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Collecting History In 2004, Christie’s sold for £948,545 a previously unknown archive of
Continued from Page 8 3,000 of Doyle’s letters, notes and manuscripts—including drafts of his first
Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlett. The cache was found in an attorney’s office,
MAY 15, 1856: L. Frank Baum was born. He wrote fourteen novels about Oz,
including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; other authors have written dozens left there for 40 years.
more. In 2013, Bonhams auctioned a first edition, first issue of the book for MAY 23, 1934: Twentysomethings Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot
$87,500; it was one of two known to be signed and inscribed by Baum and the dozens of times by police outside Sailes, LA. The two were responsible for at
illustrator. least thirteen murders and an untold number of robberies (of banks, stores
and gas stations), burglaries, auto thefts and kidnappings.
MAY 15, 2016: A letter from the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) written by
In 2012, Bonnie’s Detective Special .38 hit $264,000 and Clyde’s Colt .45
Chinese scholar Zeng Gong was purchased at auction in Beijing for $30.8 brought $240,000 at RR Auction.
million—the most ever paid for a letter. Bearing just 124 characters written
in calligraphy, it is the only known original writing of Zeng, one of the eight MAY 26, 1907: Marion Michael Morrison, aka John Wayne, was born in
Great Prose Masters of that era. The letter sent to a friend talks of his political Iowa. The UK Telegraph reported in 2004 that Stalin loved cowboy movies
problems (Comuseum.com, 5/23/2016). but ordered the assassination of John Wayne for being an extreme anti-
MAY 16, 1985: Margaret Hamilton passed away. She was best known for communist. The hit men were unsuccessful, and in 1958, Khrushchev met
Wayne, telling him Stalin was crazy, and his order had been rescinded
the character she played in The Wizard of Oz—the Wicked Witch of the (telegraph.co.uk, 6/4/04).
West. Hamilton was a Sunday School teacher at one time and loved children. In 2011, 700+ articles of John Wayne’s memorabilia rocketed to $5.3+
Hamilton was much more than her witch character; she had 121 screen credits million at Heritage Auctions, including: his beret from The Green Berets,
over her career (imdb.com). The Wicked Witch of West’s iconic hat sold for
$208,250 in 2011 at Guernsey’s (abcnew.go.com) $179,250; his Golden Globe for True Grit, $143,400, and eyepatch, $47,800;
and his signature cowboy hat, $119,500.
MAY 16, 1919: Birthday of Wladziu Valentino Liberace. Known for his mastery MAY 27, 1837: The legendary James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok was born in Troy
of the piano and his flamboyant style, one of Liberace’s custom pianos with Grove, Illinois. The Smith & Wesson Model No.2 revolver in his possession
mirrored tiles, a Baldwin Model L grand, sold for $42,500 in 1988 at Christie’s when “Crooked Nose Jack” McCall shot him in the back of the head on Aug.
(NYT.com, 4/11/1988). 2, 1876 failed to reach the reserve price at Bonhams in 2013; the last bid was
MAY 19, 1962: Marilyn Monroe sang, “Happy Birthday Mr. President,” to $220,000 (reuters.com, 11/18/13). McCall was at first acquitted of murder and
President Kennedy (ten days before his birthday on the 29 ). The dress she then later rearrested, found guilty, and hanged. What about double jeopardy?
th
wore that day sold for $1,267,500 in 1999 at Christie’s. In 2016, the price A federal court ruled the Deadwood court was not legally constituted and had
jumped to $4.81 million as Julien’s handed it over to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. no jurisdiction so McCall could be tried again.
In 2018 at Julien’s Auctions, MM’s 1961 Golden Globe for World Film
Favorite shone at $250,000, and her 1956 two-seater Ford Thunderbird Credits: AboutFamousPeople.com, Historic-uk.com, World Timelines, Timelines.ws, Wikipedia.org.
zoomed to $490,000 (Reuters, 11/18/18). Unless otherwise credited, all photos are public domain, PD-US.
MAY 19, 1777: Button Gwinnett died
in a duel not long after signing the PALMETTO BAY
Declaration of Independence as a
representative from Georgia. In 2010, (Miami) Got 2 Have It!
one of his rare signatures sold for
$722,500 at Sotheby’s. Antiques & Collectibles
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