Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 2

Coins, Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Miscellaneous Americana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 220		Albee, Edward. Slight wrinkling, overall Fine. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, New York, NY, January 16, 1982. On personal letterhead. To Gary Kunin. Albee displays his acidulous humor, asking for an autographed picture from the man who requests one of Albee. He also answers Kunin's pointed question about how he started writing: "… one day, when I was 6 or 7, I suddenly decided to start writing & I have been writing ever since." Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Unsold
Lot 221		Barton, Clara. Civil War nurse, founder of the American Red Cross in 1881-1882 and its first President. Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, octavo, Worcester (Mass.), July 29, 1905, to Mr. (Roscoe) Wells (of the National First Aid Association). Clara Barton writes about the travel plans of an associate; and of a Worcester newspaper reporter, Ida Parrott, who has become interested in promoting first aid work through her journalism. The letter reads in part: "She… wants to help… and reminds me that what the Telegram says goes all over the country. -- thus she foresees a helpful medium for information on the 1st Aid… She… wished it to be understood that the Telegram can be relied upon as a friend… ". Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $288
Lot 222		Brandeis, Louis D. Yellowing slightly due to age. Autograph Letter Signed One page, Small Octavo, July 2, 1940, on "Mrs. Louis D Brandeis / Chatham, Mass." stationery. In full: "Dear Rabbi Breslau, / Bob Gold and Dr. Goldman have telegraphed the glorious news. The victory is an event of abounding possibilities. Your part in the achievement is very large-- courage, good judgment, resoluteness, persistence, unresting support -- and picking the winner. / For the long years to come -- Best wishes / Cordially / Louis D. Brandeis". Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $368
Lot 223		Brandeis, Louis D. Includes holograph transmittal envelope and 5 x 7 ", black and white photo, matted. (1856- 1941) Jewish member of Supreme Court. Appointed Justice in 1916, favored governmental intervention to control the economy when public interest required it, but was also a strong defender of the rights of private property. Autograph Letter Signed One page, Octavo, on Supreme Court letterhead, Washington DC, December 28, 1936. In full: "Personal / Dear Mr. Bridges: / Let me thank you for your / generous greeting / best wishes / Cordially / Louis D. Brandeis / Mr. W. Marshall Bridges". Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 700. View details	Unsold
Lot 224		[CALIFORNIA HISTORY]. Partially Printed Manuscript Receipt. One page, Quarto, San Pedro, California, January 29, 1859, on personal letterhead, Los Angeles Star Print. Phineas Banning, a Forwarding and Commission Merchant, was a dominant force in the stage and freighting service for a fledgling Southern California. He was also instrumental in bringing the transcontinental Southern Pacific Railway to Los Angeles by founding the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad in 1868, giving the Southern Pacific entrance into the Los Angeles harbor, ensuring rapid growth of the Southland. This document, a rare and early Los Angeles Bill Heading, is an invoice for "22½ Sacks Flour." Fine. Estimated Value $50 - 100. View details	Realized $104
Lot 225		[CIVIL WAR]. D. LAFAYETTE THOMAS, Union soldier. Fifteen (15) Autograph Letters Signed ("Lafayette," "DLT," "D.L. Thomas," "L"), several with envelopes, some with decorative covers, letters are variously sized from octavo through quarto to folio, 66 pages total. Condition fine throughout. Not much is known about D.L. (for LAFAYETTE, the name he preferred to be known by) Thomas of Co. D, 68th Indiana (Volunteer) Regiment at this point save what we can glean from these hand-written letters he left behind, dated between 3 February 1863 and 17 May 1865. Thomas's epistolary narrative (the "silent medium of the pen," as Thomas calls it) - generally addressed to "Will & Mary" (sometimes referred to as Marie), his brother and sister-in-law, residing at Rushville, Indiana, begins in Camp Mitchell in Nashville, Tennessee. We first learn on 3 February 1863, that the weather oscilates between "spitting snow" and pleasant, with rain in between; that Thomas's health as a result is poor, that the preceding night he was Corporal of the Guard; that today his company is "on picket." His friend, Newton, comes from Murfreesboro with a supply train to visit. Newton says his troop "had never been paid off & had been out of money a long time, also that gloves were very scarce and half of the Reg. had been without all winter…" This was the winter of Grant's discontent in Kentucky. Forrest's devastating raids continually struck the railroad between Grant's base at Columbus, Kentucky and his army in Northern Mississippi, destroying bridges and stations en route, capturing stores valued at almost a million dollars. In desperation, Grant sent Wm. ("Bull") Nelson to waylay Forrest at Murfreesboro. On February 23rd, Thomas writes that his company is still "busy … going on picket, drilling etc…" The soldiers are apparently busy running away, as well. "The Col. Has made the Captains send in a list of absentees from their respective Co's. stating who are absent without leave & who are not. The Cap.t is going to … write to his men absent without leave to report immediately - they are marked now as deserters." Thomas is still at Camp Mitchell (Nashville) on 17 March 1863, but next day "at midnight we were waked up with two days rations in our haversacks then went to the R.R. & at day light got aboard the train with the 14th Mich. 52nd Ohio, 60th & 85th Ill. Reg'ts … [and] arrived at Franklin at 10 o'clock a.m. 18 miles south of here - near where the 33rd & 85th Ind. Reg'ts … were defeated a few days ago under Van Dorn. It has been a matter of controversy with newspaper correspondents as to whether Van Dorn had negros or Indians under him at that defeat. But I am fully satisfied from the information I gained that they were negroes. Anyhow we went there with the full expectation of attacking him whether he commanded negroes or Indians had not he 'skedaddled.' On Monday one brigade marched out coming up with [Van Dorn's] rear & driving him across Duck River capturing 150 prisoners & drowning about 300 of the last crossing the river…" A subsequent investigation eventually vindicated Van Dorn of any blame for the battle or his retreat, but he was nevertheless transferred to another command. By Sunday, April 5th, Thomas's regiment was camped at Murfreesboro, a place Thomas describes as a "magnificent hole." He also discovers his regiment has hooked up with "Renold's [sic: Joseph Jones Reynolds commanded the 5th Div., XIV, from 9 January to 8 June 1863] Division, the same Div. that the 19th Ind. Bat. & 72nd [and] 75th Ind. Regs. are in," allowing Thomas to visit with some of his old friends "almost every day." "Yesterday," he tells us, "we moved our camp out on the pike … in the edge of the woods close to plenty of water … [and] conducive to the health of … the army." The new location is not, however, conducive to the health of the rebels - "…a rebel Lieutenant was captured," we learn, and the Union commanding officer "is going to take him to Lebanon today and make a public example of him by hanging him in the town…" Thomas is still in Murfreesboro on May 22nd. He learns of the death of Stonewall Jackson and thinks it "an irreparable loss to the C.S.A." Meanwhile, some 70 rebel cavalry prisoners have just been brought into camp. From what he can learn, Thomas sums up, "Bragg is moving his forces while Rosecrans is awaiting a demonstration so he will no [sic] where to strike. He is not going to be decoyed by Bragg." By August 2, Thomas has been moved south and east to Jasper, Tennessee, "within a mile & a half of the Tenn. River & only six (6) miles from the corners of Georgia & Alabama & 25 miles from Chattanooga. That looks like we are getting pretty well into the enemies [sic] country." The Mississippi Valley was clear and Lee driven deep into Virginia. The North was growing more optimistic and confident now, but still worried that Bragg could keep Rosecrans out of Chattanooga and the deep South. Thomas writes that "Last night Col. King & staff … fired a few rounds of artillery at a rebel train across the river running between Bridgeport & Chatt; but did not halt it so some of them crossed over & burned a bridge…" The next day, August 3, 1863, Thomas's camp is moved about 10 miles a little south and east of his former camp, into the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, where a great southern university site had been contemplated and a cornerstone already layed. Now, Thomas tells us, that cornerstone, which reportedly cost $30,000, is being "worked … into trophies such as breast-pins, finger rings" and the like by soldiers. "Even granite has to give way before their ingenuity," Thomas writes. By December 23rd, Thomas is writing from Evansville, Indiana. He contemplates coming home for Christmas, but allows as how the trip would be too costly. January 3rd, 1864, finds Thomas still in Evansville, in Hospital No. 1, Ward 3, albeit he reports a "reasonable amount of health and vigor…" [and] is as "yet a spared monument of God's mercy…" Later, he says "We have had no new cases of small pox for a few days … the patients are mostly vaccinated … I eat too much now when I should live on a very low diet … The citizens say it is the coldest weather they have had here for years…" A chilling feeling has gripped the South too. Dreams of a Northern collapse, foreign intervention, lifting the blockade, dramatic victories have provided no warmth. The armies in Virginia, near Chattanooga and elsewhere, were still. Two months later, still stationed in Hospital No. 1, Ward 3, in Evansville, Indiana, on 28 February, Thomas reveals that his "eyes have almost entirely ceased to hurt but are as dim as ever." That's the first time in this batch of letters that we learn Thomas has actually been hospitalized because of a problem with his eyesight. "Soldiering," he adds, "will make a man patient enough to be contented in most any way or condition." He adds that he "would like it very much if [he] could be at home especially while I am of no use to the Government…" Four months later, on 15 June, Thomas is back in Chattanooga. His eyes trouble him now only when he loses sleep. The war front has shifted 128 miles east to Atlanta. Crises actually loom on two fronts - the Union forces have plunged deeper than ever into Georgia and are now threatening Richmond, and Sherman is about to pounce on Atlanta. The week before, Lincoln had been nominated for a second term. Thomas writes of skirmishes at "Big Shanty," "28 miles this side of Atlanta & 10 miles from here" and hungers to join the battle, but only "If I knew no body would get hurt." Soldiering, Thomas tells his brother, is an education like no other. "Now we … know more by one-hundred fold about slavery since we have uncapped it and looked in at the hydra-headed monster … and seen its secret & hidden workings…" The ill-fated and bumbled Federal assault on Petersburg dragged on through June. The courageous Southern defense saved the back door to Richmond and undoubtedly stretched the war by several months. An emboldened Jubal Early moved north through the Shenandoah Valley to threaten Washington. On the 25th of July, the date of Thomas's next letter, Grant decided to throw the Second Corps and a couple of cavalry divisions into the battle for Richmond. "I was down at the depot in A.M.," Thomas writes his brother Will, "seen plenty of prisoners on their way to Yankee land … Rumor says we have taken 11,000 prisoners … It must be that old 'Billy' Sherman is going in heavy…" There is more. Thomas tells how Southern prisoners are being forced into women's clothing and shipped North in skirts. Thomas notes in the Official Record the death of one of his chums. "He was a school-mate of mine at college. We were in classes together … and belonged to the same literary societies…" So, now we know that Thomas matriculated through college and had a literary bent. His letters home certainly bear witness to his noble spirit, his oneness with nature, his ability to press words into the service of his feelings. Here, then, is a transfigured arc of impressions - of still waters and running brooks; of the dreamlike beauty of the land, snowy, clouded and now stained with death; of concerns about the rhythm of life back home, the pulse of politics, and the fate of national leaders; of conversations at midnight with dislocated farmers and bewildered tradesmen, of Southerners who have lost everything; of wounded men and dying comrades, awash in rivers of mingled blood. Here, then, is a portrait of a young man who has learned to lay his head upon a rock and gather strength from the earth that holds him and the sky that shelters him. Here, then, is a war that grew a boy into a man. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details	Realized $978
Lot 226		[CIVIL WAR] Collection of Pro-Union Civil War Covers. A collection of Seventeen 12mo Civil War Era Printed Envelopes, with a variety of engraved patriotic cartoons and pro-Union mottos printed beneath. Nineteen items in all, each in Fine condition. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Unsold
Lot 227		(CIVIL WAR). Jordan, Thomas. A very intereting item giving insite into Confederate supply problems, which were becoming more severe as the war progressed. Confederate General. Letter Signed as Chief of Staff for General Beauregard. 1½ pages, quarto with integral leaf on blue "Head Quarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida" stationery, Charleston, Oct. 5, 1863, to General Henry Wise regarding lack of shoes for Confederate troops in the Southeast. Jordan writes to say that a requisition for clothing has been approved, but some items are not available: flannel shirts, overcoats (temporarily) and shoes (the supply having been sent to troops in the west). Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 228		(CIVIL WAR), Lawton, A.R. Also present is a lengthy endorsement on verso by Bragg's Adjutant. Neatly written and quite choice. Confederate General. Letter Signed as Quartermaster General. 2 pages, octavo, on official CSA Quartermaster General's Office stationery, Richmond, April 15, 1862, to General Braxton Bragg. Lawton writes to the Confederate General Bragg concerning supply problems as Bragg prepares to defend Georgia against General Sherman:. "I have the honor to return herewith the several papers from the Commissary Genl. referred to this office by you, with a request that the complaints as to delays in transportation at Augusta be investigated. I beg leave to state that I had caused strict enquiry to be made into this matter some time before these papers were received; and a remedy had already been applied, by changing the officer charged with transferring freight from one R. Road to another at that point. In connection with these oft repeated complaints of the Commissary Dept, I take leave also to enclose a letter (and accompanying papers) [not present] from Capt C.C. Sims Qms, at Augusta, which you will please return to me at your convenience." Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details	Unsold
Lot 229		(CIVIL WAR). Morgan, John T. There was a good deal of skirmishing in Tennessee around this time, and two days earlier there had been a Union reconnaissance at LaVergne. Boldly written. Confederate General. Endorsement Signed as Colonel commanding (of the 51st Alabama), on the verso of a One page, Quarto letter, Nov. 28, 1862, from Major D.W. Holman to Capt. D.G. Reed, A.A. Genl., at LaVergne, Tenn. (not far southeast of Nashville). This wartime endorsement was signed by Confed. Gen'l John Morgan during a time of skirmishes in Tennessee. The endorsement reads: "Respectfully forwarded./Jno. T. Morgan/Col. Commng Brigade." Holman's letter reports that a private in one of his companies "… has been detailed to act as Commissary and Quartermaster" for Holman's battalion; the Private is presently "… acting with two companies, that are on detached service in Giles & Marshall County, Tenn." Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details	Realized $575
Lot 230		Cooper, James Fenimore. Matted and framed with a bookplate cover of Cooper's most famous novel, "The Last of the Mohicans," and a nameplate that reads: "James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851." American novelist (1789-1851), best known for his frontier adventures such as The Last of the Mohicans (1826). Check Signed. Approximately 6 x 2½," drawn on the Otsego County Bank, Cooperstown, December 26, 1868. Payable to "Self," in the amount of ten dollars. Accomplished in Cooper's hand, with a "Paid" stamp almost at dead center. The ink is dark and bold, with a few very slight blotches, not affecting the signiture. Fine condition. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details	Realized $288
Lot 231		Doto, Joe "Adonis". Uncommon. (1902-1972) Leader of the Broadway Mob. This vain dandy was emulated in Hollywood films by George Raft, a childhood friend. He changed his last name to Adonis, having decided Doto did not do justice to his dark, good looks. Associate of Luciano, Costello, Lanksey and Siegel. The Police used a loop hole to rid themselves of him by deporting him back to Italy as an illegal alien in 1956. His good looks may well have faded as he was beaten to death during cross examination in a Naples police interrogation. Check Signed 6 1/4 x 2 3/4", Brooklyn, NY, December 27, 1937. Partially printed, accomplished in holograph. Drawn on The National City Bank of New York. Made payable to "City Collector" in the amount of $79.50. Punch cancelling does not affect the signature in black ink. Very Good. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $368
Lot 232		Duryea, Charles Edgar. American inventor. "Father of the Automobile". Signature on a 2 page printed leaflet illustration the earliest gas powered cars which he invented and a description of the "Auto's Birth". Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Realized $150
Lot 233		Edison, Thomas. Includes collateral material. (1847- 1931) Inventor and physicist. He developed the Edison Universal Stock Printer and manufactured telegraphs until 1876 when he began his research. He invented the phonograph (1877), the carbon- filament light bulb (1879) and motion picture equipment. Altogether he held patents for over 1000 inventions. Typed Letter Signed Four pages, Quarto. On "From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison" stationery. Watermarked. October 7, 1916. To Lamar Lyndon. Fascinating letter giving us a glimpse of Edison at work on problematic batteries used in WWI submarines. In part: …"As perhaps you know, I have been engaged, since 1910, in the adaptation of my storage battery for use in submarines and other heavy duty service… In due time, these batteries were installed… the ventilation was defective in that the cooling air was not properly distributed… An effort was made to improve on the ventilation and, the E-2 having gone to the dry dock… While this discharge was being made on January 15th, 1916, at 1.12 P.M. or thereabouts, an explosion occured within the boat… A Board of Inquiry was appointed… for the purpose of investigating all makes of storage batteries used in American submarines… On the understanding that you will treat this entire matter as confidential, I am sending the following:…" He goes on to include documents and plans for Mr. Lyndon to persuse before he joins Edison in Orange, NJ. He finishes the letter in part: "… I want to get to the bottom of this matter in a broad minded, unbiased manner. If the battery is inherently wrong… I want to know it. If it is primarily correct in theory and faulty in design for such service, I want to know it. It is not my desire to sell anything unsuited to the work to which it is put… I feel that you are eminently competent to advise me in this matter, and will govern myself accordingly. / Yours truly / Thomas A. Edison". The piece is signed in black ink with his famous full umbrella signature. Very slight foxing along top edge of first page. Standard fold creases and a few minimal tears. Fine. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Acquired directly from Lamar Lyndon's nephew. Unpublished and never before offered for public sale. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 234		Edison, Thomas. Fine umbrella signature in black ink. (1847- 1931) Inventor and physicist. He developed the Edison Universal Stock Printer and manufactured telegraphs until 1876 when he began his research. He invented the phonograph (1877), the carbon- filament light bulb (1879) and motion picture equipment. Altogether he held patents for over 1000 inventions. Typed Letter Signed One page, quarto, On his personal "From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J." stationery. Watermarked with trademark umbrella signature. January 22, 1917. Transcribed as follows: " My dear Mr. Lyndon: / I am sending herein our check [in pencil, $5000.00] in payment of your account in full for services rendered, in judicial capacity, on the subject of the Edison Submarine Type Storage Battery. I am much gratified that a man of your reputation and ability had found in my battery the virtues which prompt you to arrive at the conclusion stated in your report. I want to thank you for the fair, unbiased manner in which you have proceeded in this investigation and to express my appreciation of your services. / Very truly, / Thomas Edison". Fine. Estimated Value $750-UP. Acquired directly from Lamar Lyndon's nephew. Unpublished and never before offeredfor public sale. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 235		Edison, Thomas (1847- 1931) Inventor and physicist. He developed the Edison Universal Stock Printer and manufactured telegraphs until 1876 when he began his research. He invented the phonograph (1877), the carbon- filament light bulb (1879) and motion picture equipment. Altogether he held patents for over 1000 inventions. Typed Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, On his personal "From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J." stationary. Watermarked with his umbrella signature. October 5, 1916. In full: "Dear Sir: / I wish to retain your services as consulting engineer on storage batteries as I understand you are not now affiliated with any storage battery manufacturing concern. If you are free to undertake work of this character, I will be glad to hear from you. / Yours truly, Thomas A. Edison". Famous umbrella signature in black ink. Minor foxing on edges and two water spots, neither affect text. Fine. Estimated Value $750-UP. Acquired directly from Lamar Lyndon's nephew. Unpublished and never before offered for public sale. View details	Realized $978
Lot 236		Edison, Thomas A. American inventor. Autograph Noted Signed with initials, in pencil, above the text of a lengthy one page quarto letter, dated Oct. 8, 1925, from F.S. Blinne, an assistant who was working on the development of the phonograph and phonograph records. In response to a mechanical suggestion from Blinne about using variable instead of constant speeds on a record, Edison writes: "Blinne - There are more than 40 patents on this idea = Variable Mechanism is unreliable & none put out have kept or sold TAE." Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Unsold
Lot 237		Garrett, Pat. A highly unusual archive of this famous lawman and the forger who thought he could pass off a Garrett check at an out-of-town bank. (1850- 1908) Born in Alabama, Garrett moved west in 1869, a few years after the Civil War ruined his family's fortune and shortly after the death of his parents. In 1877, while hide-hunting, Pat had a disagreement with a fellow hunter, named Glenn, over the division of hides, and when Glenn grabbed an ax and charged Pat, the latter leveled a Big Fifty and shot him dead. In a clear case of self-defense, Pat wasn't indicted, but it marked the end of his buffalo-hunting days, and after gambling all his profits away, he moved to Fort Sumner, in search of a job. In 1879, he became acquainted with the famous desperado, "Billy the Kid", whom he later shot and killed on the night of July 14, 1881, as Sheriff of Lincoln County, TX. Archive of: One Document Signed by PAT GARRETT, February 5, 1891, 8½ x 7 ", Partially Printed, being a bond guaranteeing Garrett's appearance as a witness in the case of the State of Texas V. F.H. Mendenhall pending in the District Court at Pecos City on March 2, 1891. Togehter with a writ ordering the sheriff of Reeves County, Texas to bring Garrett before the Court House at Pecos County on March 2, 1891 on the same matter. Together with an alleged check signed by Garrett on March 27, 1890 in favor of F.H. Mendenhall, which in fact is a forgery. Together with a document spelling out the verdict of a trial which found Mendenhall guilty of forging Garrett's name to the said check, dated September 3, 1890. The verdict of the trial, dated September 3, 1890 and written in the hand of the foreman of the Grand Jury states, "… without lawful authority and with intent to injure and defraud, [F.H. Mendenhall] did will fully and fraudulently make a false financial instrument in writing purporting to be … Pat Garrett…". Minor foxing and water spots. Fine. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 238		Geronimo. A small piece is missing at the upper left margin corner not affecting the image. Geronimo's signature, rare as it is, is more rare still on a photograph with a completed family tree, and it's transformed into a totally unique and 'one-of-a-kind' item to the collector. Apache Chief. Photograph signed on the verso. 8½ x 5¼" This particular photograph is the most famous pose of Gernonimo: a stoic, stern-faced Chief, kneeling on one knee and brandishing his rifle. Photograph by A. Frank Randall. On the verso, besides Geronimo's laboriously drawn signature, are numerous notes regarding Geronimo, such as outbreaks he led and their dates, the proper pronounciation of his name, and the original owner's signature. This latter item is significant because it provides a provinance of successive owners in the chain-of-title. Fine. Estimated Value $8,000 - 12,000. Featured on the front cover of "The Autograph Collector's Magazine" June 1989 with the feature story on page 16-17. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 239		Gershwin, Ira (1896-1983) Songwriter. Since younger brother George was the toast of Broadway, Ira started writing under the pseudonynm, Arthur Francis. He would later go on to work with his brother and created such hits as 'I Got Rhythm' (1930), and 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' (1938). Document Signed Three pages, Quarto, Los Angeles, September 30, 1968. Embossed Company seal present. Minutes for a meeting of the Board of Directors of New Dawn Music Corporation. Election of officers was held and Gershwin installed as president, meeting also revisied the list of persons able to sign checks and drafts. Gershwin's signature appears in the minutes and also the attached waiver notice, thus the document is signed twice. Three file holes at the left margin; stapled at top left corner tip; moderate wrinkling. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $207
Lot 240		Hardin, John Wesley. Attractively framed with one of Hardin's original business cards from El Paso, where he became an attorney after giving up his life as an outlaw, as well as a photo reproduction of Hardin. Only about a dozen of these Hardin signed cards with bullet holes exist. Overall Size: 13¼ x 13½". (1853-1895) Schoolteacher, farmer, cowboy, businessman, convict, lawyer -- and the most dangerous western gunman. Rare Card Signed ("John W. Hardin"), Sextodecimo, n.p., 1895. Signed horizontally across the lower middle of the playing card, the Jack of Clubs. Fine, even allowing for the bullet holes right thru the center of the Jack's heart! Rumor has it that the fastest draw in the west would throw a card into the air, and shoot to kill, as it were, before it fell to earth. Fact is that Hardin killed 15, or 21, or 40 men with his six-guns, before dying of a bullet through the head - shot from the back, of course, at the age of 42, the very year he signed and dated this card. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details	Realized $5,060
Lot 241		Historical Documents and Photographs. Lot of Four A. Typed Letter Signed by Henry Wallace as Vice President One page, Quarto. On official "Office of the Vice President" stationery, Washington, May, 10,1943. Written to Senator Josiah Bailey complimenting him for his statesmanlike speech in the Senate on April 6th. Includes clippings. B.Charles Evans Hughes Signed Card Bold signature on verso of his engraved calling card, as delegate to the U.S. International Conference of American States on Conciliation and Arbitration (1926). C.[Gerald] & Betty Ford Family Photograph SignedColor, 15 x 12" framed. n.d., n.p. A touching picture of Gerald Ford, Betty Ford and daughter with the family dog and litter of puppies. "Inscribed by Betty Ford in black ink "To Dee Dee Bellson - with all our good wishes and / lots of love - Fondly / Betty Ford" D.Vice Presidential Card Signed with Photograph Business card size, n.d., n.p. Signed in black ink. Card is situated beneath an unsigned black and white photograph, matted and framed to 13 x 16". Fine. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details	Unsold
Lot 242		Holladay, Ben. Frontier businessman. Signed Check. 9 x 3", made out to "Geo. W. Weidler" for $100.00, on October 7, 1870, on Office of the Oregon and California Rail Road Company issued check #343. Postmarked on October 24, 1870. Some foxing along upper left edge. Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Realized $132
Lot 243		Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Included is a First Day Cover featuring a portrait, First Day of Issue Postmark, OW Holmes stamp. A 8 x 6" B&W photo is also part of the overall framed 15 1/2 x 18" piece. 1841-1935 US Supreme Court Judge, author, poet and physician. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Octavo, Boston. April 17, 1888. Minor spotting along right side not affecting document. "My dear sir, If you will call at my house on Wednesday the 25th at 3 p.m. I shall be happy to see you and give you the information you desire / Very truly yours / OW Holmes. Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Unsold
Lot 244		Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. Holmes was by this time one of the elders of American letters. A wonderful literary letter with excellent content. American poet, physician and educator. Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, small octavo, Boston, April 9, 1878, to the popular poet, playwright and novelist Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904). A lengthy and detailed literary letter in which Holmes writes to thank Fawcett for a copy of his collection of verse titled Fantasy and Passion, and offers some masterful criticism. The letter reads in part: "I remember reading the poem called 'Tomorrow' without knowing who was its author and being much struck by it, as I should have been by several, perhaps many of the others, if I had come across them unexpectedly, wondering who it might be that painted with such colors--Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes/as are the tiger-moth's deep-damasked wings… I must record my protest against what I consider the abuse of the extra syllable for which you have a singular fondess. I know that (Miller?) once in a great while used it. I know that Keats empoyed it now and then. But in the hands of Wilis it began to become alarming--'The spring is here--the delicate-footed May' might do for once, but after a few repetitions it becomes positively distressing and I used to look forward to it with dread when one of his blank-verse poems came out. A hunch-back now and then is picturesque enough, but a procession of hunchbacks is not so pleasant. I do not believe there is a Brillat-Savarin in the cuisine of poetical phraseology that will not agree with me. I know you are a great epicure in words, but in this matter I think your critics will agree that your taste is in fault. Excuse me for mentioning what will probably be dinned into you ears by a hundred acid commentators who are offended by one fault among many beauties. This particular fault (if it is one) gives the impression of being a studied one, and therefore seems quite artificial, to say the least, if not affected. But the poems have too many striking beauties to be spoiled by any blemish, and show a gift worthy of something better than mere praise--of wholesome criticism." Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details	Realized $518
Lot 245		Hughes, Rupert (1889-1968) American writer. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Small Quarto, on cobalt blue stationery imprinted with "Bedford Hills, NY, January 31, 1916. Hughes writes a congratulatory letter to a family friend, in which he also gives thanks for her birthday greetings. "Dear ?: / I was deeply touched by your remembrance -- your anticipatory remembrance of my birthday and your beautiful expression of good will… ". Fine. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Unsold
Lot 246		Johnston, Joseph E. Light soiling, no backstamp, generally quite pleasing. No such officer appears in Heitman's register of the U.S. Army, leading us to conclude that Barlow was a Confederate officer and that this item is of war date. Rare. (1807-1891) Confederate major general who led armies at Bull Run and Seven Pines. Johnston is perhaps best remembered for his stubborn defense of Atlanta and his resistance to Sherman's March to the Sea. Signed carte-de-visite. Likely war-date, showing Johnston from the waist up in Confederate uniform as major general, an oval mounted albumen image inscribed on verso: "Major A.M. Barlow from his friend J.E. Johnston". Very Good. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 247		Leland, Wilfred C. Son of Henry Leland, founder of Cadillac and Lincoln Motor Companies. In 1902, Henry Leland began Cadillac of which Wilfred was an executive until World War One, when the company shifted to building airplane engines. In 1917, Henry Leland started another company named after a long time hero of his and the first president he was old enough to vote for--Lincoln. Unfortunately, the first Lincolns were introduced in 1920 just as the post-war recession was getting underway and the company fell into financial disarray. Stock Certificate One Page, small folio. Stamped January 27, 30 & February 8, 1922, Detroit, MI. Document certifies that " Webb, Lee & Company " is to be paid TEN shares of Lincoln Motor Company stock. Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Of note, Lincoln Motor Company soon went bankrupt and was acquired by Ford at auction in what became one of the biggest bargains in the history of big business. View details	Unsold
Lot 248		MacArthur, Douglas. Mounted on cardboard. An excellent war-date letter with far above average content. World War II Allied Supreme Commander. Typed Letter Signed as Commander-in-Chief ("Mac Arthur"). One page, Quarto, on "General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area office of the commander-in-chief" stationery stamped in red ink "Confidential" twice. May 15, 1944, to Major General Innis P. Swift, Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division. In full: Dear Palmer: I intend to shortly constitute the X Corps in this area and will assign you as its commander. The Corps is at present in the United States and its staff will be sent here very shortly. Please regard this information as confidential until you receive it through official channels. I am confident that you will render the same splendid service as the Corps Commander that has so markedly distinguished you as the Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division. Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details	Realized $776
Lot 249		MacArthur, General Douglas. Addressed to General D. MacArthur / 90 Church St. Room 1303 / New York, NY. (1880- 1964) US General, became commanding general of the US armed forces in the Far East in 1941, accepting Japan's surrender and commanding its occupation. Went on to lead the UN forces in the war against Korea but was relieved of command by President Truman when he advocated pressing the war against China. Commemorative First Day Cover Signed 3 x 5", West Virginia, Post-marked January 26, 1959. 80th Birthday Edition signed in black ink above his portrait in the upper left. Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Realized $178
Lot 250		Manson, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed Two pages, recto and verso, Folio, Vacaville, CA, April 18, 1981. Accompanying the letter is the original transmittal envelope, which reads, in large black Sharpie letters, "Photo from Charles Manson Family" To Al Dubois of Cranston, RI. Here the trail of Manson's rambling mind is difficult to follow, however, the insight into this villianous man is crystal clear. In part: "Dear Dre De, Drede, is better than dingaling--dingaling is some kind crazy--Drede is more where i can remeber it… my first dreamis to fill your jaws with good stuff & trim you down look deep into your soul & sing a peace song of compleet [sic] & hnad you a hand to wlak around in the street… Send me a good thought right now and we'bottom left all go to the hot springs of our mind & rub on the rocks & stones & itch our noses with the sticks & loose 3 lbs in one night… a long walk makes everyone sleepy & its nice to take ones [sic] time and rest easy". Very Good. Estimated Value $100 - 150. This chilling letter gives proof of Manson's persuasive aura and troubled, which led to his cult "family's" nine murder convictions in 1969. View details	Realized $288
Lot 251		Markham, Edwin. Photo is in Very Fine condition, the printed poem is a bit tattered. American poet. Author of "Man with the Hoe"; "Lincoln, the Man of the People". Inscribed and Signed Printed Photo. "Your friend, Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y." Accompanied by a copy of his "The Man With The Hoe". Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Unsold
Lot 252		Patton, George S. Jr. During 1912,George Patton Sr. learned he was being considered by the Army to represent the United States as a chalenger in the Modern Pentathlon competition in the Olympics being held in Stockholm, Sweden. He was experienced in all five events - riding, pistol markmanship, swimming, running and swordsmanship. Beginning his training in May, Patton sailed for Europe with his family in June and was the only American to qualify for the event which began on July 7. He finished a respectable fifth, behind four Swedes and subsequently wrote an official report recommending changes in the Army's selection and training for future Olympic events. The check issued to George Patton Jr. and endorsed by him was given to him by his father, just prior to leaving for the competition. The other check issued to Atlantic Transport Line is presumably in payment of the family's passage to the games. An exceptionally interesting Patton item related to an important event in his early life. A very choice pair. (1885-1945) Legendary American general. A. Document Signed. One page, 7½ x 3", Washington, DC, June 3, 1912. A partially printed bank check from "The Riggs National Bank" a vignette of the bank is pictured at left. The check, which is completed entirely in George Patton senior's hand, is payable to "George S. Patton Jr" in the amount of $500.00, and endorsed by the younger Patton on verso. B. Patton, George, Sr. Document Signed. 1 page, 7½ x 3", Washington, D.C. May 27, 1912. A partially printed bank check drawn on the same bank as above. The check is completed entirely in Patton Senior's hand and is made payable to "Atlantic Transport Line" in the amount of $550.00, signed "Geo. S. Patton" as maker. Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details	Realized $633
Lot 253		Patton, George S. Jr. Even in 1945 the Army was only taking a few good men; over ten million had served in the war, and now the Army was being shrunk. Callahan of Texas must have been one helluva an officer to earn the respece of "Old Blood and Guts." (1885-1945) Legendary American general. He was the allied soldier most feared by the German High Command--it considered him our best. Typed Letter Signed (G.S. Patton Jr."), One page, Quarto, Headquarters, September 16, 1945, on the imprinted stationery of "Headquarters Third United States Army Office of the Commanding General." To Lt. Colonel Joseph A. Callahan of Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The war was over; three months later Patton would die in, of all things, a car accident. The letters he left behind are rare and desirable. In this one he states he is "… happy to enclose… a recommendation for you for a commission in the Regular Army… ". Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 254		Pershing, General John J (1860- 1948) US Four Star General. Nicknamed "Black Jack", he was at first a school teacher then went on to West Point where he became a military instructor. He served on frontier duty against the Sioux and Apache Indians (1886-98), in the Cuban War in 1898, during the Moro insurgencies in the Philippines (1903), U.S. militiary attaché; Tokyo during the Russo-Japanese (1904-5), commanded expeditionary force sent into Mexico in pursuit of Francisco Villa in 1916. In 1917 he was appointed commander-and-chief of the US Expeditionary Force in Europe, and later became chief-of-staff of the US army (1921-4). Vintage Photograph Signed sepia tone, matte finish, 8 x 12" framed, n.d., n.p. A fine portrait of the military leader in his uniform. Signature (slightly faded) is in the border below the photo. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. Ex Warner Baxter Collection. View details	Realized $288
Lot 255		Political Letters. Otherwise clean, save yellowing due to age and punch holes. Typed Letters Signed. Nine Letters, Quarto, from 1928 to 1963. On official US Senate letterhead. Nearly all of the letters concern politicians, such as Henry M. Jackson, Hiram L. Fong, and H.C. Lodge Jr., soliciting favorable measures in the acquistion of the "National Bank Examiner" position for acquaintences of theirs. Very Good. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 256		Ray, James Earl. Fine and Historical. Imprisioned assassinator of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Document Signed Three pages, Quarto, n.d., n.p. USA Today Interview & Excerpt from "Spotlight" entitled, Prisoner: 'Railroaded'. USA Today interview in part; "… USA Today: What are your feelings about blacks? Ray: " I don't get into all that race stuff. I never was involved in it before I got this charge against me. I know people call in here and ask me for my opinion on communists and the Nazis. Those are no-win questions. I got enough enemies, so I don't run round denouncing this group or that group. My only enemies are the prosecuting attorneys and the judges that prosecute the case.…" USA Today: Do you think King's death changed history? Ray: " I don't think it affects the country if the president or someone get shot, because the same people control the country. So they just take up where the other party left off?…" USA Today: The gun that killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was traced to you, and you were seen in a rooming house facing the Lorraine Motel in Memphis where he was killed. Do you still say you didn't kill him? Ray: " I don't answer any of those questions anymore. I have denied that in the congressional hearings and the courts, so it gets kind of obnoxious." The Spotlight excerpt deals with the legal aspects of the Ray case, primarily that he was found guilty despite never having had a trial and that he considers himself a "political prisoner". Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details	Unsold
Lot 257		Sandberg, Carl (1878- 1967) Poet. His work reflects industrial America, and includes Chicago Poems (1915) and Good Morning, America (1928). He won a Pulitizer Prize for his poetry in 1950 and his works on Lincoln garnered him a Pulitzer in history in 1940. Card Signed 3 x 5", Enclosed in a Connemara Farm / Flat Rock N.C. envelope postmarked Flat Rock, N.C. March 30, 1965, and addressed to a Edward Pitts, 1613 Selby Avenue, Los Angeles 24, California. The card is signed in blue ink. Fine. Estimated Value $50 - 100. View details	Realized $51
Lot 258		Sherman, William Tecumseh. Matted and framed with a steel engraving of General Sherman, and an inscribed plaque that reads: " William T. Sherman, 1820-1891, Union General - Civil War". (1820-1891). Leading Union Army General during the Civil War. Autograph Letter Signed. Three pages, Octavo, Sandy Hook, November 11, 1866. To Union General Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894) of Boston. Lengthy letter written while aboard a U.S. military ship, off Sandy Hook, on his way to Mexico, where Sherman had been dispatched on a diplomatic mission. President Andrew Johnson, then unpopular, was attempting to get his potential rival, Ulysses S. Grant, to go out of the country, and he needed Sherman to come in as his Secretary of War and bolster Johnson's standing with Congress. The President tried to get Grant to go to Mexico; but he balked. Sherman didn't want to be Secretary of War, and, much to Jonson's annoyance, broke the impasse with Grant by offering to go to Mexico in Grant's place. So, in the Fall of 1866, Sherman sailed south, on this mission to Mexico. The letter is forward looking and has a democratic and patriotic outlook: " …Mr Campbell the Minister has with him a very competent Secretary of L…[?] in Mr. Plumb who will keep him fully advised of all matters touching the Interests of Mexico …We have a noble ship and I hope we shall soon be in Vera Cruz, ready to open communication with a stable Republican Government in our poor nieghbor Mexico, able to point to the example of our own Great Country …" Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 259		The Birdman of Alcatraz. Much more of Stroud's own political ideology; all from a man who was never allowed to vote in his life! (1890- 1963) American criminal, a convicted murderer who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in prison, 42 of them in solitary confinement, and made notable contributions to the study of birds. While living with a dance-hall girl in Juneau, Alaska, Stroud got into an argument with a man over the girl and subsequently killed him. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Puget Sound (1909). After stabbing a fellow inmate and proving generally troublesome, Stroud was transferred to the infamous Leavenworth Prison in Kansas (1912). He continued his loner ways but began to educate himself through university extension courses. On March 26, 1916 he stabbed and killed a guard and was sentenced to be executed by hanging; but on April 15, 1920, President Woodrow Wilson commuted his sentence to life imprisonment in solitary confinement. It was during this time that Stroud began raising canaries and other birds, collecting laboratory equipment, and studying the diseases of birds and their breeding and care. Some of his research was smuggled out of prison and published. In 1943, Stroud's Digest on the Diseases of Birds was published and became an important work in the field of ornithology. Autograph Letter Signed One page, recto & verso, Quarto. Alcatraz, CA. August 11, 1952. Written to his half-sister Mamie, regarding his political beliefs. In part: "… After 20 years of the worst missrule the country has ever known I can't see why any one devoted to the course of free government should vote for any democrat… For that matter, any Republican will be better for the country than the best Democrat. I would rather see Old Hoover again than see Stevenson… who is just another communist stooge… ". Very Good. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Unsold
Lot 260		Bird Man of Alcatraz. Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages, recto/verso, Quarto, Alcatraz, Ca. June 25, 1954. A personal letter written to Marie E. Stroud of Metropolis, Ill. In it, Stroud discusses the hot weather that both parties are experiencing, the status of a book that another party is writing, the economy and McCarthy. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Unsold
Lot 261		Bird Man of Alcatraz. Slightly yellowed but quite clean. (1890- 1963) American criminal, a convicted murderer who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in prison, 42 of them in solitary confinement, and made notable contributions to the study of birds. Autograph Letter Signed. Two leaves, Three-sided, Quarto. Alcatraz, Ca. October 9, 1959. A beautifully hand printed personal letter written to Fred Daw of Coral Gables, Fl. Stroud goes into elaborate detail concerning a physical malady he is experiencing and then briefly discusses literature. In part: "Dear Fred: / I am sorry that I have not been able to write sooner, Fred, but ever since my last letter to you I have been having a terrible go round… On Tuesday several times I had severe pain in my right chest on swallowing. I explained this to the nurse. On Wednesday the condition was worse… He said that he would chart it and he advised me to call it to the attention of the doctor. Well that night it burst. At the time we did not know whether it was an ulcer or an absess…"He goes on for some time, discussing his concern over the doctor's youth and lack of experience as a general practioner. The "post-script" is quite interesting and is transcibed as follows: "P.S. You should read 'Scottsboro Boy', Fred. The difference between him and me is that he is telling a personal story while I am analyzing the prison situation as a whole in the light of my 42 years experience, with my personal story just running through it as a thread but not the main theme, but his book is authentic. / Milk is not good for old persons, Fred. It is natural food for babies but it hardens tissues which makes it harmful to adults. I don't use it either. / Other questions next time. Bob". Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Unsold
Lot 262		Tarkington, Booth (1869-1946) Writer, born in Indianapolis, In. Best known for his stories of childhood and adolescence Penrod and Seventeen. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams in 1921. Autograph Letter Signed. One page, Octavo, on the Palace Hotel letterhead, Rome, February 20, n.y. To Mr. Howard. Letter of thanks and news of current happenings. In part: "…We are in a state of excitement - girl-baby, nine days old & everthing as splendid as can be!…" Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Unsold
Lot 263		Tarkington, Booth. [See biography above.]. Typed Letter Signed. One page, Small Quarto, on The Vanderbilt Hotel (New York) letterhead, October 26, 1922, to Miss Georgia Long. He accepts an invitation. Fine. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Unsold
Lot 264		Travis, William Barret. Letters and documents signed by Travis are rare in the marketplace. Since 1960 only four examples are recorded at auction by American Book Prices Current. A wonderful document from a pivotal period in Texas history. Lightly tanned, insignificant chipping along left margin. Overall very good. In a half morocco box. (1809-1836) Commander at the Battle of the Alamo. Autograph document, signed twice as Lieutenant Colonel, Republic of Texas Army. N.p. (but en route to the Alamo). Oct. 5, 1835 and Jan. 20, 1836, 2 pages, single sheet, 6¼ x8". Travis, as commander, issued this voucher to pay "Mrs. Kenner… $30.00 [for] 1 horse pressed by J.B. Johnson [into] service…" Travis signed the document first on Oct. 5, 1835, when he was on his way to Gonzalez, where the first battle of the Texas Revolution was being fought. He signed the document a second time on Jan. 20, 1836, while en route to the Alamo: "This may certify that the within horse was pressed… & delieverd to me…" Two weeks after signing the document the second time, the 27 year old Travis and his party of 25 men reached the Alamo. Santa Anna's army arrived on Feb. 23. Travis died early in the battle on March 6 from a single shot to the head. Estimated Value $7,500 - 10,000. View details	Realized $9,775
Lot 265		[Wells Fargo]. Lot of Autographs, Letters, Documents, Photographs. A three-ring binder containing a wide assortment of Letters, Documents, Photographs, and Signatures, relating to Wells Fargo Co., and many on its printed letterhead. Consisting of nineteen separate items, all 19th century documents, including Wells Fargo, Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Northern Pacific Railway Company, and more. Should be seen. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 266		West, Benjamin. As President of the Royal Academy, Benjamin West must have been responsible for administration of competitions for coinage designs. The American-born West, who lived in London from 1763, enjoyed unprecendented success for his paintings of historical subjects. George III apointed West his "historical painter" in 1772, and West retained this position, in spite of his American origins, through the Revolutionary War. In 1792 he became President of the Royal Academy, succeeding Sir Joshua Reynolds. A lovely item. American born artist. Autograph Letter Signed as President of the Royal Academy. One page, Octavo (London), Dec. 18, 1798, to Sir Stephen Cottrell. He writes: "I take the first opportunity to make known to you that I am in town, and will (agreeable to the wishes expressed in your letter of the 13th Instant) [wait] on the Committee of Lords at their office, with the Committee of the Royal Academy at 12 O'Clock, and lay before their Lordships the several Drawings, and Models, placed in my hands for the purpose, and for fashioning the future coinage… ". Fine. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. View details	Unsold