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Description

This typed draft of an article written by an unnamed staff member details the items to be auctioned at an estate sale of Allie B. Jones, a deceased wealthy woman in Bristow, Virginia. The items described are luxury items such as pearl necklaces, gemstones, Lennox and Wedgewood China, and fur coats. The article also describes the terms of the auction and other details of the estate.

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Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Time Period

1960-1969

Subjects

Estate sales; Sale of decedents' estates

Keywords

estates; estate sales; estate auctions; wealth; luxury items

Geographic Location

Bristow (Va.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_854_1961-05-20_Allie-Jones-Estate

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, James Franklin "Frank" Buchanan Papers, Box 1, folder 20

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Report, Estate of Allie B. Jones, May 20, 1961

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