Lot 12
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Three Typed Letters Signed, all on letterhead engraved "DDE" letterhead, one page each, 9 x 6¼ in., two datelined Palm Desert, California, one on Feb. 8, 1963 and one on March 12, 1965; the third is datelined Indio, California, Feb. 9, 1968. All are to Mr. Porter Washington in Beverly Hills, California, thanking him for gifts of dove, quail, and pheasants. In one, Ike says, "I am told that you had me in mind when you shot them and I assure you I shall have as much fun eating them as you did shooting them…." In another, he says that he will save the doves for one of his stag luncheons, and in the third, he writes that he has been "playing the part of host…as Mrs. Eisenhower is away…." All very fine. Matted together and framed to an overall size of 13½ x 26 in. Porter Washington was the husband of Lucy Doheny, of the prominent Doheny family of Los Angeles.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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| Realized $510 |
