Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 105

June 30 - July 1 2018 Manuscript, Space and Collectibles Sale

Non-U.S. Statesmen

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 54		Arab Leaders--King Hussein of Jordan, President Nasser of Egypt, Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO, and King Saud of Saudi Arabia. King Hussein of Jordan (1935-1999), 3¼ x 6¾" paper signed in 1962; President Nasser of Egypt (1918-70), 3 x 5" card signed in Arabic; Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat (1929-2004), 3 x 5" card signed; and King Saud of Saudi Arabia (1902-69), signature in Arabic on a 2½ x 3½" card with the House of Saud coat of arms. Fine condition. Estimate Value $200 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 55		British and Indian Politicians, Intellectuals, and Personalities. Group includes Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, signature and date; Charles J. Fox, cut signature; Herbert Spenser, cut signature with one line and closing; Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, signature with inscription; Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribbledale, 1907 ALS signed in the text; George Nathaniel Curzon, signature and date (1919); Sir John Bagot Glubb, signature and date (1970); Grace Curzon of Kedleston, signature and date (1928); Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, signed personal card and date (1929); Nancy Astor, small signed card; and Elinor Glynn signature on a card. Estimate Value $200 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $141
Lot 56		British Prime Ministers, Including Attlee, Baldwin, Eden, Macmillan, Home, Wilson, Heath, Callaghan, Thatcher, and Major. Eleven items: Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) Signature on 2¼ x 4" paper; Clement Richard Attlee (1883-1967), 1934 good-content TLS (letter is soiled and missing blank upper left corner), and 1960 TNS; Anthony Eden (1897-1977), signature on 3 x 5" card; Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), two signatures on 6 x 3½" page with tiny replicas of 1957 and 1959 TIME covers featuring him; Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995), color portrait from a publication signed ("Home"); Harold Wilson (1916-1995), 1983 color ISP from a publication; Edward Heath (1916-2005), black & white SP from a publication; James Callaghan (1912-2005), black & white ISP from a publication; Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), signed card picturing the front of #10 Downing Street; and John Major (1943-), signed card with color portrait. Estimate Value $250 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $269
Lot 57		British Prime Ministers, Including Law, MacDonald, Balfour, Salisbury, Rosebery, Russell, Gladstone, Disraeli, Palmerston, and Asquith. Ten items: John Russell (1792-1878), free franked ("J Russell") 1831 address panel; Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston (1784-1865), cut signature ("Palmerston"); William E. Gladstone (1809-98), partial ANS ("WE Gladstone") mentioning Lady W., "our daughter" and Granville; Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), cut signature ("Disraeli"); Archibald Primrose, Lord Rosebery (1847-1929), cut signature ("Rosebery"); Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1902), cut signature ("Salisbury"); Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), autograph and date ("Arthur James Balfour/26 Oct. 1891"); Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), cut signature ("H.H. Asquith"); Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), 1916 TLS ("A. Bonar Law") with holograph note as Chancellor of the Exchequer; and James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), 1925 TLS ("J. Ramsay MacDonald"). Very good to fine. Estimate Value $300 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 58		British Prime Ministers, Including Pitt the Younger, Wellington, Walpole, North, Grey, Portland, Sidmouth, Canning, Peel, and Melbourne. Ten items: Robert Walpole (1676-1745) 1st prime minister, signature ("Walpole") cut from a 1720 document; Frederick North (1732-92) prime minister who "lost" America, signature ("North") cut from document; Charles Grey (1764-1845), signature ("Grey") on holograph address panel to The Lord Chancellor; William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), signature ("Portland") on a 1794 cut document with "By His Majesty's Command" visible; Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), signature ("Sidmouth") cut from a letter and closing in another hand; William Pitt (the Younger), 1759-1806), address panel free franked ("W Pitt"); Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), cut signature ("Wellington"); Robert Peel (1788-1850), cut signature; George Canning (1770-1827), free franked 1810 address panel; and William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), free franked ("Melbourne") 1834 holograph address panel. Very good to fine condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $672
Lot 59		Churchill, Sir Winston and RAF Hero Group Captain Douglas Bader - Signed Battle of Britain Dinner Program. Dinner menu for a Battle of Britain Seventeenth Anniversary Dinner held at the Royal Hiberian Hotel, Dublin, Sept. 14, 1957, signed "Winston S. Churchill" on the Appreciation page, which has two quotations from Churchill during the war. Also signed by Douglas Bader, an extraordinary RAF hero who was the guest of honor at the banquet. Fine except for a few small spots on the cover of the menu. Elaborately housed in a case with leather and marbled boards. Estimate Value $1,200 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,080
Lot 60		Churchill, Sir Winston S. -- Card Signed With a Glossy Photo of the Young Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister who led Britain to victory during World War II, author and artist. Signature on a 2½ x 3½" card, accompanied by a 6 x 4¼" glossy photo of the young Churchill. Fine. Estimate Value $500 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $928
Lot 61		Mussolini, Benito and King Victor Emmanuel III. Partly-printed document Signed "Vittorio Emanuele" as King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia and by "Mussolini," whose title was prime minister but who was, in effect, dictator of Italy, one page, large folio, Rome, May 11, 1936. Also dated "XIV," the 14th year since Mussolini came into power (1922). Promoting Giovanni Bruno, a sub-lieutenant of the School of Nautical Services, to the rank of lieutenant. With numerous government stamps and notations. Light toning, else fine. Estimate Value $250 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $156
Lot 62		Pico, Pio de Jesus - Last Mexican Governor of Alta California (1801-1894) Californio rancher and politician of African, Indian, and Spanish ancestry, the last governor of Alta California under Mexican rule. He served from 1845 to 1846, just before the U.S. military occupation. Autograph letter signed "Pio Pico," one page, on ruled 10 x 7¾" paper, Los Angeles, Dec. 12, 1871. To his nephew, Jose Maria, in Spanish, telling him to ask for the money to pay the taxes, to see if he can sign for his uncle for another sum, and to see if he can collect what he is sending him. He sends greetings to his sister and says that he is leaving for San Bernardino. Normal folds and a small spot, else fine. With English translation. Housed in a moss-green holder with marbled boards. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles is a major thoroughfare and the name "Pico" can be seen numerous places in southern California. Estimate Value $250 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 63		Trotsky, Leon - 1933 TLS Mentioning the International Left Opposition (1879-1940) Russian communist and revolutionary leader. At odds with Stalin following Lenin's death, he was exiled and later assassinated in Mexico on Stalin's orders. Typed letter signed "L. Trotsky," one page, 10¾ x 8 ¼", in English, Buyukada (Turkey), May 30, 1933. To author/journalist John Gunther, thanking him for a copy of Harper's Magazine with an article by Gunther "which shows your sympathetic interest in my personal work and in the activity of the International Left Opposition….If you should happen to have the recent issue of Current History with the review of my History of the Russian Revolution by Professor Bernadsky, I would appreciate it if you were to send it to me for a few days….What is your opinion about the situation in Austria?…." Estimate Value $1,200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,344