Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 27

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Maps

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 4572		*Reprint of Eckebrecht's Nova Orbis Terrarum… Map.* Noua Orbis Terrarum Delineato Singulari Ratione Accommodata…. Eckhardt's impressive 1630 map is reprinted here, 27 x 16". Matted and framed to 37 x 26", not examined out of frame. A beautiful rendition of this map: skillfully colored to mimic the hand-coloring of the original; precise detail; exact replica. Minor damange to frame would be easily touched up. Map is Fine. Probably mid-20th century. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4573		Tractus Australior… Map of South America, circa 1715. Tractus Australior Americae Meridionalis, a Rio de la Plata per Fretum Magellanicum ad Toraltum. Probably Renard, Amsterdam. Sheet size: 25 x 21". Image size: 21¾ x 19". Beautiful hand-colored sea chart of the tip of South America from the Rio de la Plata to Tierra del Fuego, with the Strait of Magellan and the Le Maire Strait. Large, wonderfully colored title cartouche shows indigenous peoples mining and processing gold while a group of European men observe them. A sea battle rages in the Atlantic off the coast of the Terra Magellanica and a lone vessel makes its way in the far southern ocean. Rhumb lines and compass roses add additional decoration. Framed and matted to 34 x 28". Adhesive residue and foxing very noticeable in top two corners of margin could be easily matted out, 2¼" tear at center crease, a handful of assorted nicks and small tears to outer edges, one area of water spotting in left margin, minor foxing and toning in map itself. Not examined out of frame, appears to be in very good condition. A gorgeous piece of history. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4574		World Map (Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendate et in Lucem Edita). Stoopendaal, Amsterdam, 1686, 14 x 18 1.8 inch (355 x 460 mm), colored. A beautiful, double-hemisphere world map from a folio Dutch Bible published by Hendrik and Jacob Keur. Surrounded by scenes from the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658 with astronomical diagrams in place of the north and south polar circles. Depicting CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND with a flat northern coast. A small island called Anian is located close to where Alaska is. Western Australia is shown, with only a hint of New Zealand. Classic scenes in the four corners depict the abduction of Persephone, Zeus being carried across the heavens in an eagle-drawn chariot, Poseidon commanding his entourage, and Demeter receiving the fruits of the Earth. Map has repairs at lower corners, affecting three figures; a few closed tears in hemispheres, and light toning. Tipped at top to a 19½ x 23 inch mat. A beautiful display map. Reference: Shirley #513. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4575		(Scotland and William Wallace) (Scotland) (1) 11 leaves from the first edition of Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, printed in 1577 by John Harrison, 10¼ x 7½ inches, with 10 illustrations. One of the premier reference sources of its time, written with the approval of Queen Elizabeth I in mind. (2) An old album with 53 albumen photographs of Scottish scenery, by J. Valentine; the album is falling apart but the photos are mostly fine. (3) Vol. IX of John L. Stoddard's Lectures (on Scotland and England), published by Balch Brothers in 1902; leather and marbled boards, top gilt edge and light edgewear to binding. (4) Miniature book, The Story of Sir William Wallace, by A.H. Millar, NY: Frederick A. Stokes, n.d., with plaid cover and 1895 inscription. (5) Picture postcard of Wallace "from an ancient painting…." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4576		*Miscellaneous Almanacs, Books & Pamphlets.* This lot includes two pocket almanacs, one for 1783 and one for 1793, published by T. & J. Fleet, Boston; 1854 copy of the Constituition and By-laws of the New England Protective Union, Division No. 108; a 1911 "Catalogue of Colonial Portraits," from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; an 1859 certificate for shares in the Mariners' Bethel Mission Ship Company; an empty carte de visite photograph album; three booklets on the history of Heath, Massachusetts; a booklet titled, "The Jewish Community in Early New York 1654-1800"; a pamphlet on Hopewell Village, and one on "The Winslows of 'Careswell''; A Bibliography of Military Books up to 1642 by Cockle, 1978 (first published 1900); Early Military Books in the University of Michigan Libraries by Spaulding and Karpinski, 1941; The Life and Times of Major John Mason of Connecticut: 1600-1672, by Louis B. Mason, 1935; A Rhode Island Chaplain in the Revolution (1949); Charles Howland Russell 1851-1921 (1935); and From Bull Run to Chancellorsville, The Story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry…by Curtix, 1906. Should be seen. Condition overall Very Good to Fine. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Realized $58
Lot 4577		Brigham, Clarence S. Paul Revere's Engravings. Published by Atheneum, New York, 1969, 262 pp. First published in 1954 by the American Antiquarian Society. Fine except for one small tear at lower right corner of dust jacket. Contains reproductions of all of Paul Revere's engravings. An invaluable reference tool. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4578		*Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.* Cambridge, printed by E.W. Metcalf and Company, 1830. Vol. I; 3rd series. Original board covers; embossed "Wellesley Free Library" stamp on title page. Twelve different sections, including an account of Plymouth Colony records, and "COTTON'S VOCABULARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS (NATICK) INDIAN LANGUAGE." A complete reprinting of Cotton's manuscript and 121 page dictionary, plus index, originally written in 1707-1708. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4579		Thomas, Gabriel. An Account of Pennsylvania and West New Jersey. Limited Edition reprint from the original edition of 1698, being No. 82 of 250 copies. Published by The Burrows Brothers Company, Cleveland, 1903, with introduction by Cyrus Townsend Brady, LL.D. Dedicated to William Penn. Gilt-stamped, green paper boards. Rare! Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4580		(William Boyd - Earl of Kilmarnock). "An Account of the Behaviour of the late Earl of Kilmarnock, After his Sentence, and on the Day of his Execution," by James Foster, London, 1746, 52 pp, octavo. Fine and clean, missing covers. William served as Privy Councillor to Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite rising of 1745; he was captured after the Battle of Culloden and executed. Estimated Value $65 - 85. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4581		Messages of the Presidents of the United States. From the Formation of the General Government, Down to the Close of the Administration of President Van Buren; Concluding With the Inaugural Address of President W.H. Harrison, Columbus, Ohio, 1841, 704 pp. Collected, printed, and published by Jonathan Phillips. The volume is prefixed with the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States. Gilt-stamped buchram covers; tightly bound; some overall toning and light foxing. Aprevious owner's name is on one of front end pages. A scarce Ohio printing. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4582		The Count de las Cases. Memorial de Sainte Hélène. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena. London: Printed For Henry Colburn and Co., 1823, 4 volumes, 1452 pp. Bound in morrocco red buchram, with matching gold-lined leather spines and corners; pages are gilt-edged. In addition to the title and author, the spines have "N" at top and bottom, encircled by a wreath; an eagle and a scarab appear separately, all in gold. Vol I. has a fold-out map of the Island of Saint Helena; Vol. II has a fold-out map of the Campaign of Italy. Cover of Vol. IV is separated, and all covers are rubbed. Interiors are tight and complete with minor toning. Inside cover of each volume has a bookplate from an earlier owner. Las Cases was a French historian who emigrated to England in 1790 and lived there until 1802. He published Atlas historique in 1802, was made a member of the council of state in 1809, and created count by Napoleon in 1810. He accompanied Napoleon to Saint Helena and for eighteen months recorded his conversations with the man he considered "the most extraordinary man of modern times." The publication of these volumes established the Napoleonic legend in Europe. A must-have for the student of Napoleon or of military history. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4583		Sloane, William Milligan & Kennedy, General Sir James Shaw. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (and) Notes on the Battle of Waterloo. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte consists of 4 volumes (New York: The Century Co., 1901), originally published in 1894, total of 1149 pp. Burgundy buchram covers with gilt lettering on spine and Napoleon's coat of arms on covers. Numerous plates illustrating people and events in Napoleon's life. Covers are bumped and rubbed, with some loosening at spines; however, interiors are clean and in fine condition. Each volume has the bookplate of a former owner. Together with Notes on the Battle of Waterloo by General Sir James Shaw Kennedy (London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1865), 199 pp Green buchram with darker green leather spine and corners; gilt title against burgundy background, and marbled end pages. Covers are bumped and rubbed; interior is tight and clean. Fold-out map of the battle has a fold split and edge tear. The author was at Waterloo with Wellington, "Acting at the Time of The Battle on the Quartermaster-General's Staff of the Third Division of the Army," and played an important role in the battle. His "Autobiographical Memoir" is also in this volume. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4584		Biddle, Edward and Fielding, Mantle. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Limited Edition, being No. 120 of 450, Signed by both authors on a front end page, and inscribed and signed, "To Harold L. Watts / June 20, 1922 / Mantle Fielding" on the first end page. Published 1921, Philadelphia, 411 pp, quarto, 15 plates. Board and quarter linen covers; rubbed with small top edge damage. A section containing title page, frontispiece engraving of Sully by Sartain, and the inscribed and signed page are separated; the remainder is fine except for light toning. Excellent for reference. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4585		Baum, L. Frank. The Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1904, 297 pp, quarto. Buchram covers, green and yellow, show moderate wear; front cover is loosening. Inside is tight and clean, with light toning. Several color plates by John R. Neill. An inscription on a front end page says, "for Robert - from his Daddy on his eighth birthday. October 24, 1926." The Wizard of Oz was published in 1900 and became a phenomenon. It is still popular over a century later. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 4586		*The English Book of Common Prayer, 1724.* Originally owned by Judge Plunket Fleeson, Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 1777 and 1784. It was bought in 1828, after his death, by the Rev. Horatio Gates Jones. Jones' son presented the book in 1889 to Thomas Ridgway, a great great grandson of Fleeson's. The presentation letter is affixed to a front end page. A separate autograph note from Ridgway explains how he got the book. Rebound in one-third morocco leather. Pages are toned and foxed and half of one page in the "Catechism" section is missing. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4587		Hokinson, Helen. New Yorker Magazine Cover. Original pencil and watercolor for a 1945 New Yorker cover, signed by Helen E. Hokinson, the premier New Yorker cartoonist from the magazine's 1925 inception until her death in 1949. 12 x 9 in. on 15 x 12 in. artist's Bristol, mounted to a larger piece with interesting notations and date stamps. A New Yorker copyright stamp appears on the verso. The cover show a typical Hokinson matron presenting her butcher with a bouquet during the severe, war-induced meat shortage. Hokinson's club women in their elegant hats were a New Yorker feature. Matted and framed, this would make a wonderful display piece. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,255
Lot 4588		*Napoleon and Josephine.* Nineteenth century handpainted portrait on ivory of Napoleon in uniform, 3½ x 2¾ in. Waist-high, from the left side, with his right hand resting inside his vest; several medals and his sword handle are visible. His uniform is red, white, and blue; his epaulette, buttons, and part of his sword handle are gold, and his eyes are blue; along one side is the name "Ruy." Period wood frame, 6 1/8 x 5¼ in., with gold inner lining; small ring for handing on back. With a handpainted portrait on ivory of Josephine, in elegant attire--rose, white, gray, and blue, 3¼ x 2½ in., in a dark wood period frame with gold inner lining, 6 x 5 in. Small blemishes to frames, but the portraits are extremely fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 4589		Pair of Royal Dux Bohemia Figurines. Early 20th century. Rustic Shepherd and Shepherdess, he is 12", she is 11½" tall. Both pieces have the requisite pink triangle impressed with "Royal Dux Bohemia" and the "E" impressed acorn, indicating production between 1900 and 1914. Additional marks on the shepherd: "351" (impressed) and "37" (painted -- probably the decorator's mark). Marks on the shepherdess: "352 / 67" (impressed) and "37" (painted). A minor scuff on the shepherd's arm and she lacks her crook, otherwise fine condition. Royal Dux Bohemia produced some of the highest quality, most distinctive porcelain figures of the early 20th century and the pieces offered here are no exception. Delicately colored portrayals of a Classical shepherd and his lovely assistant, both clad in togas and sheepskin (hers a mite more revealing); the details and the decorator's artful use of matte and glossy finishes has resulted in lovely examples of the Dux craftsmen's skill. Estimated Value $750 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $546
Lot 4590		Napoleon and Wellington (Napoleon and Wellington) Napoleon items: (1) 1808 Napoleon 20F gold piece and 1808 10 centimes piece (2) 5 cartes de visite--2 original of members of Napoleon's family (by Levitsky, Paris and Chislehurst, London) and 3 from paintings (3) 2 Russian picture postcards--1 of Napoleon in uniform and 1 of a sleigh left from his invasion of Russia, and a French postcard of a statue, "The Last Days of Napoleon" (4) 1878 print from Pagliano painting of Napoleon announcing the divorce to Josephine. Wellington items: (1) a 2 7/8 x 1¾ x 3¼ in. metal lion on a pedestal with "Lion de Waterloo" on one side and the date of the battle, "XVIII Juin MDCCCXV" on the other (2) a print of Wellington reviewing the British army; and (3) 2 1901 Wellington tobacco cards. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4591		*Napoleon Bonaparte Bust Sculpture.* Bust of "Le Général Bonaparte," signed by the sculptor, J. S(trin?), dated 19 Aug. 1899, 12½ in.high, 8¼ in. across and 6 in. deep. Probably terracotta. Manufactured and stamped by Carl Stenders of Copenhagen. Excellent condition. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 4592		*Two Early Philadelphia Prints.* A rare 1837 lithograph, "N.E. View of the Old Court House in Market St. Philada." by W.L. Breton, printed by Lehman & Duval, 8 5/8 x 7 in. on a 13½ x 11 in. sheet. Listed as No. 243 in Nicholas B. Wainwright's book, "Philadelphia in the Romantic Age of Lithography." With an 1838 lithograph, "Market Street, from Front Street," "On Stone by J.C. Wild," and printed by Wild & Chevalier, 7½ x 8¼ in. on 14¼ x 11 in. sheet. Listed as No. 227 in Wainright's book. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4593		*Revolutionary War Prints.* Thirty-eight prints, 9 x 5½ in., fourteen colored, the remainder black and white. Fifteen feature George Washington--some are domestic scenes and some from the war. Others include "Tearing Down Statue of George III," "Moll Pitcher at Monmouth," "Encampment at Valley Forge," "Quaker Lady Detaining The English General," "Evacuation of Boston," "Knox Entering Camp With Artillery," "Christening the Liberty Tree," and more. Toning and foxing varies; most good to very good. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4594		Max Rosenthal. Colonel George Washington of the First Virginia Regiment 1755-1759. From a painting by Charles Willson Peale, done at Mount Vernon in 1772. Presented to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by Charles Ogden. Published by Dodd, Mead, & Co., New York, 1895. Plate size is 14½ x 12 in; overall size is 25½ x 21¾ in. Original frame and back wood panels; some exterior wear on corners and edges of frame. A charming portrait of the future President. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 4595		*Charles Sumner.* A beautifully-colored, three-quarter portrait of Charles Sumner, the abolitionist senator from Massachusetts, 32½ x 17½ in. Probably by Currier & Ives. Much paper loss to borders and several edge tears, barely visible; one longer tear reaches into the bottom right of Sumner's coat. Attractively matted and shrink wrapped. With framing and some minor touch up, this piece would display very nicely. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 4596		Baker Art Galleries, Reinthal & Newman, New York. Warren G. Harding. A magnificent mezzotint engraving, 13¾ x 11 in. plate size, on a cream-colored 20 x 16 in. sheet. Minor toning to borders, not affecting image. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 4597		Holloway, T. General Washington. Rare 1792 Washington engraving, 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. oval on 4 13/16 x 3 3/8 in. cream sheet. Full bust in uniform, in profile to the right. Holloway engraved the bust for "Literary Magazine," published Aug. 1, 1792, by C. Foster, Poultry. Baker No. 87. Cut down from full page size. Listed in the Hampton L. Carson Collection of Gen. George Washington Catalogue Sale #906, January 21, 1904. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $805
Lot 4598		Duyckinck, E.A. National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans…With Biographies. New York: Johnson, Fry, & Co., in two volumes, 1861 and 1864. Containing 151 portraits, from original full-length paintings by Alonzo Chappell. The subjects include orators, statesmen, naval and military heroes, jurists, authors, etc.; for example, Joseph Warren, John Hancock, Richard Henry Lee, James Otis, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Paul Jones, Nathanael Greene, Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln, and Robert E. Lee. The covers of Vol I are detached and front pages of both volumes have some stains and soiling; the portraits of Washington and Franklin are torn; some toning and foxing throughout both volumes. The engravings can be taken out and sold separately, if desired. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 4599		*The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans.* 1834/1839 Edition, 4 Volumes complete. Published in New York, Philadelphia, and London, containing over 140 engraved portraits and biographies of famous Americans. Each volume is 10 x 7 in., one-quarter calf and marbled board covers, gilt-edged pages. One-quarter spine loss on each volume; Vol. 3 has loose front cover; Vol. 4 front cover is detached. Interiors are clean, with edge toning and some light foxing. Included is a litany of Revolutionary War heroes, as well as orators, statesmen, Naval heroes, jurists, authors, and others. A few of the famous names are: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Francis Marion, John Adams, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Boone, John Paul Jones, etc. Each portrait has a facsimile signature. This set represents a potential money-maker for the person willing to split the books up and offer the prints individually; or the volumes could be beautifully rebound and kept intact. We believe these volumes represent the First Edition of this series, as later editions followed through to the 1850s. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 4600		*Napoleon I.* Mid 19th century stone lithograph of Napoleon, 24½ x 14 inches. A waist-up image in uniform--pink (originally red), white, and blue; his eyes are pale blue and his hair brown. Set in a very attractive 30 x 24½ inch gilt-painted wood frame, also mid 19th century. The frame has the look of metal, with crossed strips on all sides. Ready for display. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4601		Engraving by Cathelin, From A Painting by Frédou. Marie Antoinette. A portrait of the youthful queen, c. 1774, 14 x 10 in. A lovely waist-up portrait, surrounded by wreaths of flowers, and with the French royal coat of arms below. Daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Marie married the future King Louis XVI in 1770; she became Queen in 1774 upon Louis' ascenscion to the throne. She died on the guillotine October 16, 1793. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4602		Laurie & Whittle. Her Royal Highness Caroline Princess of Wales. Published March 25, 1795, London, 14 x 10 in. The future George IV married his first cousin, a German princess, on April 8, 1795, despite the fact that he was already married to a Roman Catholic commoner, Maria Fitzherbert. They had one daughter, Charlotte, then separated in December 1797. Both of them behaved scandalously. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4603		*One sixth plate ambrotype, c. 1860.* Three-quarter length portrait of a lady, with handpainted gold embellishment to accentuate the woman's earrings, brooches, and ring. Decorative, stamped copper sheet mat Housed in a thermoplastic "Union" case with a floral design, by A.P. Critchlow. In working order and very attractive. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 4604		*(Berchtesgaden) The Eagle's Nest.* Collection of 38 black and white photos: 20 3 x 4 in. photos by an unknown photographer before the Allied bombing and 18 2½ x 3½ in. snapshots taken by Donald E. Terrill, General Patton's driver, during their tour of Hitler's mountain retreat in Obersalzberg after the bombing; the latter are annotated on verso in Terrill's hand. Included are views from Hitler's house that Terrill refers to as "Hitler's hideout," Goring's home, entrances to Berchtesgaden, views of devastated SS barracks, the hot house, etc. With a copy of a newspaper article naming Terrill as one of Patton's drivers; a contemporary print map of "Obersalzberg / Hitler's Mountain Retreat," 8¼ x 11¾ in., indicating the various roads and structures; a copy of History of the Eagle's Nest, a soft-cover, 208 page book with 530 pictures by Florian M. Beierl, published in 2001; a 1980 German publication, Obersalzberg from 1933 to 1980, with many before and after photos; 6 photo postcards of the ruins; and 2 other WWI prints. An interesting collection. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 4605		*(Mussolini, Benito).* Eleven photographs of the Italian dictator: two 5 x 3½ in. snapshots and seven photo postcards showing the gruesome execution and hanging of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci and five other fascists after they were killed by Italian partisans. The photos are very graphic, showing the bodies piled in the street after being shot, then strung up by the ankles; one shows a bloodied Mussolini holding a mock Roman scepter in his hand, and one shows a close-up of his mutilated body in an open casket. Also, one 8 x 10 in. photo with Hitler in 1934 walking past a guard of honor, and one 5 x 7 in. 1938 photo standing in the back of a car with Hitler; with a copy of the March 21, 1936 showing Hitler and Mussolini shaking hands on the cover. All in very good condition. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 4606		*(Pearl Harbor).* Three photographs: Two 8 x 10 in. black and white official U.S. Navy photographs of the USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Smoke billows as the ships list in the water. One is fine; one has minor blemishes at lower edge. Also, a professional grade 11 x 14 inch copy of an original aerial photograph taken by a Japanese pilot during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is an aerial view of Ford Island and Battleship Row very early in the attack; several Japanese planes are visible and a waterspout is evident in the area of the USS West Virginia and the USS Oklahoma. Ship's names have been added. The photo was found among Japanese records confiscated at the Tokosuka Japan Naval Facility on November 8, 1945. From the estate of a Pearl Harbor survivor and retired U.S. Navy CPO. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $207
Lot 4607		*(Pearl Harbor) Japanese Photos of the Attack.* Set of eight aerial photos taken by the Japanese Navy at the moment of attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Each photo is 7½ x 10½ in.; all are intact and in fine condition. The set was sold by the Japanese newspaper companies, Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbun and Osaka Mainichi Shinbun. The original brown bag that the photos were sold in has some wear along the edges, else very good. The bag, "Printed on December 31, 1941, and issued on January 5, 1941," is printed with bellicose titles: "The Annihilation of American Pacific Fleets…The grand Hawaii Naval Battle…You will see the entire aerial photos of Pearl Harbor and the burning and sinking American Naval Fleet….A set of 8 photos for 30 Sen." Photo captions include: "The moment of the annihilation of the Pacific Fleet. Row of battleships during the attack. Hickman Field burns in the distance…." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 4608		*(World War II War Crimes Trials).* Three Acme wire photos, two from the Nuremberg Trials and one from the War Crimes Tribunal in Tokyo. The first, dated 9-22-45, is a 7 x 9 in. photo of the jail in Nuremberg where the Nazi war criminals were kept. The second, dated 12-5-45, is 6 x 8 in. and shows German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop shielding his face as he eats GI chow with Nazi party leader and Hitler deputy Rudolf Hess, who flew to England in 1941 to try and end the war on his own; Ribbentrop was hanged and Hess got life imprisonment. The third, dated 11-12-48. shows Japanese war leaders standing as their sentences are delivered. A white arrow designates Gen. Hideki Tojo, who authorized the attack on Pearl Harbor; he and six others received the death penalty; the rest were imprisoned. The first two photos have the original wire blurbs on verso; red pencil markings to copy on 3rd photo. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115