Oscar B. Cintas
Cuban businessman, diplomat and art collector (1887-1957)
Oscar Benjamin Cintas, (born Sagua la Grande, Cuba, 1887; died New York City, N.Y. 1957) was an important sugar and railroad magnate. He served as Cuba’s ambassador to the United States from 1932 until 1934.
Cintas used to be a Cuban Ambassador to the United States.[1] Cintas liked to collect art and manuscripts. He had bought the Bliss Copy for $54,000 at a public auction in 1949. It "set a new high record for the sale of a document at public auction".[1][2] The Castro government claimed Cintas' properties after it became powerful in 1959. Cintas had willed the Gettysburg Address to the American people if it would be kept at the White House. Cintas died in 1957. It was moved there in 1959 and is still there today.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Leisure & Arts - WSJ.com". opinionjournal.com. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ "About Cintas: Oscar B. Cintas". Oscar B. Cintas foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
Other websites
change- "Cintas Foundation". cintasfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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