Sale 20GC01 | Lot 54

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Inscribed photograph

Catalogue: Autograph Seeker: The Estate of Gary Combs
TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD  Inscribed photograph

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Lot 54
TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD Inscribed photograph
. Bust length portrait of Taft with the embossed stamp of Harris & Ewing, inscribed below the image "For Mr. Barney Adams of North Carolina/with best wishes/Wm H Taft/January 16th/1929/Washington", approximately 13 x 8 1/2 inches, visibly very fine, unexamined out of frame; together with an inscribed photograph as President, an 8 3/4 x 7 1/4 inch silver print mounted, dated 20 February 1913, and inscribed "For James Burden of New York/with best wishes/Wm H Taft", silvering to edges.
A fine inscribed portrait of Taft in his robe as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (he is the only person to have been both president and chief justice) accompanied by an inscribed portrait of Taft in the final weeks of his presidency.


C The Estate of Gary Combs

Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $468 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $468 (includes buyer's premium)

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Autograph Seeker: The Estate of Gary Combs

Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 10am EDT