Show value taine of autographs A gentleman who is interested in the subject remarked lately to me I 1 oh no I 1 don t travel about worrying people about their signatures those of living people have little value I 1 watch the catalogues cataloguer catal and pick up an all autograph lore here and there there are certain stock signatures that every collector tries to get as a basis for his collection for instance george autograph is cheap at 10 a letter of the father of his country is worth 50 Lincol ns handwriting is quotable at 8 A real sweet letter from the prince of wales is worth 1250 0 thomas thom Ls jeffersons letter esval is valued at 10 and his friend is worth 40 bayard taylor is ratable from 3 to 20 according to the writing hawthorne alio used to be cheap is having a bull movement and a chapter from our old home which sold for 90 two Y years cars ago is now held at 12 3 kings icings and queens come cheap ferdinand of ferdinand inand and isabella fame has the call at ta 35 5 queen anne 10 james 1 I 18 and queen victoria of the poets 2 2350 1 50 would bring a letter from wordsworth a poem by tom moore is worth 10 browning while cowper s name brings 19 and that of col coleridge e rid g c 30 20 james addison who did not always receive pay tor for his essays has left letters the most ordina ordinary ey of which are arc now quoted at 60 while keats three letters to fanny browne are w orth 75 and respectively dr johnson cornea comes hi high 0 h at from 30 to 50 a letter napoleons autograph letters are quotable all tile way from 20 to 50 here is a bundle of autographs that are a cheap job lot signatures from actresses letters from senators and poli ceans to particularize such autographs like cheap mining stocks vary tary senator vest is worth twenty five cents president cleveland 1 1 I daro dare say that such a document is as that which councilman read lately in ia the council chamber would bring with his signature sev enty five cents the chief value which the autographs of rich men have is their place the price depending upon the size of the check G D townsend in globe democrat |