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'DIAMOND JIM' BRADY SELLS GONDOLA CARS TO THE MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD. BRADY, JIM. 1856-1917. Typ...
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'DIAMOND JIM' BRADY SELLS GONDOLA CARS TO THE MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD. BRADY, JIM. 1856-1917. Typed Document Signed ('J.B. Brady'), an agreement between the Standard Steel Car Company and the Maine Central RR to supply 5 all-steel flat bottom gondola cars for the sum of $1240, 2 pp, 4to, October 4, 1907, matted and framed to 405 x 840 mm. Provenance: Private Collection, Beverly Hills, California. Businessman and financier James Buchanan ('Diamond Jim') Brady was as famous for his appetite as for his tremendous success in the stock market. He started his career with the New York Central Railroad before pivoting to the railroad supply industry. In this contract, Brady signs on behalf of the Standard Steel Car Company, one of the largest builders of steel cars in the US at the time, to sell the Maine Central Railroad 5 gondola cars. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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'DIAMOND JIM' BRADY SELLS GONDOLA CARS TO THE MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD. BRADY, JIM. 1856-1917. Typed Document Signed ('J.B. Brady'), an agreement between the Standard Steel Car Company and the Maine Central RR to supply 5 all-steel flat bottom gondola cars for the sum of $1240, 2 pp, 4to, October 4, 1907, matted and framed to 405 x 840 mm. Provenance: Private Collection, Beverly Hills, California. Businessman and financier James Buchanan ('Diamond Jim') Brady was as famous for his appetite as for his tremendous success in the stock market. He started his career with the New York Central Railroad before pivoting to the railroad supply industry. In this contract, Brady signs on behalf of the Standard Steel Car Company, one of the largest builders of steel cars in the US at the time, to sell the Maine Central Railroad 5 gondola cars. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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