Wall Street Auction #XXI, Session 1

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yalta Conference February 1945 Short Snorter. Signed by President Franklin Roosevelt just two months prior to his death, this short snorter boasts signatures such as F.D.R, Harry Hopkins (Close advisor to F. D. R. and major architect of the New Deal of the 1930’s), Dewey E. Long and others. Signed on a 1937, 1 Ruble note. Choice AU/UNC. *The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea. (ex. R.M.Smythe, Lot # 447. Sale #216, November 29, 2001). (*Wikipedia)