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Appraiser details Col. Astor fortune and mystic life
The appraiser's report on Col. John Jacob Astor's estate valued at about 87.2 million dollars, revealing a vast New York real estate legacy, a web of trusts, and a simple personal regime. It also notes his scientific interests, modest household expenses, and a numerous failed or obsolete investments in stocks and bonds.
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John Jacob Astor
New York City
Col. Astor
Santiago
Authors’ Club
William Astor
Astor
Biddle
Henry Rogers Winthrop
New Theatre
Alumni House
America
Sleepy Hollow
Amphere Electro Company
Atmospheric Products Company
Chestnut Ridge Railroad
Ferncliff
Hudson
Col. Aster
Upper
Fifth Avenue
St. Regis
Tie Oe
Col. Astors
Fifth Avenue House
Millet
Corot
Schreyer
Meissonier
van Marcke
Leon Bonnat
F. S. Church
Houdon
Voltaire
Mercury
Rustici
Neptune
Apollo
Venus
Bacchante
Clodion
Harlem
Lst
Appraliser
Scientific
Nikola Tesla Company
Nicholas Biddle
West Twenty-sixth Street
Kiddle
William Waldorf Astor
Thirty-fourth Street
Astoria
Thirty-third Street
Times Square
Upper Fifth Avenue
New Netherland
Colony Club
Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company
Newport Casino
Newport Country Club
Newport
Spouting Rock Beach
College World Company
Commercial Bank of Honduras
Honduras
Astorus Varieles
Depew Improvement Company
Lands Company of Depew
Honduras Railroad Company
Col Astor
Mr. Biddle
New Jersey
International Power Storage Company
Mutual Automatic Telephone Company
New York
Pennsylvania
Port Chester Chemical Company
Rider and Driver Publishing Company
Union Car Company
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