Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 49

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Musicians

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 697		Coltrane, John William (1926-67) American jazz saxophonist and composer. Autograph musical score unsigned titled "I Don't Want To Talk About You," on both sides of a 12½ x 9½ in. composition sheet. The title and the first five lines are written with black marker, as is "1st Trumpet" at top left. The remainder is written in pencil. Some soiling. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 698		Copland, Aaron (1900-90) American composer and pianist; he balanced modern music with American folk styles. Program for a "Concert of Mr. Copland's Composition" at Boston University on May 12, 1954, signed in black ink on the cover, 9 x 6 in. Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 699		Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" (1899-1974) Composer, pianist, and bandleader. Typed document signed "Duke Ellington," 1p, 11 x 8½ in., n.p., 4/1/61. Authorizing a video tape recording to be made of his participation in one of the "Hy Gardner Show" television shows, for which Ellington received no compensation. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex collection of Hy Gardner, reporter, columnist and radio and television interviewer. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 700		Goodman, Benny (1909-86) American jazz musician, clarinettist, and bandleader; known as the "King of Swing." Typed document signed on personal letterhead, 1p, 8½ x 5¾ in., New York, 1 Sept. 1965. To Arthur E. Presm, Jr., saying he heard from a friend that Presm was a fan of his. "I hope you enjoy the album. We made it in Japan on our last trip there and I think it's quite good…." Very good. Accompanied by an album, "The Benny Goodman Quartet" signed and inscribed to Presm. Both items matted and framed to 23 x 22 in.; the frame has a few nicks. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 701		Porter, Cole (1891-1964) American composer, songwriter of "Night and Day," "I've Got You Under My Skin," and numerous Broadway musicals. Black and white photograph signed, 7 x 5 in. Very fine. A professional studio portrait of a fairly young Porter by Hal Phyfe (1892-1968), whose name is embossed at the bottom of the photograph, and whose stamp appears on the back of the photo. Phyfe opened his first studio in 1926 at 7th and Madison (probably the same location as the address on the back), and remained there until about 1950, when he moved to 980-990 Madison Avenue. This photograph was likely taken in the 1930s, at the height of Cole Porter's career. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 702		Puccini Writes About His Opera Manon Lescaut (1858-1924) Italian composer whose operas include La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly. Autograph letter signed ("G. Puccini"), on Via Verdi Milano letterhead, in Italian, 9½ x 6 in., 18 February 1910. Puccini writes to a Mr. Rocca at the Grand Theater of Montpellier France about his Opera Manon Lescaut: "Dear Mr. Rocca, I thank you for the news regarding Manon and I am delighted at your success. Mr. Ricordi will be in Milan in the month of April…." Manon Lescaut premiered in Paris in 1910. It was an immense success, both with the audience and the critics and established Puccini as a foremost opera composer. Giulio Ricordi was Puccini's life-long friend and music publisher. He published "Manon" and other Puccini operas. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 703		Schoenberg, Arnold. Book signed on the half title page, being one of fifty special copies of Schoenberg signed by the composer, ed. Merle Armitage. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1937, 9½ x 6¾ in., 319pp. No dust jacket. Interior is tight and clean. Lower 1¼ in. of front joint of spine is loosening and black paper on front board is cracked down joint and rubbed at top and bottom of spine. A collection of articles about Arnold Schoenberg written between 1919-1937 by noted musical, literary, and cultural personalities such as Franz Werfel, Otto Klemperer, Jose Rodrigues, Arnold Weiss, and Berthold Viertel. With a foreword by Leopold Stokowski, affirmations and a self-portrait by Arnold Schoenberg, portraits by Edward Weston, George Gershwin, and others. Includes a bibliography of Schoenberg's works and a manuscript facsimile. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 704		Sullivan, Arthur Sir (1842-1900) Popular English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W.S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Sullivan's artistic output included 23 operas, 13 orchestral works, eight choral or oratorio works, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs, parlour ballads, part songs, carols, and piano and chamber pieces. In addition to his comic operas with Gilbert, Sullivan is known for some of his hymns, especially Onward Christian Soldiers and the well-known Christmas carol, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. Original autograph musical manuscript signed twice, once at the top, "Music by Arthur Sullivan," and at the end of the hymn, "Arthur Sullivan. 16 June 1899," 1p, 12 x 9½ inches. Very good; some soiling and a few edge splits. The title, "My ['Her' is marked through] times are in thine hands" was taken from Psalm 31 verse 15, as noted on the top line by Sullivan. Other holograph notations are "words by the Revd. S.J. Stone" [there are no lyrics with the music], "slowly, with devotion," "After last verse," and "A-men." The manuscript remained in Sullivan's archive until his death in November 1900, at which time it was discovered and published. Queen Victoria died in January 1901 and the hymn was retitled "Victoria" to honor the Queen. This title, as well as "To mourn our dead," is penciled at the top in another hand. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 705		Douglass, Frederick (1818-95) American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer; born a slave. Autograph note signed ("Fred.r Douglass"), on 2 x 8 in. ruled paper, n.p., n.d. In full: "Mr. Editor: If you can make any use of the enclosed hurried epistle I shall be pleased. Yours truly" Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $253
Lot 706		Keller, Helen. Typed letter signed ("Helen Keller"), in pencil on watermarked, personal stationery, 1p, 11 x 8½ in., New York, 31 March 1952. Very fine. Addressed to "Mr. Luhrs", appealing for funds for the "American Foundation for the Blind." In part: "…Try to imagine, if you can, the anguish and horror you would experience bowed down by the twofold weight of blindness and deafness… … The blind who are taught can live happily in a world of sounds, and the deaf use their eyes instead of ears, but the deaf-blind have no substitute for sight and hearing. The keenest touch cannot break their immobility. More than any other physically fettered group, they need right teaching and constructive procedures to reclaim them to normal society…" With the original transmittal envelope, a brochure for Keller's foundation, and a self-addressed stamped envelope, addressed to the "American Foundation For Overseas Blind Inc." Estimated Value $450 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold