#13725 • Wally Amos "Famous Amos" Cookies Signed Letter

Part of Celebrity Memorabilia Bing Crosby & Others (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

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Status: Sold

Est. $500-$750 Wally Amos Founder of "Famous Amos" Cookies Personal Hand Signed Letter Dated February 21, 1990 on Personal Stationery - This piece is a personal letter from Wally Amos, hand signed and printed on personalized paper. The letter is to an Emmy winning producer, thanking him for a memorable experience and for being part of an exceptional television special. Wally Amos (born July 1, 1936) is an American TV personality and entrepreneur. He dropped our of high school to join the U.S. Air Force, where he had a distinguised career before being honorably discharged. He later went to college to become a secretary, and took a clerical job with the William Morris Agency, a talent agency in New York City. He begame the agency's first African American talent agent, and went on to represent superstars such as Diana Ross & The Supremes and Simon & Garfunkel. He attracted clients by sending them chocolate chip cookies with an invitation to visit him, later, a friend suggested to Amos that he start a store to sell his cookies, and that same year the first "Famous Amos" cookie store opened in Los Angeles, California.