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<p>[QUOTE="crain97, post: 4307257, member: 22646"]This was found at an estate sale in Cle Elum WA in August. 80 mi E of Seattle, 25 mi W of Ellensburg. It was found in a box of sheet music and if I didn't thumb through the pile I wouldn't have noticed it. This is a program sponsored by Lester Pianos for the Inauguration Gala for President Harry S. Truman on January 19th, 1949. It includes official portraits of the President and Vice President, a letter of thanks from Laurance Miller of the Lester Piano Manufacturing Company, the guests (which include Gene Kelly and Abbott & Costello), and even B&W pictures from the gala itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I would like to know is the value of this program. There are a lot of collectors of Presidential memorabilia and ephemera. Is this a valuable collector's item, especially with the letter from Lester Pianos and the pictures from the gala? Thanks![ATTACH=full]349733[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349734[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349735[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349736[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="crain97, post: 4307257, member: 22646"]This was found at an estate sale in Cle Elum WA in August. 80 mi E of Seattle, 25 mi W of Ellensburg. It was found in a box of sheet music and if I didn't thumb through the pile I wouldn't have noticed it. This is a program sponsored by Lester Pianos for the Inauguration Gala for President Harry S. Truman on January 19th, 1949. It includes official portraits of the President and Vice President, a letter of thanks from Laurance Miller of the Lester Piano Manufacturing Company, the guests (which include Gene Kelly and Abbott & Costello), and even B&W pictures from the gala itself. What I would like to know is the value of this program. There are a lot of collectors of Presidential memorabilia and ephemera. Is this a valuable collector's item, especially with the letter from Lester Pianos and the pictures from the gala? Thanks![ATTACH=full]349733[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349734[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349735[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349736[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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