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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 27, 2015 at 7:05pm

Ask Andreas Wiemer for his opinion. Post a comment on his profile:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/AndreasWiemer

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Permalink Reply by IHaveTrueGrit on April 27, 2015 at 7:16pm

Thank you Steve, I did.

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Wiemer on April 27, 2015 at 11:01pm

Hello,

could you post a scan of the whole letter? 

Andreas

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Permalink Reply by IHaveTrueGrit on April 28, 2015 at 12:13am

Sure, I will try my best!

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Permalink Reply by IHaveTrueGrit on April 28, 2015 at 12:42am

Here is the best scan I can do, hope it helps! As you can see, the letter is to a member of the House of Representatives and the man must have been a friend of John. I felt due to the content of the letter, this is one of the few that Kennedy personally responded to at the time. The signature looks to have been signed super fast, and I've never seen just a Jack secretarial besides his early secretary from 1949-1952. Hope I got a good one, as I always admired Kennedy.

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Wiemer on April 29, 2015 at 1:14am

Hello,

I think its real. You are right, authentic signed letters at this time are rare. "Jack" secretary signatures are not unusual and you can find some later than 1949-1952 signed by Evelyn Lincoln, but she has her job not really well done. ;-)

Hope thats of help.

Best,

Andreas

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Permalink Reply by IHaveTrueGrit on April 29, 2015 at 5:40am

What would a value of this letter be on estimate

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Permalink Reply by James on May 1, 2015 at 7:04pm

Because it is not a full-name signature, I would guesstimate its value to be in the $1500-$2000 range.

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