VERY RARE " Getty Oil " J. Paul Getty Signed First Day Cover Todd Mueller
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Up for auction a VERY RARE! "Getty Oil" J. Paul Getty Hand Signed First Day Cover dated 1965. This item iscertified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate ofAuthenticity.
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JeanPaul Getty (/ˈɡɛti/;December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976), known widely as J. Paul Getty, was anaturalized British American petrol-industrialist, and thepatriarch of the Getty family. He founded the Getty OilCompany, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living... American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him asthe world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion(approximately $7.2 billion in 2018). At his death, he was worth more than $6billion (approximately $21 billion in 2018). A book published in 1996 rankedhim as the 67th richest American who ever lived, based on his wealth as apercentage of the concurrent gross national product. Despite his vastwealth, Getty was famously frugal, notably negotiating his grandson's Italian kidnapping ransomin 1973. Getty was an avid collector of art and antiquities.His collection formed the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, and more than$661 million of his estate was left to the museum after his death.[5] He established the J. Paul Getty Trust in 1953. The trust is theworld's wealthiest art institution, and operates the J. Paul Getty MuseumComplexes: The Getty Center, The Getty Villaand the Getty Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Conservation Institute.
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JeanPaul Getty (/ˈɡɛti/;December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976), known widely as J. Paul Getty, was anaturalized British American petrol-industrialist, and thepatriarch of the Getty family. He founded the Getty OilCompany, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living... American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him asthe world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion(approximately $7.2 billion in 2018). At his death, he was worth more than $6billion (approximately $21 billion in 2018). A book published in 1996 rankedhim as the 67th richest American who ever lived, based on his wealth as apercentage of the concurrent gross national product. Despite his vastwealth, Getty was famously frugal, notably negotiating his grandson's Italian kidnapping ransomin 1973. Getty was an avid collector of art and antiquities.His collection formed the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, and more than$661 million of his estate was left to the museum after his death.[5] He established the J. Paul Getty Trust in 1953. The trust is theworld's wealthiest art institution, and operates the J. Paul Getty MuseumComplexes: The Getty Center, The Getty Villaand the Getty Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Conservation Institute.
