Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 111

The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

Manuscripts

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 151		[William IV-Queen Elizabeth II] Over 80 British Probate Documents From His/Her Majesty's High Court of Justice--From 1827-1961. Large group of British probate documents during the reigns of William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, Edward VIII, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II, most from the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Vellum and paper, many with embossed seals, red seals, and some with hanging seals, most folio with several pages. Includes English, Scottish, and Welsh documents, clearly written. Documents with World War I dates prohibit any assets being distributed or paid to any German, Austro-Hungarian, or Turkish beneficiary or creditor. Toning and soiling. Overall very good. *Estimate Value $150 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 152		Wolcott, Oliver -- Signer From Connecticut (1726-97) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut; he also signed the Articles of Confederation. Earlier he served in the military during the French and Indian War. Document signed "O Wolcott," one page, 12¾ x 7¼", Litchfield, March 19, 1789. Wolcott allows a list of claims being made against the estate of Ezra Plumb. The "c" in Wolcott's signature at the bottom of the page is affected by a chip in the paper and the last few letters are rubbed. Paper is toned, with fold splits and several small edge chips and tears; paper fill at lower left corner and a few small tape repairs to verso. Ink is bold throughout. *Estimate Value $200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $238
Lot 153		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 154		Wright, Frank Lloyd -- Letter Regarding Drawings For Arizona State University's Grady Gammage Auditorium (1867-1959) American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who believed in designing structures in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. He designed over 1,000 structures, over half of which were built. Typed letter signed "Frank Lloyd Wright," one page, 8 ½ x 11", on Taliesin West/ Paradise Valley Arizona stationery, Mar. 7, 1957. To Dr. Henry Grady Gammage (1892-1959), who was president of Arizona State University from 1933 to 1959. Wright writes: "So sorry to hear you haven't felt too well my dear friend. I will be in Arizona next week and will come to the campus to discuss final drawings. I would also like to take you to lunch if you feel well enough by then? Plenty of rest I insist!…" Wright refers to drawings for the auditorium which he had been commissioned to build for ASU and which would be named Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium. Both Gammage and Wright passed away in 1959, leaving Wright's protégé, William Wesley Peters, to finish the project. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Contemporary ink smudge in last name, two small soiled spots, and light creasing to right side of letterhead. Est. $1500. *Estimate Value $1,500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 155		Wright, Frank Lloyd -- Signed Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Check (1867-1969) American architect. Document signed "Frank Lloyd Wright" as president of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 2¾x 6", Taliesin Spring Green, Wisconsin, Nov. 2, 1949. Being a printed "The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation" check on the Farmers State Bank of Spring Green Wisconsin, paid to V.C. Morris Gift Shop for $30. The number "1421" is written in ink at left. Tiny cancellation perforations do not detract from Wright's signature, which is boldly signed in blue ink. With JSA COA. *Estimate Value $1,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 156		Wright, Frank Lloyd -- Signed One Dollar Silver Certificate (1867-1969) American architect. One dollar silver certificate signed "Frank Lloyd Wright" and dated "1956." A paper accompanying the one dollar bill explains that it was signed for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (1902-76) at a fundraising event for Mr. Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin West. The event took place at the Sherman Hotel in downtown Chicago on October 16, 1956, and Wright introduced his model and drawings for his mile-high skyscraper he called "The Illinois." Mayor Daley asked Frank Lloyd Wright to sign his lucky $1 bill, which Wright did in exchange for Mayor Daley's donation. Fine. *Estimate Value $800 - 800* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 157		[Presidents, First Lady and a Secretary of State] Group of Books Signed by Harry Truman, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Henry Kissinger. Harry Truman, Memoirs. Year of Decisions, signed and inscribed in 1965 to Arnold Krammer. Crease to half title page, not affecting signature. Light toning and ragged dust jacket. Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. Lady Bird's 1979 A White House Diary signed and inscribed by her and also signed "Lyndon B. Johnson." Small stain and split to spine of dust jacket, else fine. Richard Nixon Cased 1980 edition of The Real War; and cased copy of Nixon's 1978 The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. Both fine. Plus two first edition, signed, inscribed books by Henry Kissinger, who served as U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford: White House Years, 1979; and Years of Upheaval, 1982. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 158		*[Fisher, Harrison] -- Illustrations For Bachelor Belles.* First edition of Bachelor Belles, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, October 1908. With Illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood. Small quarto. Hardbound in pale gray cloth with illustrated paper onlay with gold lettering. Previous owner's name on first end page. Some soiling to covers and wear at lower spine, but plates are spotless. *Estimate Value $100 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 159		Asimov, Isaac, Joseph Heller, and Christoper Isherwood -- Five Signed, Inscribed Books and an Endorsed Check. Isaac Asimov (1920-92) Biochemist and writer known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Book signed and inscribed, "To Arnold Krammer / if I can do it, anyone can. Isaac Asimov 2 c1929 (Publication day)," being Asimov's autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov. 1920-1954), New York, Doubleday & Company, 1979. About fine. With a $2 check made out to Asimov by Arnold Krammer and endorsed "Isaac Asimov" on verso. Very good. Joseph Heller (1923-99) American author whose best-known work is Catch-22. Copy of Catch-22, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1961, signed and inscribed to Arnold Kramer; with a signed and dated first edition of Heller's Something Happened, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Accompanied by two books signed and inscribed by Christopher Isherwood (1904-86), Anglo-American novelist and playwright best known for his novels about Berlin in the early 1930s: The Berlin Stories, New York, New Directions, 1945; and Christopher and His Kind. 1929-1939, New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1976. The Berlin Stories, which inspired the musical and the film "Cabaret" has a long inscription, dated 1979, to Arnold Kramer, in part: "The only thing I could think of to say to a student of modern German history is the most obvious, but sometimes overlooked by the self righteous -- that, under certain circumstances, absolutely any modern state could produce a Hitler." Part of dust jacket spine is missing and book is toned. Christopher and his Kind has a 1979 inscription. Light toning, else fine. (5 books and a check). *Estimate Value $350 - UP* View details and enlarged photos	Realized $213
Lot 160		*Irving, Washington. Voyage dans les Prairies à l'Ouest des Etats-Unis.* [Travel in the Meadows in the West of the United States.] Paris, Fournier, 1835, 306 pp. 7½ x 5". Text in French. Half speckled roan blonde with leather spine and corners. Some scattered foxing to beginning and ending pages. Bookplate on inside cover of Bibliotèque du Château d'Hauteville. Washington Irving spent 17 years in Europe, where he served as secretary to the American legation in London and as minister to Spain. This book, written after he returned to the United States in 1932, details his experiences while accompanying the U.S. commissioner on Indian affaiirs on a surveying mission in Indian Territory. *Estimate Value $100 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 161		Voltaire -- 1776 Manuscript Document Signed From Ferney (1694-1778) French writer, essayist, and philosopher (real name François-Marie Arouet), known for his wit, satire, and defense of civil liberties. He sought to defend freedom of religious and political thought and played a major role in the Enlightenment period of the eighteenth century. Manuscript document signed "Voltaire," in French, 4 x 6¼", Ferney, Feb. 28, 1776. Translated: "I received from the Marquis of St. Tropez, through Mr. Audibert, four hundred eighty-one pounds and twelve cents for a year of my annuity, come to term on May 1, 1776. Done at Ferney February 28, 1776. Voltaire." Writen on laid, watermarked paper. Fine condition. In 1759, Voltaire purchased an estate called "Ferney" near the French-Swiss border. Its location proved helpful on numerous occasions when Voltaire provoked the wrath of the king with his writing and found it expedient to slip across the border into Switzerland until the king cooled down or friends of Voltaire's interceded on his behalf. Ferney became the intellectual capital of Europe, with visitors flocking to his door. His wide circle of correspondents included Catherine II of Russia and Frederick II of Prussia. *Estimate Value $2,500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,625
Lot 162		Excellent Collection of 34 Souvenir Typescripts by Acclaimed Authors and Playwrights: Miller, Mailer, Bradbury, Heller, Clarke, Leonard and More. Collection of 34 souvenir typescripts by authors signing some of their most famous passages, a collection that took years to build. Includes Arthur Miller, Act One from Death of a Salesman; Arthur C. Clark, 2001: a space odyssey, Chapter I Primeval Night as well as 2061: odyssey three; Elmer Leonard, Glitz; Joseph Heller, Catch 22 ; Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes; Norman Mailer, Tough Guys Don't Dance; Robert Bloch, Psycho;, John Updike, Rabbit, Run; Eward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Zoo Story; E. L. Doctorow, Loon Lake; and William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist. Other authors who signed typescripts in this collection are: Peter Benchely, John Grisham, Joyce Carol Oates, Howard Fast, Tom Clancy, Richard Leakey, John le Carré, Leon Uris, James Dickey, Irwin Shaw, and Lawrence Sanders. Excellent collection, beautifully archived in folio. *Estimate Value $1,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,140
Lot 163		"The Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country," 15 Volume Set, 1868-1875. Bound, hard cover, green except for two brown, 9½ x 6½". The first three volumes were published by A. Roman & Company, San Francisco and the other twelve volumes by John H. Carmany & Company, San Francisco. A few penciled notes, a couple of volumes deaccessioned. Very good condition. The Overland Monthly began publication with the July 1868 issue, and continued until the end of 1875, when it suspended. publication. Many famous writers and editors were published in or associated with the magazine, including Bret Harte, who served as editor the first two years and also published in the magazine, Ambrose Bierce, Willa Cather, Jack London, John Muir, and Mark Twain. *Estimate Value $350 - UP* Michael Hecht Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 164		Music -- Group of Composers, Conductors, and Musicians. This lot includes items signed by Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French composer best known for his operas; Fromental Halévy (1799-1862), English-born pianist and composer; Henri Marteau (1874-1934), French composer and violinist; Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), German opera composer who created in Paris a vogue for spectacular romantic opera, as well as items signed by Ole Borneman Bull, Karl Youlevitch Davidov, Edward Remenyi, and Prosper Sainton. Jules Massenet, Three autograph letters signed "J. Massenet," one in 1880, one c. 1905, and one in 1907. Content includes blaming his travels for not having received/answered letters, mentioning a piano concerto, and a project in the south of France; Richard Hoffman, autograph manuscript signed about the transmission of melodies from culture to culture, 5 pages, 9 x 5¾", in pencil, n.p., n.d. To the editor of "Century." Titled "How Cuban Dances become German Students Songs, and American ditties become Italian Mountainerrs melodies." With holograph corrections and at least one from the editor about the long title. Henri Marteau Autograph musical quotation from Massenet signed, "Henri Marteau," on 2¾ x 3¾" card titled "J.Massenet" below the quotation, February 17, 1898. Giacomo Meyerbeer autograph letter signed, "Meyerbeer", one page, in French, 7½ x 4½", n.p., Wednesday, n.d., explaining that illness has prevented his visit to "Mon Cher Maitre" since his arrival in Berlin. From Nowegian violinist Ole Borneman Bull (1810-1880), a card inscribed and signed; from Russian cellist Karl Youlevitch Davidov (1838-1889), an autograph letter signed in French, 5¼ x 4", n.p., n.d., inviting a neighbor to a performance; from Hungarian violinist Edward Remenyi (1830-1898), a signature on 1¾ x 5½" paper, n.p., n.d., with a few lines of a letter on the back; and from French violinist Prosper Sainton (1813-1890), an autograph letter signed, one page, 7¼ x 4½", n.p., n.d., regretting not being able to accept an invitation and explaining why. Small paper loss at left margin affects a couple of letters. Group very good to fine condition. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 165		American Judaica Entertainment: Rare, Original, Early 20th Century Stone Litho Theater Poster. Rare, vintage original early 20th Century poster printed by Quigley Litho Co., Kansas City. Irish-Jewish comedic play and an example of the integration of the Irish and Jewish populations on the Lower East side which fostered a lot of intermarriage and partnerships. Brief blurb on poster reads: Maggie Murphy tries to keep her son Barney from marrying Rebeca the daughter of her Jewish partner Abbie Goldstein (while) a political gang tries to rob her of an invention. Melodrama, Thrills, Laughter Galore. Approximately 27 x 41" and very scarce. Poster was professionally conserved on linen earlier this year by Jaimie Mendez Poster Restoration, one of the finest in the business. *Estimate Value $800 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 166		Collection of 33 Bronze and Silver Plate Holocaust Memorial Medallions From All Over the World. Beautiful collection of Holocaust memorial medallions, all of exceptional artistry in commemoration of ghettos, death camps and heroes, of liberation, of gratitude to those who helped, and of museums build as a remembrance of one of the darkest periods in the history of mankind. Included are medals commemorating Anniversary of Janusz Korczak's birth; the Saloniki Jewish Community Memorial; Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau; Anniversary of Majdanek State Museum; Jewish Women Fighters; Westerbork Transit Camp (3), and the victims of Lodz Ghetto; two French medals commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Forced Labor Camps and 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps; Polish commemorative medal for the opening of the Dr. Simon Adler Museum; an Auschwitz Cross Survivors Medal looped with ribbon; two Gratitude Medals to Belgium Jews for their help 1940-1945, with French and Flemish inscriptions; in memory of Raoul Walenberg in Budapest in 1944-1945 (silver 999); Buchenwald National Monument and Remembrance medal; medal with logo of Terein (Theresienstadt) Memorial; GDR 10-mark coin with Monument and Remembrance of Buchenwald. Sizes vary. This lot should be examined personally to be appreciated. *Estimate Value $600 - UP* From The Collection of Severin Szperling: "A Catalog of Holocaust Medals: A History Etched in Metal". View details and enlarged photo	Realized $425
Lot 167		Scarce Antique Russian Samovar by Vasily Gudkov, Silver Plate on Brass. A samovar (literally "self-boiler") is a metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia and the Middle East. Since the heated water is typically used to make tea, many samovars have a ring-shaped attachment around the chimney to hold and heat a teapot filled with tea concentrate. Offered is a beautiful antique gourd-shaped Russian samovar by maker Vasily Gudkov. Very attractive patina with just hints of the brass showing through in a few places. Four marks at neck. A very appealing antique piece. *Estimate Value $400 - UP* Longtime Jewish Family Heirloom. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 168		Appealing Collection of Judaica: Karshi Sterling Silver Menorah and Matching Prayer Hands Sculpture Plus Porcelain Hannukah Plates. Very fine collection of four charming pieces of decorative Judaica: 1.) From Jerusalem, Karshi Silversmiths sterling silver Menorah with branch like arms and dove-shaped candle cups. Around the base is Karshi's signature panorama of Jerusalem in relief with gold gilt accents all mounted on a wood base 6 x 7½ x 5" 15½ ozt.; 2.) Karshi's "Pray For Israel's Peace" sculpture in sterling silver, again with Karshi's signature panorama of Jerusalem along the cuffs and mounted on black wood base. 6½ x 4" x 2", 20½ ozt.; 3.) Small 8" multi-colored porcelain Hannukah bonbon plate with gold gilt accents; 4.) Large 14" Hannukah serving plate perfect for sufganiyot (jelly donuts) or pastry with playfully hand painted stars and dreidels. Three minor fleabites at outermost edge, otherwise very appealing. *Estimate Value $250 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 169		Commemorative Medal, Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1986, Royal Norwegian Mint. The Nobel Peace Prize for 1986 was awarded to Elie Wiesel for his work as a spiritual leader and guides in an age of violence, repression and racism. Offered is a sterling silver proof coin (39 mm and weighing 34 grams) commemorating his award by the Royal Norwegian Mint in a presentation folio. *Estimate Value $200 - UP* From Severin Szperling Author of A Catalog of Holocaust Medals: A History Etched in Metal. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 170		Begin, Menahem -- Collection of Signed Items, Some With Jimmy Carter (1914-92) Prime Minister of Israel (1977-83), winner of Nobel Peace Prize. Printed copy of Proclamation of Israel Independence, issued May 14, 1948, signed at lower right, 11 x 8¼", n.p., n.d. With two covers commemorating the American Revolution signed by Begin and Jimmy Carter, with Philadelphia 1975 cancellation and small later-affixed image from 1978 Camp David Accords, plus two pages signed by Begin and Carter from a 1979 Department of State publication showing Begin and Sadat shaking hands after signing the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Also present: a 7 x 5" signed B&W photo; a 1972 TLS to American Congressman Seymour Halpern thanking him for his friendship for Israel, with holograph transmittal envelope; 2 signed Newsweek covers; and several newspaper articles & clippings. Overall fine. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 171		Ben-Gurion, David -- 1971 Autograph Letter Signed (1886-1973) A founder and first Prime Minister of Israel. Autograph letter signed "D. Ben-Gurion," one page, ruled paper, 8½ x 5", Ideh-Boker, July 21, 1971. To David Marcus, a dentist in Beverly Hills, California. In part: "I am afraid you exaggerate my value. I came to Israel 65 years ago - to work on the land, and I have done this 5 years, then my colleagues compelled me to become a co-editor of a weekly labor paper in Hebrew, and later to become secretary of the movement and so on. I had to do only my duty. I believe everybody has to do it. Yours / D. Ben-Gurion." Fine condition. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope, Dr. Marcus' letter to Ben-Gurion, and a copy of the August 16, 1948 issue of TIME magazine, featuring Ben-Gurion on the cover. *Estimate Value $800 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $696
Lot 172		Ben-Gurion, David -- Autograph Letter Signed and Book Signed by the Founder of Israel (1886-1973) Founder and first Prime Minister of of the State of Israel. Autograph letter signed "D. Ben-Gurion," one page, in English, on ruled paper, 8¼ x 4½", Sdeh-Bok. "I hope that you got already back the Book -- The Jews in their Land, and now I am awaiting your return (not emigration) to Israel. Sincerely yours…" The letter and transmittal envelope are addressed in Ben-Gurion's hand; matted and framed to an overall size of 15½ x 16¾". A few contemporary ink smears, else fine. Accompanied by the book, The Jews in Their Land (London, Aldus Books, 1966), 392 pages, 12 x 8¾", "conceived and edited by David Ben-Gurion," signed and inscribed "To Arnold and Rhoda Krammer in deep Esteem. D. Ben-Gurion, Sdeh-Boker. 25.9.68." Sde Boker is a kibbutz in the Negev desert of southern Israel, best known as Ben-Gurion's retirement home, where he spent the last 20 years of his life. *Estimate Value $1,500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 173		Ben-Gurion, David -- Historically Significant Letter (186-1973) Primary founder of the state of Israel and its first Prime Minister. Typed letter signed as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, in Hebrew, one page, 7¾ x 6¼", on Prime Minister letterhead, Jerusalem, July 30, 1956. To the Mayor of Eilat, Ch. Nagar, concerning Egypt's attempts to cut off Israel's access to the Red Sea and the Straits of Eilat: "I received your letter and I read with excitement of your support of me and the government. Should anyone attempt to interfere with our ability to get to the Red Sea; or to the Indian Ocean through the Red Sea; to reach the many nations with whom our contacts are constantly increasing, and whose citizens come here to learn our mores and social structures that are built on brotherhood and equality, I am confident that we have the strength to defend our rights. The Israeli youth, if it will be called upon, will be able to fulfill its obligations. Be blessed and be confident. David Ben-Gurion. Prime Minister and Minister of Defense." Fine condition; light toning, light folds, and two file holes at right; two small tape remnants at top verso. A carbon copy of this letter was sent to Yisrael Bar-Yehuda, the Minister of the Interior. It was written amid heightened tensions over Egypt's increasingly agressive military preparations for an invasion of Israel and escalating deadly terrorist attacks against civilians inside Israel by Egyptian fedayeen ("suicide") squads, which had begun in early 1955. At the end of July of July 1956, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean, thus blocking the passage of Israeli shipping The port city of Eilat, or Elath, holds an important strategic position in the northern part of the Red Sea, where the Gulf of Eilat and the Gulf of Suez enclose the Sinai Peninsula. This letter reflects Ben-Gurions's expectation of an Egyptian attempt to block of the Red Sea route to Eilat, which in fact occurred in October, and Israel's willingness to defend its rights with military force. On October 29, 1956, Israel launched the Sinai Campaign, which lasted only eight days. "The objectives of Israel's operations were: destruction of the fedayeen bases in the Gaza Strip and on the Sinai border; prevention, for however short a time, of an Egyptian attack on Israel by destroying Egypt's logistic establishment and the airfields in Sinai; and opening the Gulf of Eilat to undisturbed Israel shipping. All of these objectives were achieved." (Encyclopedia Judaica 14: 1605). A fine and historicallly significant Ben-Gurion letter. Accompanied by a portrait of Ben-Gurion. *Estimate Value $4,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 174		Collection of Judaica -- A Varied Lot of Items Signed From Many Different Fields. Group of items from a collection of Judaica acquired by the consignor over a period of 40 years. Items in this lot include letters, notes, or photos signed by a wide spectrum of people: scientists, economists, politicians, authors, actors and others. Includes Jonas Salk (FDC), Edward Teller (3 items), Elie Wiesel (initialed ANS on personal notepaper), Chaim Potok, Milton Friedman, Isaac Asimov, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Dr. Christian Bernard, Walter Annenberg, Otto H. Kahn, Dianne Feinstein, David Dubinsky, Carl Levin, Calvin Klein, Moss Hart (a signed stamp), Fanny Hurst, Sam Levinson, Sophie Tucker, Jan Pearce, and Mollie Picon. Also, a group of some 20 letters from U.S. governors, a couple of senators (includes Daniel Moynihan TLS against selling planes to Egypt and Saudi Arabia), plus Admiral H.G. Rickover during the 1950s, many responding to invitations to Jewish events. NY Gov. Herbert Lehman, NY Sen. Jacob Javitts, and Conn. Gov. and Sen. Abe Ribicoff signed several items. Additionally, a copy of the original Certificate of Incorporation for Congregation Ohel-Israel, Inc. in NYC. This lot should be examined in person to be appreciated. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 175		Collection of Judaica -- From or Related to Palestine, the Holocaust, and Israel. Group of items from a collection of Judaica acquired by the consignor over a period of 40 years. Items in this lot include: A 1943 letter in Hebrew, TLS from Rabbanit Sarah Herzog, to Henrietta Szold, initialed "H.S" at upper right about "a special asylum for 35 kids in order to assist the refugee kid arrived via Teheran." Israel Zangwill (British author and Zionist) TNS, n.d.; 4 Stateless Persons' Identity Cards, 1949; Special Identity Card/Passport issued by the Polish Republic to Jewish Emigrants to Israel 1950; 1938 receipts (2) for items sold by a jeweler and goldsmith to a Jewish couple--one with swastika & eagle handstamp; 2 Health Cards (1934) for a German Jew emigrating to Palestine; small photos of inmates at liberation of Dachau and Büchenwald, + potato ration card; postcard from Litzmannstadt Ghetto trying to warn family about a forthcoming transport from Frankfurt--it was rejected by censor; sworn handwritten statement, 4 pp, by Franz Muller, in 1945 re the horrendous treatment at Buchenwald, w/translation; a 2nd sworn, handwritten statement by Leo Blindner in 1945 about poisoning, drowning, shooting, and refusal of medical treatment of inmates at Büchenwald and another small camp--both reports give the names of those responsible for the torture and murder; a 1947 plea of a survivor of the camps, presently in a refugee camp for 21 months, to the UN Secretary General, begging to be allowed to go to Palestine; 1943 Lion Feuchtwanger (German-Jewish author) TLS re his work; 1939 booklet The Jewish People and Palestine by Chaim Weizmann, 1939, 2nd ed.; 2 Fiorello La Guardia typed letters signed, 1938 and 1939, in support of United Jewish Appeal for refugees; 1979 ALS by Nazi hunter Erich Erdstein, mentions Borman, Mengele, etc.; -Simon Wiesenthal small SP; good content 1956 ALS by Thomas Dodd, Chief Trial Assistant to Robert H. Jackson at Nuremberg. Also included are letters by: Bartley Crum, UN delegate (1946--"the western democracies must atone for their moral indifference to the mass slaughter of European Jewry by Hitler"); K. Knöpfmacher (1939); Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1947); Rabbi Stephen S. Wise (1941); VP Alben W. Barkley (1949); Loiuis Bromfield (1948); Congressman Raymond J. McGrath (1989); author Harry Golden (1971), and others. This lot should be examined in person to be appreciated. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 176		Collection of Judaica -- From or Related to Palestine, the Holocaust, and Israel. A notebook from a collection of Judaica acquired by the consignor over a period of 40 years. The contents of this notebook include: Gideon Hausner (Israeli jurist who headed the team of prosecutors at Adolf Eichmann's 1961 trial for war crimes in Jerusalem): 1981 TLS on his book on the Eichmann trial, Neo-Nazism, etc. and 2 signed pages from a publication showing Eichmann's trial; Nahum Goldmann (leading Zionist and founder and president of the World Jewish Congress): 2 1939 typed letters signed, 1 with holograph note, to Rev. M.L. Perlzweig in London; 1943 notepaper for Central Office for Jewish Emigration, Amsterdam, signed by SS officer "aus dem Funten," in charge of Dutch Jews to be sent to Auschwitz; a 1919 Polish passport to Palestine; Hebrew language identity document issued at a transit camp in Cyprus in 1948; 2 manuscript letters signed by Arthur Balfour (British Foreign Secretary who issued the Balfour Declaration), 1892 and 1907, plus a cut signature; long 1933 Dr. Franz Oppenheimer TLS from Tel Aviv, in German (ragged top edge not affecting text), with Zionist content; with official German 1964 FDC bearing Oppenheimer's 90 Pfenig stamp and cachet, airmailed from Bonn to Israel via special flight; a 1942 Non-Enemy Declaration Certificate for Hugo Lehman, applying for U.S. citizenship; various postcards featuring Palestine; a 1929 bulletin of the Jewish National Fund for Great Britain; 1940 TLS from former NY Governor Herbert Lehman re a dinner for Chaim Weizmann; Max Jacob (1876-1944) French poet, painter, writer, and critic who died in Drancy Deportation Camp--a one-page autograph manuscript, in French, headed "Le jugement 1er mai," 7½ x 8¼"--a meditation about Judgment Day. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 177		Dreyfus, Alfred -- ANS by the Officer at the Heart of the Dreyfus Affair (1859-1935) Jewish artillery officer in the French army, falsely accused and convicted of treason in 1894. The Dreyfus Affair became a cause célèbre when Dreyfus was championed by Émile Zola and other intellectuals. Dreyfus was exonerated in 1906, having spent five years on the infamous Devil's Island, and restored to his rank of major in the French Army. Autograph note signed "A Dreyfus," 3½ x 4½", in French, Orleans, France, Oct. 5. [1918]. Three lines to M. et Madame Coblence, thanking "my dear friends" for their congratulations. Dreyfus had been appointed commander of the Orleans Artilleries Depot on April 5, 1918, and on Sept. 25, he was promoted to Lt. Col. Holograph address on postmarked verso, stamped "Dépot du Parc d'Artillerie d'Orléans." *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 178		First Day Covers Signed by Israeli Leaders, Including Golda Meir, Chaim Herzog, Shimon Perez, and Abba Eban. Group of 14 First Day Covers Signed: Golda Meir, 2, signed in English and Hebrew; Shimon Perez, 3; Chaim Herzog, 2; Ariel Sharon, 2, in English and Hebrew; Abba Eban, 3; and two others. Fine condition. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 179		Five (5) Vintage/Antique Silver and Brass Yad Torah Pointers Made from Ebony, Horn or Mother of Pearl. Striking collection of Yad Torah Pointers in silver, brass and a variety of other materials likely all from the Middle East, late 19th Century to Mid-20th Century. Pointers are used as instruments to read the text of the Torah so as not to have hands touch the scroll. These Particular yads range from 9½ to 18" in length and fashioned from silver on ebony wood with cross hatch carving, engraved horn, mother of pearl and the most unusual, salvaged rings on a clear rod and with most having suspended charms of Stars of David or hamsas. *Estimate Value $1,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 180		Frank, Otto -- Anne Frank's Father Talks About How Her Diary Was Saved (1889-1980) Father of Anne and Margot Frank; the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Typed letter signed, "Otto Frank,'"one page, 11½ x 8¼", Birsfelden Switzerland, Oct. 24, 1979. To Stephen H. Rugg, Long Island, New York. Mr. Frank says he is 90 years old and not in good health and doesn't answer letters at length anymore, but he is making an exception because of Mr. Rugg's great interest in Anne and the fate of his family and friends. He mentions the Anne Frank Foundation, the play and the film about Anne, both of which he read but did not see. He describes his life after his return from the concentration camp and the reasons for his move to Switzerland in 1952, then describes how Anne's diary was saved: "Anne kept her manuscripts in my port-folio. When the Gestapo came to arrest us, they took it, through [sic] all the books and papers on the floor and put valuables in it which they took along. My 2 secretaries who had help[ed] us during our hiding, went up to the attic they found everything scattered on the floor and recognizing Anne's hand-writing, collected the books etc. and took them along. After my return and after we had heard that Anne and my family would not come back. Miep gave me Anne's Diary. Of course I saw Anne writing in her Diary sometimes. I had no idea that Anne had such deep thoughts and feelings as she showed her inner self to nobody as she writes herself. In school Anne was an average student, but we had noticed that she had a very special gift of observation. About 6 weeks after my return I heard that my children had died in Bergen-Belsen…." Slight creasing at upper edge, lower edge is folded, else fine. The letter is accompanied by a check made out to Otto Frank for $5.oo, endorsed by Frank on verso; as well as six snapshots Mr. Rugg had taken in Amsterdam of the Anne Frank House, inside and out, plus one of a synagogue, all signed by Otto Frank. *Estimate Value $1,000 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,625
Lot 181		Group of Books Signed and Inscribed by Elie Wiesel, Simon Wiesenthal, and Others. All of the following books were signed and inscribed to Arnold Krammer: By Elie Wiesel, Night (New York: Hill and Wang, 1966); Twilight (New York: Summit Books, 1987), this is signed only; The Jews of Silence. A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1966). By Simon Wiesenthal, The Sunflower (New York: Schocken Books, 1976); Max and Helen (New York: William Morrow, 1982); The Murderers Among Us. The Wiesenthal Memoirs, edited by Joseph Wechsberg (New York: McGraw Hill, 1967). Other books in this lot include Never Again! by Rabbi Meir Kahane (Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1971); Jews, God and History by Max I. Dimont (New York, Simon and Schuster, 1962). Also, Inside the Third Reich. Memoirs by Hitler's architect Albert Speer, signed and inscribed to Professor Krammer; and King Hussein of Jordan's 1962 autobiography, Uneasy Lies the Head, signed and inscribed to Krammer in 1979. Total of ten books. Some dust jackets are worn; pages are overall lightly toned. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $188
Lot 182		Herzl, Jacob -- Rare Letter by the Father of Theodor Herzl (1835-1902) Father of Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) who was the father of modern Zionism. Short autograph letter signed "Jac Herzl," written on half of a 9 x 5¾" page, in German, Vienna, May 12 1901. To H. York-Steiner, reporting that his son, Theodor, was traveling but was due back in two weeks. The matter, mentioned in Steiner's letter received the day before, must wait for his son's return. Small edge split at horizontal fold, below the letter and signature, which are boldly penned and signed. Letter is still in the original holder from Walter R. Benjamin Autographs, Inc. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* Walter R. Benjamin Autographs, Inc. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $656
Lot 183		Israeli Declaration of Independence -- Broadside With Original Signatures of 13 of the Original 37 Signers. Broadside printing of Israel's Declaration of Independence, on blue paper, 13¼ x 4 7/8. Thirteen of the 37 original signers have signed around the printed signatures, all but one of them in blue ink. David Ben-Gurion signed in Hebrew and English; the others signed in Hebrew only. The eleven men and two women who signed this broadside are: Rachel Cohen, Moshe Kol (Kolodny), Pinchas Rosen (Rosenbluth), Berl Repetor, David Ben-Gurion, Sa'adia Khubashi, Zerach Warhaftig, Kalman Kahana, Mordechai Bentov, Golda Meir, Eliyahu Dobkin, Meir Vilner, and Herzl Vardi (Rosenblum). At 4:00 pm on Friday, May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. His reading of Israel's Declaration of Independence was broadcast to Jews all over the country. Ben Gurion became the first Prime Minister of the new state, which was quickly recognized by the United States and the USSR. *Estimate Value $2,500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,040
Lot 184		Israeli Maariv Newspaper Announcing the Declaration of the State of Israel. Dated May 16, 1948, one sheet (recto/verso), in Hebrew, 17 x 8¼". Toned, with a couple of edge splits. An original newspaper with historic news. *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $84
Lot 185		Israeli Prime Ministers and Other Leaders-Group of Signed Photos. Group of signed photos, many with the transmittal envelopes: Golda Meir, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Chaim Weizman Menahim Begin, Ariel Sharon, Levi Eshkol, Benjamin Netanyahu (signed on verso and with accompanying TLS), and Yigal Allon (who was Acting Prime Minister). Varied sizes, fine condition. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $313
Lot 186		"The Jewish People, Faith and Life…A Guide and Manual for Newcomers into Judaism…" Unpublished Book by Rabbi Louis I. Newman. Mimeographed Experimental Edition, New York, 1941, unpaginated but 200+ pages. Louis Israel Newman was a prominent U.S. Reform rabbi and author. In 1921 he became rabbi of Temple Israel in New York City and was appointed to the faculty of the Jewish Institute of Religion (JIR) when it was founded the following year. Newman was the visionary for Brandeis University. Edge chipping to cover and minor stains. Interior is fine. *Estimate Value $200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 187		Judaica Collection -- Israeli Leaders & Others. David Ben-Gurion 10/14/73 endorsed check with numerous bank stamps, 2 wks before his deadly stroke. Golda Meir First Day Cover signed in English and Hebrew, commemorating the 10th anniversary of Israel. With an 8x5" B&W signed photo and an unsigned 1957 photo with AP blurb after she was injured by a bomb thrown in the Israeli parliament. Also, facsimile front page of June 6, 1967 NY Times signed in English and Hebrew. Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan two signed covers, one commemorating the first day of the opening of the Tel-Aviv post office. Shimon Perez, 2 color inscribed and signed photos + 1981 TLS to Leisure World senior citizens. Zalman Shazar, SP and 1973 check endorsed as President. Levi Eshkol, B&W SP. Yitzhak Rabin Color SP. Moshe Dayan signed copy of printed "Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space…," 2 pp, 10½ x 8½" with a FDI stamp "Towards Disarmament."; also, a small B&W SP, an 1980 TLS, and a 1967 ALS by Ruth Dayan. Abba Eban 1957 TLS with invitation to an Israeli dance performance and a 1958 TLS re celebration of Israel's 10th anniversary. Yitzhak Rabin color SP. Moshe Sharett, 1962 B&W ISP. Ephraim Katzir, Min. of Defense, SP. Menahem Begin 1981 endorsed check; French politician Simone Veil, survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1987 TLS as Dep. to the Eur. Parliament; Leopold Rothschild 1917 ANS & 1917 ALS, with 2 small photos on aluminum plates. Anthony Eden, British prime minister during Suez crisis, good content 1969 TLS re Israel. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 188		Large Antique Silver Hamsa with Jeweled Accents. This symbol of an eye embedded in the palm of an open hand has had numerous names throughout the ages, including the eye of Fatima, the hand of Fatima, and the hand of Miriam. The hamsa has been variously interpreted by scholars as a Jewish, Christian or Islamic amulet, and as a pagan fertility symbol.The image of the open right hand is seen in Mesopotamian artifacts of teaching and protection. Other symbols of divine protection based around the hand include the Hand-of-Venus (or Aphrodite) and the Hand-of-Mary that was used to protect women from the evil eye, boost fertility and lactation, promote healthy pregnancies, and strengthen the weak. Yet even as the magical form remains shrouded in mystery and scholars debate nearly every aspect of its emergence, it is recognized today as a kabbalistic amulet and as an important symbol in Jewish art. Offered is this striking 400 silver and brass hamsa, likely 75 + years in age, double sided, decorated with several different patterns, silver; fire-gilded, with stamped beading, silver shot, applied decoration, decorative wire a wonderful natural turquoise stone and glass cabachons. From the Middle East (Afghanistan?) 12½" and weighing 7½ ozt. Striking piece. *Estimate Value $400 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 189		Meir, Golda -- Group of Six New York Times Front Page Facsimiles, Signed in English and Hebrew (1898-1978) 4th Prime Minister of Israel. Collection of six front page facsimiles, 15 x 10½", each signed in the upper border in English and Hebrew, no place, no date. Front page facsimiles are from May 1, 1946; May 15, 1948, proclaiming the new State of Israel; May 12, 1949, about the lifting of the Berlin blockade; October 30, 1956, re Suez crisis and Israeli invasion of Egypt; October 7, 1973, about the Yom Kippur War; and May 16, 1974, reporting on an Arab attack on an Israeli school in Maalot. Golda Meir (1898-1978) held several positions in the Israeli government, including Minister of Labor (1949-56), of Foreign Affairs (1956-66), and Internal Affairs (July 16-Sept., 1970). She served as Prime Minister from Mar. 17, 1969 to June 3, 1974). *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 190		Meir, Golda and Menachem Begin. Golda Meir (1898-1978) was the 4th Prime Minister of Israel. Book signed and inscribed "To Prof. Arnold Krammer with appreciation for your work. Golda Meir. Feb. 1, 1976." The book is My Life (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 480 pages), Meir's autobiography. With a typed letter signed, one page, on personal letterhead, 8¼ x 5½", Ramat-Aviv, Feb. 2, 1976, thanking Prof. Krammer for his book, which she is "enxiously [sic] expecting to read soon." Menachem Begin (1913-1992) 6th Prime Minister of Israel. Two books signed and inscribed to Prof. Krammer. The first: White Nights. The Story of a Prisoner in Russia. (New York: Harper & Row, 250 pages), " To Dr. Arnold Krammer - M. Begin," no date but with an engraved page, "With the compliments of the Prime Minister." The second book is The Revolt. The Dramatic Story of the Irgun (Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1972, 386 pages). Inscribed: "To Professor Arnold Krammer this book is dedicated with my best wishes for success in his scientific work. M. Begin. Tel-Aviv, June 1975." *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 191		Meir, Golda, Chaim Herzog, and Moshe Dayan. Golda Meyer and Moshe Dayan signed FDC for First Day of Opening the Tel-Aviv Post Office in Israel, May 16, 1948, with images of the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the 1947 UN decision "to establish a Jewish State in the greater part of Palestine." Also, an envelope signed by Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan, with stamps featuring Ben-Gurion, Herzl, and others, and a 1974 FDC signed by Golda Meir in English and Hebrew honoring David Ben-Gurion, who died in 1973. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Chaim Herzog as president of Israel, 1 page, 11 x 8½", Tel-Aviv, Apr. 30, 1972. To Stephen H. Rugg about Herzog's Irish heritage, his father being Chief Rabbi of Ireland, then Chief Rabbi of Palestine, his parents work rescuing children during and after WWII, and about a book he is writing. With a 6½ x 4" color SP of Herzog as President and a signed page of First Day of Issue stamps celebrating the American Bicentennial. Total of 6 signed items. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 192		Receipt to Jacob Graff, Jewish Bricklayer Who Owned the House Where Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Document signed by Samuel Bell, 5 x 7¼", Philadelphia, Mar. 31, 1759. Being a receipt for linens, muslin, and satin bought by Jacob Graff, a well-known bricklayer, who owned the house at 7th and Market St. (built in 1775), where Thomas Jefferson would write the Declaration of Independence in June 1776. Jefferson rented two second-floor rooms from Graff, a parlor and a bedroom. The house was reconstructed in 1975. *Estimate Value $250 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 193		Remington Hebrew Typewriter, Early 20th Century. Height: 11", Width: 11". Hebrew inscription on carriage; English on keyboard: "Made at Ilion, New York, USA." *Estimate Value $300 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $330
Lot 194		[Stern Gang] Rare Broadside in English: "Which Way Out--Surrender and Death or Resistance and Freedom?". Broadside, 10½ x 7¾", signed in print, "Fighters for Freedom of Israel (Stern Group)," distributed by American Friends of Fighters for Freedom of Israel, Inc., New York [mid 1940s]. "Duly authorized to collect funds for the Palestine Resistance Movement." Invoking the the fighters who fell in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos, and proclaiming, "What happened in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos is happening in Jerusalem today." The group, also know as Lehi, was founded in 1940 by Avraham Stern (1907-42) and carried out attacks on British personnel, airfields, and railway yards in Palestine. The group was never supported by the moderate leaders of the Jewish community and after the creation of the State of Israel, the group was suppressed and some of its units were incorporated into the Israeli defense forces. Light toning and small edge split at top, else fine. *Estimate Value $250 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 195		1888 Bail Bond For Unlawfully Carrying a Pistol in El Paso, Texas. Partly-printed document signed by James H. White as Sheriff, one page, folio, El Paso, Texas, Sept. 24, 1888. Being a $200 bail bond for Juo Dunning, who is charged with the offense of "unlawfully carrying a Pistol" and who is ordered to make a personal appearance in court on Oct. 1, 1888. The bond is signed by three men: W H Dunning, Wm. Thompson, and D.M. Payne. Light toning and a couple of edge splits. Many Wild West towns had much more restrictive gun laws than they do today, including Tombstone, Dodge City, Abilene, and Deadwood, as well as El Paso. Visitors entering town were required to disarm, either at a hotel or a lawman's office. *Estimate Value $200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $228
Lot 196		Johnson County War -- Legal Documents for Four of the Arrested Cattle Baron Leaders and Estate Document for Nate Champion, The First Man Killed. Two legal documents, dated July 5 and July 19, 1892, in the case of The State of Wyoming, vs. Frank M. Canton, Frank Wolcott, Thomas Smith, and Buck Garrett, who were in custody of the Sheriff of Johnson County. The defendants asked for a change of venue for their trial and on July 19th, Judge John W. Blake found that "owing to the excitement and prejudice against each of the…the said defendants cannot receive a fair trial in the said County of Johnson." He changed the venue to Laramie County. Both documents are signed by Judge Blake. Fine condition. With a legal document signed by Rufus F. Champion, the last man to be killed in the Johnson County War, 4 pages, folio, Johnson County, Wyoming, Jan. 13, 1893, with an accounting of the estate of his brother, Nathan D. Champion, who was the leader of the Small Rancher Association which fought the Cattle Barons, whose leaders included the defendants in the first document. Nate was gunned down after holding off more than 50 assailants for most of a day until they set his cabin on fire and drove him out. The Johnson County War, also called the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War, resulted from long-standing disputes between cattle barons, who owned herds numbering in the thousands, and small operators, most running just enough cattle to support their families. Both groups grazed their herds on open range. The cattle barons formed an assassination squad of employees of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, made a list of 70 men they intended to shoot or hang, and headed to Buffalo, Wyoming, the capital of Johnson County. Word of the invasion got out to the small farmers, ranchers and statemen and a posse of 200 men came out to defend against the death squad. A stand-off ensued, which did not bode well for the attackers, until a cattle baron with influential connections got word to President Benjamin Harrison, who sent the U.S. Cavalry to stop the fighting. The defendants on the legal documents here were leading "invaders." Frank W. Canton was a former outlaw and sheriff who accepted employment with the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and sided with the cattle barons. Frank Wolcott was a rancher and WSGA member. Buck Garrett was a hired gun and sometimes lawman, and Tom Smith was a range detective. *Estimate Value $600 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $906
Lot 197		Mormon Paper Money -- Bishop's General Store House Issued Notes, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1898 and 1906. Two notes: a red 10¢ note to be used to purchase meat solely at Bishop's General Store House, April 1, 1898, and a blue 5¢ note to be used to purchase produce and merchandise solely at Bishop's General Store House, Oct. 1, 1906. Stamped signature of Wm. B. Preston. Both notes are stamped "Cancelled." New condition. *Estimate Value $200 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 198		Nix, E. D. -- Six Documents Signed by the Sheriff Who Hunted Down the Doolin-Dalton Gang. Nix (1861-1946) was a U. S. Marshal, appointed in 1893, with jurisdiction that included the Oklahoma Territory, later to be the state of Oklahoma. Nix was given the task of hunting down Bill Doolin (1858-96) and the Doolin-Dalton gang, which specialized in robbing banks, trains, and stagecoaches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas during the 1890s. Nix organized an elite force of 100 U.S. Marshals and by 1898 the entire Doolin-Dalton gang had been wiped out except for one member who was subsequently killed when he returned to crime after being released from prison. Present are six documents signed "E.D. Nix" as U.S. Marshal of Territory of Oklahoma. They are payment vouchers for expenses incurred by Deputy U.S. Marshals under Nix while carrying out arrests, including a payment voucher, July 17, 1893 "Place under arrest, Walcot"; two payment vouchers, July 13 and 27, 1893, for "stealing timber from Indian alotment"; payment voucher for arresting Black Coffee, et al. on the Osage Res., Aug. 11, 1893; a voucher for a warrant for Jacob Smallwood for "violating the Internal Revenue….," July 26, 1893; and a Mar. 18, 1895 voucher for "bringing in Wash Renfro." One document is separated along a holizontal fold; the remainder are intact. . *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 199		Poe, John W. -- Documents Signed by the Sheriff of Lincoln County, NM, Who Was With Pat Garrett When He Killed Billy the Kid, Plus J.H. Blazer DS. Three documents, two of them signed by John W. Poe (1851-1923) as sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico. He was sheriff from 1882-85. He was a deputy sheriff of Sheriff Pat Garrett's and was present when Garrett killed Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881. The three documents are (1) an 1884 document signed as Sheriff, 8½ x 7", certifying that he had executed the demand by the Probate Court to sell all of the goods of Andreas Bernal, deceased. (2) a May 1885 Territory of New Mexico subpoena, folio, for four men to appear in court to testify before the Grand Jury; Poe signed that he had executed the subpoena.(3) The third document, which is on John Poe's letterhead as Sheriff and Tax Collector of Lincoln County, 11 x 8½", is signed by Arcadio Sais, as Treasurer of Lincoln County, and acknowledges receipt of $15 from Poe, who was the custodian of the estate of the late Thomas Estil. One tape repair to first document; otherwise, all three are fine. Accompanied by a document signed by Dr. Joseph H. Blazer, folio, Lincoln County, NM, being a bond whereby Blazer is taking guardianship of three minor children. Blazer was a dentist who owned a sawmill and trading post that supplied beef to the Mescalero Apaches. Billy the Kid was wounded in the arm at Blazer's mill in 1778 during the Lincoln County War. (total of 4 documents). *Estimate Value $400 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 200		Six Western Photos by George B. Cornish, Arkansas City, Kansas. Six sepia photos, approximately 7¾ x 6". Titles are: Hen-Tah Wyandot Chief; On the War Path; A True Girl of the West; Texas Long Horns; The Round-Up; and Old Monarchs of the Plains. Fine condition. George B. Cornish (1867-1946) was known for his portraits and scenes from the American West, including Native Americans and ranchers. He was a protégé of the well-known Western American photographer William Prettyman (1858-1932). Cornish inherited Prettyman's studio in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1905, which he operated until his death in 1946. *Estimate Value $500 - UP* View details and enlarged photo	Unsold

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