Hi again, Randy!
I've gathered some contact information for collectors and businesses
who might be interested in your letters from President and Mrs.
Clinton. Of course, I can't guarantee that these folks will want to
purchase the letters, but this should provide you with quite a few
good options to get you started.
The Gallery of History website specializes in auctions of historical
documents, manuscripts, and autographs. They have a category for
Presidents:
Gallery of History
http://www.galleryofhistory.com/html/galleryhome.asp
Steven S. Raab buys and sells historical letters, documents, and manuscripts:
The Raab Collection
http://www.raabcollection.com/
Stan Klos is a manuscript and autograph dealer who purchases "historic ephemera":
Estoric, Inc.
http://www.estoric.com/pres.htm
Catherine Barnes deals in historical autographs, letters, documents,
photographs, and books:
Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs & Documents
http://www.barnesautographs.com/
Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc. is a dealer in autographs,
manuscripts and historic documents:
Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
http://scottwinslow.com/
Robert A. Erickson buys and sells U.S. Presidential Autographs:
Robert A. Erickson Autographs
http://presidentialautographs.com/
Lori Ferber has a specialty in political memorabilia:
Lori Ferber Collectibles
http://www.loriferber.com/
Edward N. Bomsey specializes in American and international figures in
several areas, including Presidents and First Ladies:
Edward N. Bomsey Autographs, Inc.
http://www.bomsey-autographs.com/
The Heritage Collectors' Society buys, sells, and consigns historical
documents and autographs:
Heritage Collectors' Society
http://www.heritagecs.com/
History for Sale has a large category for Presidential documents,
letters, and autographs:
History for Sale
http://www.historyforsale.com/
The American Historical Guild deals in historic autographs, letters, and documents:
American Historical Guild
http://historicalautographs.com/
R&R Enterprises Autograph Auctions specializes in selling and
consigning autographed material. They have a special category for
Presidents:
R&R Enterprises Autograph Auctions
http://www.rrauction.com/
Custodians of History buys and sells autographed material and
manuscripts. They have a section for Presidents and Political Leaders:
Custodians of History
http://www.custodiansofhistory.com/about.php
Here you can browse through the membership of the Professional
Autograph Dealers Association. Several of these dealers have
specialties in American history:
Professional Autograph Dealers Association
http://www.padaweb.org/members_listing.php
Other possibilities:
Profiles in History
http://www.profilesinhistory.com/
History in Ink Historical Autographs
http://www.historyinink.com/
Sign of the Times
http://www.signofthetimes.com/
Moments in Time
http://www.momentsintime.com/
Heritage Autographs
http://www.heritageautographs.com/
University Archives
http://www.universityarchives.com/
North Shore Manuscript Company, Inc.
http://www.northshoremanuscript.com/
Autographs of America
http://www.autographsofamerica.com/
My Google search strategy:
Google Web Search: presidents OR presidential letters signatures
autographs dealer OR dealers
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=presidents+OR+presidential+letters+signatures+autographs+dealer+OR+dealers
I hope this helps! Let me know if there's anything more I can do for you.
Very best regards,
pinkfreud |
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24 Nov 2005 11:26 PST
thanks but i learned a great lesson...i contacted half dozen rare
signature/document/letters retailers and even though they advertised
items on the Clintons that didn't come close to the value and quality
of my signed letters, they were charging five thousand dollars and up
lpromoting that these were very rare and difficult to find...each of
these places had several letters etc. for sale on the Clintons.
However, when I called, they said they couldn't buy mine because there
was no demand......or they would buy and the most they could pay would
be a hundred dollars or less (this same place had a clinton letter
initialed, not signed, and no hand written note) on their site for
$6,500 and they offered me $100 for mine.
what that tells me is the whole industry of rare signatures and
documents is a fraud ....they create the demand thru exaggerated
advertising and when you buy you are stuck.
i found this true in the wine business also. these vinyards go
auction to auction bidding up their wines so that five dollar bottle
they were welling last month is not $30 today for no reason other than
mani;ulating lprices. in 1995 I bought a hundred cases of the rarest
first growth bordeaux wines....lpetrus, rothchiles, etc. in years
1982, 1990 only. I paid $55,000 for the wine. Earlier this year I
got catelog from "wholesaler" asking $512,000 for the same wine. I
called them and they offered me $70,000. I was upset and asked the
guy why so little...he said..that is why the wine industry tells you
to buy wine to drink and not as an investment. because it is no good
for investment but they don't want you to know. signatures and wine
are like the franklin mint crap my mother bought and lost her savings
on.
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