[Rarebooks] FS: 1853 Champagne Importer Business Card, Letter & Envelope
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1853 Champagne Importer Business Card, Letter & Envelope.
Three interesting champagne-related items: A handwritten letter- “New
York, Oct. 1st 1853 - Mr. M.E. Jose, Sir, I forward to you by todays
Express (Kinsey’s) 3 Baskets Champagne which I spoke to you about when
last in your city. The Importer would not sell less than 3 Baskets so I
took it on my own (illegible). He being a particular friend of mine,
Below please find bill of same. Truly yours, C.P. Barnard - bot of Ch.P.
Barnard 3 Baskets Billecart S.H. Champagne 13.50 $40.50”;
-the envelope the letter came in, addressed to Mr. M.E. Jose, Elm House,
Portland”;
-a business card: “Billecart Salmon’s Verzenay Champaigne, Mareuil Sur
Ay. Sole Importer J. Meyer, Jr. New York”. On the rear of the card there
is a price list ($14 a basket for either white or pink), showing that
selling three baskets was indeed a favor- the minimum order was 5
baskets, and the quantity needed for a discount started at 25 baskets.
Billecart-Salmon was founded in 1818 with the marriage of Nicolas
François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon, and remains family-owned to
this day. A 1959 bottling took first place, and their 1961 took second
place, in the Champagne of the Millennium 1999 tasting in which it
competed with the likes of Dom Perignon, Krug, Taittinger, Pol Roger and
Louis Roederer. 3 items. Envelope with wear, card with light wear and
soil and the street address corrected in period ink. [43394] $125
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