Sold for $500

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Lot Description

A 1954 Jesse Owens Signed Check,

paid to the order of Swan-Lorish in the amount of $110, drawn on the business account of Jesse Owens Insurance Agency, Mutual of Omaha on April 5, 1954. One of the first known Owens checks offered at auction.

Beckett Authentication Services pre-certified authentic.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Steven Schwab, Chicago, Illinois

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