I posted this in the general shaving forum, and thought I might get some more ideas here.My family has for over thirty years now had sitting in our attic a great deal of King Camp Gillette's personal memorabilia. Including a custom monogrammed silver and gold razor (see photos below) and a great deal of photographs, writings and other documents. We pulled the stuff out of the attic the other day and are now curious what we have and what the value is. Any thoughts on where to go for a good sense of value and interest in personal memorabilia like this? Thanks in advance.------Here is a couple pictures of at least his razor. It was made by Tiffany & Co. and is made of silver and 23 karat gold plating and has his initials on the front of the silver & gold case and on the head of the razor. It was made some time in the 1910's. In the 1990's I contacted Gillette Razor Company and they know of no other examples of a razor with the KCG monogram on either the case or head of the razor.My father was given the razor by George Gillette, the nephew of King Camp, back around 1975. In addition, we have the personal family photographs of the early Gillette family, with Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes dating back to the 1840’s. Included in this extensive photographic history are baby pictures of King Camp Gillette and other pictures from his youth that have never before been published. We have photographs of his parents, and grandparents, some of whom were born in 1790’s or before. We have collections of photographs of the brothers and sister of King. One sister, Fanny Gillette, was a significant dramatic actress on the Vaudeville circuit. We have forty or fifty of her professional photographs from the 1880s to 1890s, as well as a painted portrait of her.One rare and unique item is a school yearbook collection of tintype portraits of students, teachers, and administrators (each about 1 inch in size). The school was known as the Skinner School, and is considered one of the first public schools in the Chicago area. It began in 1860, and based on the age of Lina Gillette, King’s older sister, who appears in the photographs, this may be an album of the first or second year of the school. It may be the only such album in existence.George Gillette’s mother, Fanny Camp Gillette who was born about 1828, published what was known as the “White House Cookbook” (as in the presidential Whitehouse) It is still in publication, but updated. We have a copy of one of the early editions. Fanny Camp Gillette as a young girl was trained in the female education of sewing. We have a “sampler” which she sewed in 1837, signed Fanny E. Camp, Marshall (Michigan). We also have tinted ink portrait of her made about 1839 or 1840. These are all very historically linked items.
Parabéns ao King! Onde quer que esteja!
Quote from: jltgonca on January 05, 2012, 11:53:35 pmParabéns ao King! Onde quer que esteja!+1!!!
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