Obama's Kenyan half-brother SELLS two handwritten letters from President thanking him for his prayers... for $15,000 each
The Daily Mail / Mail Online
Meghan Keneally
5/30/2013
Excerpt:
One of President Obama's half-brothers is selling two notes that he received from his famous sibling and selling them for $15,000 each.
The two notes are both written on White House letterhead and feature the same message though they are addressed to two different groups of people.
'Thanks for your prayers and support,' the letters read, signing off with his initials 'B.O.'
The letters were sent by the President shortly after his Kenyan relatives flew from Africa to Washington D.C. in January 2009 to attend his inauguration.
The New York Post reports that Barack's brother Malik Abongo Obama, who has the same father as the President, was approached by Gary Zimet, an American collector, who wanted to see if he had any letters available for auction.
Mr Zimet runs Momentsintime.com and sent a letter to Malik, not knowing if he would ever hear back.
'I was astonished when I did. I sent a letter to a post office box in Kenya,' Mr Zimet told The Post.
'I asked him if he had any letters from his brother. I didn’t expect to hear from him ever, but he wrote back and said, "I have two letters."’
One of the letters is addressed to the people of K'Obama, which includes the greater Obama family, and the other to K'Olego, who Malik describes as being members of their clan.
Mr Zimet told MailOnline that he posted the letters for sale online early Wednesday morning so he has not heard from any potential buyers yet, but he expects the letters to be a quick sale.
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View the complete article at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-000-each.html
The Daily Mail / Mail Online
Meghan Keneally
5/30/2013
Excerpt:
One of President Obama's half-brothers is selling two notes that he received from his famous sibling and selling them for $15,000 each.
The two notes are both written on White House letterhead and feature the same message though they are addressed to two different groups of people.
'Thanks for your prayers and support,' the letters read, signing off with his initials 'B.O.'
The letters were sent by the President shortly after his Kenyan relatives flew from Africa to Washington D.C. in January 2009 to attend his inauguration.
The New York Post reports that Barack's brother Malik Abongo Obama, who has the same father as the President, was approached by Gary Zimet, an American collector, who wanted to see if he had any letters available for auction.
Mr Zimet runs Momentsintime.com and sent a letter to Malik, not knowing if he would ever hear back.
'I was astonished when I did. I sent a letter to a post office box in Kenya,' Mr Zimet told The Post.
'I asked him if he had any letters from his brother. I didn’t expect to hear from him ever, but he wrote back and said, "I have two letters."’
One of the letters is addressed to the people of K'Obama, which includes the greater Obama family, and the other to K'Olego, who Malik describes as being members of their clan.
Mr Zimet told MailOnline that he posted the letters for sale online early Wednesday morning so he has not heard from any potential buyers yet, but he expects the letters to be a quick sale.
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View the complete article at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-000-each.html
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