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Auction: 407 - The Numismatic Collector's Series: Coins, Medals, Banknotes, Jewelry and Autographs - e-Auction
Lot: 896

Getty, J. Paul (1892-1976). American-born British billionaire oil mogul, founded Getty Oil Co., named "richest living American" by Fortune magazine in 1957; despite his vast wealth was notoriously frugal, infamously negotiating his grandson's Italian kidnapping ransom in 1973; avid collector of art and antiquities, established the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's wealthiest art institution. Document Signed. Partially printed check for 62 Pounds 5 Shillings drawn on Chase Manhattan bank, London Oct. 4, 1967. Getty signs in black below his pre-printed name. Pin cancelled. Very Fine.


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