Neat Saint-Gaudens autograph...
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Yeah, I know what you were thinking. But it's not; it's his son, Homer...
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D'oh! Got me!
Homer did do a lot of work on the Saint Gaudens $20 because his father was very ill in 1907.
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What are the odds that Augustus' wife's name was Augusta?
And Homer can thank his mother's maiden name for Homer.
Pretty cool!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Now...who can read the inscription? (I spend too much time reading old handwriting so I can read it, but it is a challenge).
Kool... Nice handwriting. I like it !!!
To Emily and Henry (given)..(by another hand and pen)
By way of my old friend Bill Few(?),
another American artist in his time,
whose art makes music to the ear,
Gives joy to the throat, and an (unknown word)
to the spirit
Best I can do
Pretty good!
Here are my guesses at the missing words:
Bill Frew
and anodyne to the spirit
Not what expected but very interesting
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"To Emily & Henry Oliver
by way of my old friend Bill Frew,
another American artist of his time,
whose art makes music to the ear,
gives joy to the throat and anodyne
to the spirit.
Homer Saint Gaudens
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
January 21st, 1948"
William (Bill) Frew was the president of the Carnegie Institute in 1948, and was an associate of Homer Saint Gaudens at the same. One month later, Frew would be dead at the age of 66 and Saint Gaudens would take his place.
Frew's father (also William) was the director of the institute at the turn of the century and passed away in 1915.
Interesting !!!
That would be cool to have in ones collection
That would be a nice addition to my library.... Seeking another book first though, then I will look for that one. No, the other book is not a coin book (Hell, I was there, by Elmer Keith )....Cheers, RickO
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Cool info, and nice handwriting.
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That name is a blast from the past. Wasn't he a mid-20th century firearms/shooting expert? Didn't he invent the .357 Magnum cartridge?
And, to keep it on topic, did he ever shoot any coins the way Annie Oakley did?
@JBK...Yes, the .357, the .44 magnum and the .41 magnum. He did a lot of shooting, including coins. Cheers, RickO
Very cool and the hand writing is also something, really small.
Homer was a common name back in the day.
Nice observation on "anodyne"
I could not get that one.
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