184

William Backhouse Astor

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:0.00 USD
William Backhouse Astor

Bidding Over

The auction is over for this lot.
The auctioneer wasn't accepting online bids for this lot.

Contact the auctioneer for information on the auction results.

Search for other lots to bid on...
Auction Date:2010 Apr 14 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
Real estate magnate (1792–1875), son of John Jacob Astor, and at one time the richest man in America. ALS signed “W. B. Astor,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, October 20, 1869. Letter to author Mansfield Tracy Walworth thanking him for a copy of his novel Warwick. In full: “I acknowledge your note of the 15th just received, and beg you to accept many thanks for your kind consideration in presenting me with a copy of ‘Warwick.’” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature. Interesting to note that Walworth would achieve notoriety in 1873, having been brutally murdered by his nineteen year old son in a cold and calculated plot. RRAuction COA.