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DEL.ICIO.US$110,000 for a Button!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Being an obscure historical figure has its advantages.
Some folks will pay a fortune to buy the scrap of paper bearing your grocery list or the tissue you wiped your nose with.
Such is the case with Button Gwinnett’s signature.
A recent AJC Gwinnett News story about this county’s namesake and lesser-known signer of the Declaration of Independence prompted some readers to remind us of this fact.
In 2001, Sotheby’s sold a sheet bearing Gwinnett’s signature for $110,000. It fetched more money than a Beatles album signed by all four members of the band.
That’s because documents bearing Gwinnett’s name are quite rare.
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By Joey
December 6, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this
Cool - almost as rare as ethics at a Charles Bannister rally.