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ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.
<b>1152. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER</b> (1839 - 1937) American industrialist and philanthropist who organized Standard Oil and virtually monopolized the industry until he was forced by a Supreme Court ruling to dissolve the company and break it up into regional producers and refiners. Exceedingly rare oversize S.P. 9" x 12 1/2", a distinguished half-length portrait taken later in life, signed "<i>John D. Rockefeller May 7th 1923</i>" in pencil on the bottom white margin. As usual, signature was accomplished with a light hand, with a thin vertical stain affecting but one letter in signature, also signed by the photographer. This is the first such oversize signed photo we've seen, most having been signed in presentation books. Slight wear, a couple of negligible wrinkles, else very good.<b>$1,500-2,000</b>