I Just Discovered A Very Rare Autograph In A Very Surprising Place

[Scott Garner]

Hey Tolstoi,
That's an unbelieveable story. WOW! Nice pickup & I can't wait to see a scan when you can post it. Congrats!

[steve B]

First time I've heard of an offer below face value for currency. Sounds like a dealer I wouldn't do much business with.

Looking at a couple places online, I'm thinking you might do better with a real auction house. Great find! http://www.historyforsale.com/html/d...art=1&signer=L

one of the guys here seems like a good contact.
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/cgi-...c;f=1;t=000675

Persoanlly I'd consider keeping the items together. Or at least the items less the lindbergh auto. As a group especially including the lindbergh they tell a bigger story, and probably have more value both historic and financially.

Some info on Lindbergh in WWII here
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/wwii/

Steve B

[IronHorse2130]

Tolstoi - Great find! I collect old military items and would be interested in buying the short snorters if you decide to sell. The one signed by Lindbergh should bring some nice money and you are probably better off consigning that to an auction house. I would be interested in the other, common short snorters though. Shoot me a PM if interested.

Thanks,
Ben

[drc]

PSA/DNA does non-sport autographs. Also, you can do a PSA Quick Opinion on eBay.

[tolstoi]

Here is a scan of the snorter with the sig. I am really curious if anyone might recognize any of the other sigs? This was also one of about four or five short snorters in the roll.

[edtiques]

Wow!! Great item.Congratulations on your find.

[tolstoi]

Here are some of the pics of the other short snorters i discovered in the roll. I also was surprised at the dealer who offered me so little, but I think it was because i had a lot of foreign currency which he said wasn't worth much and he was trying to explain how he needed to make a profit too. I figured pretty quickly to say I just wanted to collect them, and than the dealer told me some useful info about the Hawaii stamped currency in case of Japanese invasion, etc.

Thanks!

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by steve B

First time I've heard of an offer below face value for currency. Sounds like a dealer I wouldn't do much business with.

Looking at a couple places online, I'm thinking you might do better with a real auction house. Great find! http://www.historyforsale.com/html/d...art=1&signer=L

one of the guys here seems like a good contact.
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/cgi-...c;f=1;t=000675

Persoanlly I'd consider keeping the items together. Or at least the items less the lindbergh auto. As a group especially including the lindbergh they tell a bigger story, and probably have more value both historic and financially.

Some info on Lindbergh in WWII here
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/wwii/

Steve B

History for Sale, while I believe their inventory to be authentic, charges prices that nobody else in the world charges. They are a showroom in Vegas, probably selling to high rollers who have no clue.
They don't buy from the public and they won't auction any items from the public.

[steve B]

That explains why they were first in search.

There were a few other sites, and Lindbergh does seem to sell pretty well.

I still think the group would have a bit more value historically if kept together, and might enhance the Lindbergh as it would give a bit of context.

Steve B