Rare Howard Hughes Signed 1954 Purchase of RKO Pictures Contract: “Do the impossible...”

“Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies.” -Howard Hughes His wealth was legendary. One of the richest men of his time. He’s been described as one of the most amazing, eccentric, intriguing, and controversial figures of the twentieth century. Howard Hughes was the billionaire head of a giant corporation, a genius inventor, a handsome playboy, a film director, producer, political insider, Las Vegas kingpin, and ace pilot. Ultimately he was a fascinating and complex man. Born on December 24, 1905, in Houston, Texas to a successful oil-drill tool manufacturer. At 18yrs old he took over his family business in 1923. Early on he had a huge passion for movies and began producing several films, including the World War I epic Hell's Angels (1930), which featured the most expensive aerial fight sequences in history, also Scarface (1932), and The Outlaw (1941). He purchased RKO Pictures, who had huge films at the time like “Citizen Kane” and “King K