Lot 4300
(Presidents). Color Photograph Signed and Inscribed by Presidents Reagan, Ford, Carter, and Nixon to Paul Keyes. The photograph was taken October 8, 1981, as the four Presidents prepared to leave for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's funeral. President Reagan quips, "Dear Paul - We're available & ready to travel. Ronald Reagan." President Ford pens, "To Paul, one of the finest, on a fast track. Gerald R. Ford." President Carter writes, "Best wishes to Paul Keyes, Jimmy Carter / 4-86," and President Nixon inscribes, "To Paul Keyes - Hollywoods best producer. Richard Nixon / 1-15-86." A crease at lower edge does not affect the image or the inscriptions. Included is a photocopy of the letter Paul Keyes wrote to ex-President Nixon on January 8, 1985, asking Nixon to inscribe the photograph to him. It says, in part, "I am enclosing a copy of the photograph taken at the White House on your departure for President Sadat's funeral. This copy was inscribed and sent to me by President Reagan. I would deeply appreciate it if you…would inscribe the picture to me. I will then seek to secure inscriptions from Presidents Ford and Carter. The single photograph autographed by the four of you would indeed be a rare memento…."
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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