ANN LANDERS - TYPED NOTE SIGNED 05/21/1962 - HFSID 18054
Price: $90.00
ANN LANDERS
Ann Landers sends her autograph to a collector.
Typed Note Signed: "Ann Landers", 1p, 5x6¼. Chicago,
Illinois, 1962 May 21. On sheet imprinted with her name for the
Chicago Sun-Times to "Dear Mr. Shikes". In full: "I'm happy to
oblige. Here's one more autograph for your growing collection. Sincerely,"
Ann Landers was the pen name of columnist Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman
Lederer (1918-2002). Landers won a contest to write the advice column in
1955, and her witty - and sometimes acerbic - advice appeared in newspapers
for 45 years. Lederer, who was married to businessman Jules Lederer, had a
twin sister, Pauline "Popo" Esther Friedman Phillips, who started the
competing "Dear Abby" advice column in 1956, writing under the pen name of
Abigail Van Buren. The competition led to a strained relationship between the
sisters, who publicly reconciled in 1964, but were not on speaking terms
shortly before Lederer's death. The "Ann Landers" column was discontinued
shortly after Lederer died (when the last of her original material was
published); the "Dear Abby" column continues under the authorship of Phillips'
daughter, Jeanne (from 1995). Fold crease not near signature. Lightly toned at
left edge. Fine condition.
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