I just saw this one (it is NOT mine). Here's a check from George Washington for $25 dated 1797. For those of you that have the scratch, the estimate is $40,000 - $45,000.
Very cool, assuming it is genuine. That auction house does a lot of stuff where they want you to buy it AND THEN AFTER THE FACT...pay a couple hundred to try to get it certified. I have never understood this practice. Especially on items in the 5 figures...really, you can't spring for these things to be certified prior to the auction, build that into the cost...heck, maybe include it as part of the 22.5% BP?! Just strange to me...
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My great great grandfather had a signature of George Washington on his army discharge papers. The last I heard of it, the family turned it in as part of a pension application (It might have been returned). I doubt many of us can claim to be that closely related to a Revolutionary War soldier.
My dad had a friend who was a wealthy collector and lived nearby. When I was about 12 or so we would often visit him on Sundays after church and he would show us something from his collection (mostly US stamps which were incredible). One day he pulled a 17th c. book off the shelf, casually flipped through the pages, and pulled out a letter signed by GW.
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Someone who is uber rich would buy it and then deposit the check in the bank.
I would not bid on that without being able to inspect it in person.
GW checks framed very much like like that come up quite regularly and are almost always bogus.
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