Talk:John Eleuthère du Pont

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[edit] Purchase price of Penny Magenta

History's Lost and Found states that the purchase price was $850,000... [1] states 1980: Weinberg's syndicate sold the stamp for $935,000 (including buyer's premium) to John E. du Pont

Is the $935K the sum of $850K + $85K "buyer's premium" of 10%?

[edit] Book on birds

There are several books on birds of John Eleuthère du Pont, written in the 70s:

• South Pacific birds ISBN 0913176044
• Philippine birds
• Birds of Dinagat and Siargao, Philippines;: An expedition report
• Notes on Philippine birds (no. 5): Birds of Burias (Nemouria)
• South Sulu Archipelago birds;: An expedition report

Are we talking about the same person here?  Andreas  ^(T) 00:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed unsourced material

Someone just put John's death date as somewhere in 2002. But there is no valid source or news as to whether or not he's dead so I am removing it.

Spokenwordsegment (talk) 23:43, 29 March 2008 (UTC)