Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 105

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

U.S. Presidential Related

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 66		Abraham Lincoln and George Washington Engravings. A head-and-shoulders engraving of Lincoln from Charles Barry's June 1860 shows Abraham Lincoln, facing right, 16¼ x 13½". The caption says: "Reproduced from a rare Portrait drawing the first from life made in June 1860, following his Nomination. Boston: Published November 1911, by Otto Wiecher. Book and Printseller, 8 Pemberton Square." Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 23½ x 21½". Fine. With a George Washington head-and-shoulders engraving with "Washington" printed at the lower edge, 14¾ x 11½", framed in a vintage wood frame to 18½ x 15½". Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 67		[FDR] Opponents and Speechwriters, Including Landon and Wilkie. Group of ten Roosevelt opponents: Alf Landon, signed 9 x 5¾" campaign print; Wendell Wilkie, 1943 TLS; Sewell Avery, 1944 TLS; Bruce Barton, 1949 TLS; Joseph W. Martin, Jr., cut signature; Hamilton Fish, 1965 TLS; Louis Johnson; 1940 TLS on War Dept. letterhead; Roy Cohn, ISpprogram; and two letters by Dewey supporters. With a group of seven of FDR's speechwriters: Samuel Rosenman, cut signature with typed postscript; Robert Sherwood, partial legal document signed; Archibald MacLeish, signature on 2 ½ x 4 1/2 " page; William C. Bullitt, signature on 4 ½ x 5 ½" page; Dorothy Thompson, 1937 TLS; Joseph Alsop, TDS; and Stuart Chase, 1931 TLS. With two FDcs, one memorializing FDR and the "Little White House" at Warm Springs, Ga. and one the 50th Anniversary of the Social Security Act. Overall fine. Housed in a black leather album in matching case. Estimate Value $150 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $108
Lot 68		[Garfield and Lincoln] Cyrus Fields 1881 ALS re Mrs. Garfield's and Mrs. Lincoln's Pensions. Autograph letter signed "Cyrus W. Fields," one page, 8 x 5", New York, Dec. 10, 1881. Less than three months after President Garfield's death, financier Cyrus Fields writes to J. Stanley Brown, who had been Garfield's private secretary: "…I hope Congress will do its plain duty in the matter of the pension to Mrs. Garfield & the increase of Mrs. Lincoln's pension…." Fields would raise a $350,000 trust fund for Lucretia Garfield and her children. Mary Todd Lincoln received a $3,000 annual pension in 1869 from President Grant; it was finally raised to $5,000 months before her death on July 16, 1882. Estimate Value $200 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $205
Lot 69		[Adams, John] Document Signed by William Stephens Smith, Adams' Son-in-Law, During the Quasi War With France. Smith (1755-1816) was a Revolutionary War officer and a founder of the Society of the Cincinnati. John Adams, whose daughter Abigail ("Nabby") married Smith in 1786, appointed him surveyor of the port of New York. Smith's poor business judgment, especially his land speculation, placed them under severe financial restraints, causing him to be denied command of a brigade by the Senate at the beginning of the undeclared naval war (Quasi War) with France (1798-1800); instead, he was given command of a regiment, a lower rank. Manuscript document signed "W.S. Smith" as Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment Artillery & Engineers, Union Brigade (Scotch Plains, New Jersey), one page, 6 x 7½", May 31, 1800. Being a return for flour for hair powder for two companies: 90 men for 7 days, 3 oz. per man, for a total of 16 lbs., 14 oz, costing 96 cents. Signed by Brigade Quartermaster Gordon twice (once for Dep. Qtr. Master Gen. Aaron Ogden). Toned, else fine. Large, bold signature. In 1806, Smith was accused of violating the Neutrality Act of 1794 by using his influence to support a Venezuelan revolutionary, Francisco de Miranda. He was indicted, tried and acquitted but when he was elected as a Federalist to Congress (1813-15), his election credentials were not accepted by the 14th Congress. Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $168
Lot 70		[Kennedy, John F.] Campaign Record "High Hopes" and Sympathy Acknowledgement. A 45 rpm record from the 1960 presidential campaign, with "Jack Kennedy" printed on both sides; one side has the song "High Hopes" with new lyrics written for the campaign (printed lyrics included) and the other side has "All The Way"; in original sleeve. With a printed card appreciating sympathy from Mrs. Kennedy and the envelope addressed to Mrs. Gustave Burgh; also, a card engraved "The President" and an engraving of JFK. Fine condition. Est. $150-200. Estimate Value $200 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 71		Lincoln, Abraham - Ambrotype Portrait Used as a Campaign Badge During the 1860 Presidential Election. With Cigar Box Label. Ambrotype housed in a 2½ x 2 1/8" oval brass frame which was pinned to one's clothing and used as a campaign badge during the 1860 presidential election. Slight dent at top of brass frame. The ambrotype is based on a photograph of Lincoln taken by Mathew B. Brady on February 27, 1860 when Lincoln was in New York City to give a speech at Cooper Union. With a 6 x 5" cigar box label from the 1860 election with the same portrait of Lincoln and "Honest Old Abe." Label reads in part, "Fabrica de Tabacos…Habana. Segar Manufactory…Havana." Printed on light pink-mauve paper with black text. Small hole at left. Also, April 26, 1865 copy of The New York Herald, filled with great detail about Lincoln's funeral; fold splits; in poor condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,408
Lot 72		Lincoln, Abraham -- Cross Section of a Tree With Lincoln Association, and Other Lincoln Memorabilia. Group of memorabilia includes a cross section of a tree, 17½ x 18½ x 2", with plaque attached: "From the Tree Planted by Abraham Lincoln / at Springfield in 1856 / Taken Down in 1907." A copy of a photo of Lincoln in an old wooden frame is nailed to the tree and a rusting chain is attached to the back for framing. Additionally: a small piece of brick, 1½ x ½", from the original brick foundation of Lincoln's home at 8th and Jackson Sts., Springfield, IL, with a photo of the home; a dainty 5" high vase with a handpainted image of the cabin in Kentury where Lincoln was born; a 5¾ x 1" piece of wood with an ax buried in it with "State Capitol Springfield, ILL." and Lincoln The Rail Splitter; four commemorative medallions; a 1908 Veteran's badge from the 50th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates; a Lincoln medallion from the 1920 Republican National Convention in Chicago, on half of a watch band; and a Lincoln Monument Dedication Poem by James Judson Lord, delivered on Oct. 15, 1874 at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $256
Lot 73		Lincoln, Abraham; Silk Flag Remnant From His Funeral Train. Silk remnant, 1¾ x 7¼", from a 36-star flag that adorned the interior of one of the funeral railroad cars in the Lincoln funeral train during its stop at Indianapolis, Indiana on April 30, 1865. The flag was made locally for the visit. The train arrived in Indianapolis at 7:00 A.M. and left at midnight. After the train departed, locally-made flags were given to prominent Indianapolis families. The flag from which this remnant came was given to the G. James McQuillen family; the remnant is all that remains. It is matted with a copy of a photo showing Lincoln's car and the officer's car in the funeral train as it made its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois. Framed to an overall size of 16 x 13". Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $282
Lot 74		[Roosevelt, Franklin D.] Members of His Family: His Wife, Mother, and Two of His Children. Eleanor Roosevelt, White House card signed "Eleanor Roosevelt" as First Lady, with paper clip mark at upper left; Sara D. Roosevelt, FDR's mother, signature cut from a document; James Roosevelt, oldest son of FDR and Eleanor, White House card signed; and Anna Roosevelt Halsted, first child of FDR and Eleanor, 1965 TLS to her brother "Jimmy" who was being honored at a Passover Festival for his civil rights and other contributions. Also, an 1875 stock certificate certifying that James Roosevelt, who was FDR's father, owns 100 shares in Crown Point Iron Company; certificate not signed by his father. Overall fine. Estimate Value $150 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $166
Lot 75		Washington, George; Full-length Engraving. Painted by T. Hicks N.A., engraved by H. Wright Smith, c. 1850s. Washington stands facing slightly left, holding a cane in his right hand. Mount Vernon is in the left background. Plate: 23½ x 17¼"; sheet: 25¾" x 19". Matted and framed to an overall size of 32½ x 24¾. Fine condition. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $256
Lot 76		Presidential Memorabilia -- Group of Inaugural Invitations, & Tickets, Including Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton. Includes one ticket to the 1953 Eisenhower/Nixon Inauguration, one invitation and one ticket to their 1953 Inaugural Ball, and one to a 1953 Inaugural Festival; Richard Nixon, two invitations from the New York Young Republican Club to a 1969 Pre-Inaugural Ball and one invitation to his 1969 Inauguration; Ronald Reagan/George H.W. Bush, one invitation each to their 1981 and 1985 Inaugurations; Bill Clinton, one invitation to his 1993 Inauguration and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a 1998 invitation to a "Spouses of the Senate" luncheon. All fine. Estimate Value $100 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $96