J. PAUL GETTY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/18/1961 - HFSID 265100
Price: $450.00
J. PAUL GETTY
The oil tycoon signs this typed letter asking for help in forwarding a letter to a Gloria
Gartz
Typed letter signed: "J. Paul Getty", 1p, 5x8. Guildford, Surrey (England), August 18, 1961.
On personal letterhead to Mr. E.A. Hupfeld, Los Angeles, California. In full: "I'd like to send
a letter to Gloria Gartz and I would be very grateful to you if you could forward it to her. With
kindest regards.". In 1916, Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) and his father, George, had
incorporated the Getty Oil Company, an early precursor to the great conglomerate. His
multistate operation went international in 1949, when he completed a deal to lease oil fields in
Saudi Arabia. During the Depression Era, he had bought extensive quantities of stock and in
1956 he gained control of Pacific Western, which he renamed Getty Oil, ending a 19-year
stock battle with Standard Oil. The significantly larger Getty Oil Company became the
world's largest privately owned business and made the enterprising Getty a billionaire.
Although he was one of the world's richest men, Getty had a legendary reputation for
miserliness. However, he shared his multimillion dollar collection of art and antiquities with
the public by establishing the J. Paul Getty Museum--the largest endowment granted to
an art museum at that time. 2¼-inch paper separation at lower end of vertical fold.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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