Lot 157
Ronald Reagan, Autograph Quote Signed "Ronald Reagan", index card 5" x 3" with quote reading "Mr. Gorbachev - Tear Down This Wall! Ronald Reagan" from his famous speech at Brandenburg Gate, East Germany, accompanied by color photo of Reagan speech at the Berlin wall, well suited for framing, Very Fine.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
AUTOGRAPH OF THE FAMOUS "TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" QUOTE SIGNED BY RONALD REAGAN.
"Tear down this wall!" was the challenge issued by United States President Ronald Reagan to Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall, in a speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall on June 12, 1987, commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin. Reagan challenged Gorbachev, who was then the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to tear it down as an emblem of Gorbachev's desire to increase freedom in the Eastern Bloc through glasnost ("transparency") and perestroika ("restructuring").
Realized: $2,200