Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 35

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Presidential Ephemera

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 225		(1960 Republican National Convention). Ten items of ephemera plus meeting minutes and notes that belonged to Iowas delegate Harriett Bryant of Iowa. Includes her badge and ticket for seating, buttons, etc., all in a plastic "Go With Nixon" briefcase. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 226		(Garfield, James A. Two issues of The London Times, 8 July and 23 Sept. 1881, with extensive reports on the attack upon President Garfield and his subsequent death 11 weeks later. Each paper is approximately 18x12", 20pp each; fine condition. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 227		Journal of the Senate of the United States…November 17th, 1800…." Rare record of the Second Session of the 6th Congress, from 17 Nov. 1800 to 4 Mar. 1801. Original blue-black board covers with replaced leather spine and gilt title, 149pp plus an 11pp index. Previous owner's signature on first end page. Light toning and minor foxing; internally bright and clean. Covering all of the bills and acts passed by the U.S. Senate, such as: "Act to receive and continue in force…the relief and protection of American Seamen"; "An act to erect a Mausoleum for George Washington"; "A petition in the Indiana Territory…to pass some regulations in regard to the gradual abolition of Slavery…." Also shown is the February 11th vote of the Electoral College, with a diagrammed representation of the tie vote between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, as well as the complete text of Jefferson's Inaugural Speech and a record of the administration of the Presidential Oath of Office on 4 March 1801. A rare edition. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 228		Presidential Stereo Views. Eight stereo views by Underwood & Underwood, five of Theodore Roosevelt, one of Mrs. Roosevelt, the palace used by President Wilson during the Peace Conference, and flag-covered caskets of victims of the Maine. Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 229		(Jefferson, Thomas). Early song sheet: "Jefferson's March" published in Philadelphia by G.E. Blake, c. early 1800s, to honor President Thomas Jefferson.13x9¼", printed on laid paper and professionally shrink-wrapped to acid-free color backboard. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 230		(Lincoln, Abraham). High-relief bronze plaque with attached metal stand, 9½x7", by Victor David Brenner, 1907. On the base it reads, "Abraham Lincoln*18091865**". Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 231		(Lincoln, Abraham). Quarter-length portrait engraved by F. Halperin, N.Y., with notation "From life by - F. B. Carpenter 1864," 16¾x11½", c. late 1860s or early 1870s. Fine. Shrink wrapped to acid-fee color back board. Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 232		(McKinley, William) Campaign Silk. Cream colored with red and blue print, 18½" x 18¼": At top: "For President Wm. McKinley of Ohio"; in the center is a flag with "Protection / Sound Money"; and at bottom: "For Vice-President Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey." Scattered foxing to silk and a couple of small frayed spots. Still colorful. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 233		(Roosevelt, Franklin D.). Large oval bronze medal, 11x8½', with a very high relief bust of FDR, his name in increasing and decreasing script below and "Our President" above. Signed on the truncation of the neck, "1933 T.G. Cremona." Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 234		Lincoln Ephemera. Three Items of Lincoln ephemera: (1) Rare election-day issue of newspaper titled "Father Abraham," November 8, 1864, one of only 16 issues; very good, small paper loss in right margin. (2) Union Presidential Ticket for Vinton County, Ohio for the Nov. 8, 1864 election; fine. (3) 76 page "Procedings at the Twentieth Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York," held at the Waldorf-Astoria, Feb. 12, 1906; covers soiled and separated; interior fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 235		(Washington, George). The London Chronicle, January 14-17, 1797, 8pp, 11¾x8½". Washington's farewell address to both houses of Congress occupies over 4½ columns in the center section. Fine except for one small repaired margin tear. This was the first English printing of the address. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $207
Lot 236		(Washington, George). A complete printing of the will of George Washington in two issues of the British newspaper, Evening Mail, 21 and 28 Mar. 1800. A total of almost five columns. Each paper is 4pp, 19¼x12½"; one with red tax stamp. Some toning; soiling on one page not containing the will. Overall very good. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 237		(Washington, George) 1658 Catalog of British Nobility Listing Washington's Ancestor. Handsome 6½x4¼" 180pp catalog that lists (with dates) the appointments of dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, barons, baronettes, and various knighthoods. Collected by T.W. London, printed for Thomas Walkley, 1658. On page 121, it is noted that Laurence Washington was knighted at Bisham on 7 August 1627; he was the great-great-grandfather of George Washington and George's half-brother Laurence. Original leather boards are expertly rebacked with new leather spine and gold-stamped title. Inside cover carries book plates of John Hopten of Hereford County and Alexander D. Irwin and the endpages have numerous early penned notations. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 238		(Wilson, Woodrow). Brass circular medal by C. Devreese, with high-relief portrait of Wilson, 6½" diameter, with brass tripos to hold it. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 239		Washington Eulogy, 1800. Memorial proceedings of the town of Charleston, Middlesex County in Massachusetts Commonwealth honoring the late George Washington. The book has a memorial prayer and service, a biographical sketch, a newspaper account of his illness and subsequent death, and the "farewell address" that he made when he declined a third term as President. Quarter leather and marble boards with gold-stamped title on spine, 8½x5", 60pp. Light toning. Evans 37120; Sabin 12114. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 240		Washington Lodge Pitcher and Plate. An 8½" Masonic portrait plate from 1903 (reverse marked Vienna Austria) with blue and white glaze beneath gold gilt. With an 11" high pitcher (with gilt silver trim), showing a full color portrait of George Washington and dated 1912; the other side identifies the "Worshipful Master Llewellyn M. Pierce" and other officers. Base marked "Thomas Maddock's Sons Company Trenton NJ." Both items with negligible signs of wear but no chips, cracks or other damage. From the Washington Lodge No. 59 in Philadelphia. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 241		"Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States." Farewell address given 17 September 1796, printed by C.S. Van Winkle, New York, 1812, 6½x4½", 47pp. Published for the Washington Benevolent Society. Original marbled boards, calfskin spine; frontispiece portrait of Washington. Light toning throughout; leather and marbled binding is tight, with some wear to edges. Partly-printed certification page, after title page, admits Elijah bottwood to the Benevolent Society of the County of Hampshire, town of Northampton. The Washington Benevolent Societies were in fact activist Federalist political groups who traded heavily on their Washington association; this publication can actually be viewed as a campaign item from the presidential election year of 1812. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold