Offered is a lot of four White House and Prairie Chapel Ranch presidential dinner menus with signatures including President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Silvio Berlusconi, Angela Merkel and Guy Fieri. This first item in this lot is a multi-signed 5 x 7¼-inch ivory cardstock menu from President Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch north of Crawford, Texas, for a May 2, 2003 dinner in honor of the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, and his wife, Janette Howard. The four signatures, of President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Prime Minister Howard and his wife are in black marker across the top of the menu which features an illustration of the ranch house. The second item in this lot is a dual-signed 5 x 7¼-inch ivory cardstock menu from the Prairie Chapel Ranch for a July 20, 2003 dinner in honor of Silvio Berlusconi, the President of Italy. Bush and Berlusconi have both signed their names in black marker across the top of the menu.

The third item in this lot is a dual-signed 4 x 7-inch ivory cardstock menu from the Prairie Chapel Ranch for a November 9, 2007 dinner in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. President Bush and Merkel have both signed the card in black marker, with Bush at the top and Merkel at the bottom. The fourth item in this lot is a chef Guy Fieri signature and inscription in the center of a four-page menu from the White House Mess. Fieri has inscribed “Sammy U Da Man! Present Guy Fieri” in black marker below a reproduced color image of Fieri announcing his “D.L.T. – Knuckle Sandwich Style” item on the menu. The navy-blue linen cover has the United States seal in gold on the front, and the history of the Presidential Food Service on the back in gold letters. There is a gold ribbon on the left margin serving as “binding” for the one-sheet ivory paper menu within the navy-blue cover. The menu is printed in black with gold accents, and the U.S. seal in blue “watermark” at the top of pages one and four, and at the center of the “centerspread”. This lot is accompanied by a JSA Auction Letter.

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