Gift Details

Recipient Information

Recipient: President and First Lady

Agency: NA

Gift Information

Value: $8715.00

Year Received: 1999

Date Received: NA

Gift Description

(1) 18 kt. gold brooch with grape leaf motif that reads ``2000,'' $450. (2) Three butterfly pins, one large silver, one medium gold, and one small silver, $250. (3) Paperback. ``Tsitouras: Discover the Tsitouras Collection 1999,'' $15. (4) Pair of 18" tall ornately engraved silver candlesticks on a tripodial base with clawed feet, $8000. Recd--November 17, 1999. Est. Value-- $8715. Archives Foreign. 21" x 15" unframed religious paper with four gold leaf squares of Jesus at various stages in his life and Turkish writings in the background. Recd-- November 17, 1999. Est. Value--$800. Archives Foreign. Two paperbacks. ``Conversations With Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I,'' by Oliver Clement, and ``The Orthodox Church and the Environment,'' by Athena Schina. Recd--November 17, 1999. Est. Value--$35. Archives Foreign.

Justification

Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government