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Lot #289
Hetty Green Estate Document

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Description

Partly-printed document, one page, 15 x 7.25, April 1, 1920. Stock certificate for 20 shares in the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company issued to "E. H. R. Green Trustee Estate Hetty H. R. Green." Cloth-matted and framed with its transfer document, a portrait, and a biographical plaque to an overall size of 32.5 x 26.5. In fine condition. Hetty Green (1834-1916) was a businesswoman known as 'World's Greatest Miser,' celebrated for being the first American woman to make a substantial impact on Wall Street; her two children, Ned and Sylvia, split her estate.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts
  • Dates: #694 - Ended June 12, 2024