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Carole Lombard, Clark Gable and furs are the subjects of today's entry, albeit under rather unhappy circumstances. In recent months, we've run some legal documents Gable signed as executor of Lombard's estate following her death in January 1942. This time, it concerns money owed to a furrier.
The business was Leonard H. Hoffman Furs of 706 South Hill Street in downtown; the invoices were to remake a silver fox skirt into a stole and for several black Persian broadtail skins for a hat. The total charge came to $118.45.
(A Google search found no current listing for a Hoffman Furs in Los Angeles, and 706 South Hill is part of an office building.)
Gable signed the document...
...while the seller is providing a certificate of authenticity:
You can buy it straight up for $750 or make a bid, beginning at $200, in which case the auction will last through 2:07 p.m. (Eastern) Thursday. If you'd like to get in on the action or simply seek to learn more, visit http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLARK-GABLE-SIGNED-CAROLE-LOMBARD-ESTATE-DOCUMENT-LEONARD-HOFFMAN-FURS-COA-1942-/111447843064?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19f2cf20f8.
