notice in his paper, stating her highest ambition. 1 page, 8vo; remnants of mounting overall verso, right edge uneven, folds, minor scattered soiling. Paris, 6 July 1889
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"I am very thankful for the very kind and flat[t]ering notice you gave me in your paper.
"To be considered a lady has always being [sic] my highest amb[i]tion. Again thanking you and with best wishes to your esteemed wife . . . ."
During the summer of 1889, coinciding with the Exposition Universelle in Paris, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show performed to large crowds. Annie Oakley, who had left the show in 1887 because of conflicts concerning the show's other female sharpshooter, rejoined the show for the European tour.