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Mexico. Pancho Villa's Wallet and Memorabilia Arc

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
Mexico. Pancho Villa's Wallet and Memorabilia Arc
<Our item number 133252><B>Mexico. Pancho Villa&#39;s Wallet and Memorabilia Archive.</B> A group of Pancho Villa related items purportedly acquired from his widow, Luz Corral Vda. De Villa, who subsisted by operating a Pancho Villa Museum and selling Villa related artifacts. The lot consists of: <BR>1&#41; A hand tooled decorated wallet with &#34;F. Villa&#34; carved into the top cover, this with 4 pockets containing 30 Chihuahua banknotes of various denominations and condition. 2&#41; A book, &#34;Pancho Villa En La Intimidad&#34; by his wife Luz Corral Vda. De Villa, published Mexico, 1948, 277 pages, illustrated, with card covers rebound in leather. 3&#41; An original photographic printing plate of the photo on page 209 of the aforementined volume showing Villa with government enginneers and commissioners. 4-5&#41; Two fiscal documents related to Luz, one a 1930 invoice for a used Chevrolet and a 1926 telephone receipt. 6&#41; A signed 1923 statement regarding the exhumation of Villa&#39;s remains and reburial at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City. 7-9&#41; Three identical color copies of a photograph of Villa&#39;s wife Luz in 1932. Total 9 pcs. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;2,500 - 3,500. <I><BR>Don Bailey Collection.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 133252<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/133252.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>