| Jacqueline Kennedy's rare autograph is one of the | | | | having an authentic signature. |
| most coveted of American celebrities. Jacqueline | | | | On occasion, letters from her work as associate |
| was one of America's most glamorous and | | | | editor for Doubleday book publishers comes |
| famous first ladies. | | | | available on the autograph marketplace. Signed |
| Unlike many of her predecessors, Jacqueline | | | | receipts from her many shopping visits to stores |
| almost never replied to autograph requests sent | | | | on Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue have also |
| through the mail and almost always refused to | | | | come available to collectors. Another source of |
| sign autographs in person. As a result, truly | | | | her authentic autograph is on a book she |
| authentic material with her autograph is scarce. | | | | co-authored with her sister, Lee Radziwill, entitled |
| Just like her first husband, Jacqueline relied on | | | | One Special Summer. The publication of this book |
| secretaries to sign correspondence for her and | | | | was limited to 500 copies that were signed with |
| manufactured facsimile signatures by the use of | | | | her maiden name "Jacqueline Bouvier". |
| autopens made famous by John Kennedy. Much | | | | Jacqueline Kennedy signed checks are extremely |
| of the Jacqueline's autographed material has come | | | | rare. Only one of her signed checks has been |
| from letters that she wrote family and friends. | | | | seen in the market in the past twenty-five years. |
| Many letters to family and friends were signed | | | | That check was a Christmas bonus to her |
| "Jackie" or simply "J". After her marriage to | | | | long-time hairdresser at a prestigious salon in |
| Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline signed her letters as | | | | Manhattan. The check is signed with her full name: |
| "J.O." | | | | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Curiously, Jackie |
| Many signed photographs of her and John | | | | chose to autograph this check to her hairdresser |
| Kennedy were sent to admirers while she was | | | | with a red pen. |
| first lady with secretarial or autopen signatures. | | | | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was one of the |
| One of her many secretaries, Letitia Baldridge, | | | | youngest first ladies in the history of America. |
| were particularly skillful at duplicating Jacqueline's | | | | She has always remained a celebrity of public |
| signature. Autograph collectors often confuse a | | | | interest and the popular demand for her |
| Jacqueline Kennedy facsimile-signed photograph as | | | | autograph attests to her lasting fame. |