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LOT 175:
Check Signed by Joesph Pulitzer. USA, 1882 - Graded NM7 By the DNA/PSA
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Sold for: $280
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Estimated price :
$500 - $1,000
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Check Signed by Joesph Pulitzer. USA, 1882 - Graded NM7 By the DNA/PSA
A check for the sum of $338.50 signed by the well-known journalist Joseph Pulitzer. The check was written on January 16, 1882 in Saint Louis, Missouri, and submitted by the governmental savings agency 'The Post Dispatch'.
The check was in a plastic frame of confirmation of authenticity and grading by the PSA/DNA which graded the check NM7.
Joesph Pulitzer [1847-1911] was a Jewish-American newspaper editor and publisher. Pulitzer was born in Mako, Hungary. He emigrated to America in 1864 where he served in the the St. Louis Post-Dispatch during the American Civil War. He was the owner of the newspaper "The World" in St. Louis and later moved to New York. His newspaper was replete with sensationalism and unusual human stories, and also fought against corruption, public fraud and exploitation of the poor. Pulitzer was a member of the United States House of Representatives as a representative of New York for a short period. In his will he founded the Pulitzer Prize for journalism and literature which is named after him. The Pulitzer Prize is considered to be the most prestigious prize in the field of written journalism. The prizewinners are selected by 102 judges elected by the board of directors. It has been awarded annually since 1917.
The value of the check before us is $338.5, a high value corresponding to $7,687.29 if written today.
Size: 20x8 cm. In a plastic case of the grading company, 32x15 cm.
