John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, statues of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C. and in Chicago, as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln exhibited in the White House by Theodore Roosevelt and now held in the United States Capitol crypt in Washington, D.C. More about Gutzon Borglum
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The son of Danish immigrants, John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was born in 1867 in St. Charles in what was then Idaho Territory. Borglum was a child of Mormon polygamy. His father, Jens Møller Haugaard Børglum (1839–1909), came from the village of Børglum in northwestern Denmark. He had two wives when he lived in Idaho: Gutzon's mother, Christina Mikkelsen Børglum (1847–1871), and her sister Ida, who was Jens's first wife. Jens Borglum decided to leave the LDS church and moved to Omaha, Nebraska where polygamy was both illegal and taboo. Jens Borglum had worked mainly as a woodcarver before his decision to attend the Saint Louis Homeopathic Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri. At this point "Jens and Christina divorced, the family left the LDS church, and Jens, Ida, their children, and Christina's two sons, Gutzon and Solon, moved to St. Louis, where Jens earned a medical degree." Upon his graduation from the Missouri Medical College in 1874, Dr. Borglum moved the family to Fremont, Nebraska, where he established a medical practice. Gutzon Borglum remained in Fremont until 1882, when his father enrolled him in St. Mary's College, Kansas.The most expensive item with a signature of Gutzon Borglum (GUTZON BORGLUM SIGNED MOUNT RUSHMORE 4 PAGE CONTRACT) was sold in March 2009 for $1975.00 while the cheapest item (Gutzon Borglum Prominent Sculptor Autographed Clipped Photograph) found a new owner for $34.54 in October 2013. The month with the most items sold (2) was August 2016 with an average selling price of $505.25 for an autographed item of Gutzon Borglum. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2009 with $1975.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $34.54 was October 2013. In average, an autographed item from Gutzon Borglum is worth $311.00.
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Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1937 Gutzon Borglum Signed 5 Page Mount Rushmore Letter @ Sculpting the Mountain | $1200.00 | ||
Gutzon Borglum - Photograph Signed - Mount Rushmore Creator - RR Auction COA | $1000.00 | ||
Gutzon Borglum - The Lonely Lincoln Signed | $1200.00 | ||
Gutzon Borglum 1934 Autograph Early Mount Rushmore RPPC Postcard Washington | $105.90 | ||
Gutzon Borglum Mount Rushmore South Dakota Sculptor ''Rare'' Autograph | $450.00 | ||
Gutzon Borglum Mount Rushmore South Dakota Sculptor Signed Rushmore Booklet | $795.00 | ||
Gutzon Borglum Psa Dna Coa Hand Signed Cut Authentic Autograph | $479.00 | ||
GUTZON BORGLUM “LONELY LINCOLN” SKETCH SIGNED MARIE MATTINGLY MELONEY AUTOGRAPH | $100.00 | ||
Gutzon Borglum, Autograph Signature, Sculptor of Mount Rushmore | $125.00 | ||
Historical document Gutzon Borglum letter signed | $1500.00 |