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Herbert Hoover

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Herbert Hoover

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Auction Date:2010 Sep 15 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Extremely rare Guaranty Trust Company of New York bank check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Hoover as commerce secretary, payable to Waldo C. Moore for $.01, August 1, 1921. Attractively and archivally double cloth matted with a portrait of Hoover and framed to an overall size of 13.5 x 20. In fine condition, with the check machine-imprinted “One Cents” on the appropriate line. Hoover was serving in Warren G. Harding’s cabinet when his check was gifted to Moore, who was then the president of the American Numismatic Association. The uncashed penny check was the collector’s unique way to secure Hoover’s signature and then—as now—is equally desirable to both numismatists and autograph collectors. Hoover checks available in the hobby market number in the single digits. This particular check originally sold at Christie’s in 1999 for $6,000.