Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 6

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

The Gerald Burg Collection of Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 12		Adams, Ansel (1902-1984) American Photographer. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on white card stock with a decorative embossed panel. Signed in full and inscribed "To Jerry / LA 1-26-80." Estimated Value $225 - 325. While visiting my friend Jack Skirball one day I met a house guest of his, Ansel Adams, during the course of our conversation Jack told Mr. Adams of my hobby and Mr. Adams presented me with a signed panel card. -- Gerry Burg. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 13		Rare J.Q. Adams Signed Log Cabin Card (1767-1848) 6th President of the United States. Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 2", on white card stock blind-embossed with a scene of John Quincy Adams' log cabin home. A beautiful example of an early Presidential visiting card, boldly signed in black ink "J. Q. Adams." Archivally framed with a steel engraved portrait to an overall size of 14 x 17½". Frame exhibits occasional scratches which can be readily freshened. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Acquired from Renaldo Saggiori, 6/65. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 14		Adams, John Quincy. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 2", on blank parchment card stock. John Quincy Adams used this card in Europe with Henry Clay and Albert Gallatin. Inscribed "Mr: Adams. Hotel du Nord. Rue de Richelieu." Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 15		Adams, John Quincy. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Inscribed in German, in the hand of Secretary Baroness von Estenburg during Adams' stay in Berlin. Includes transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 16		Adams, John Quincy. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. A card announcing "Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Adams," with the "Mr. and Mrs." being expunged, and only "John Quincy Adams" left remaining -- a sign that the card was used by Adams alone abroad, without one of his own calling cards at hand. Inscribed in German, in the hand of Secretary Baroness von Estenburg during the Adams' stay in Berlin in the early 1800s. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $127
Lot 17		Addams, Jane (1860-1935) American Social Worker. Co-founder of the Civil Liberties Union. Awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize for Peace. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "Faithfully Yours / Jane Addams" on the verso of an austere printed card announcing "Miss Adams." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86
Lot 18		Aguinaldo y Famy, Emilio (1869-1964) Philippine Revolutionary. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated "Oct. 24, 1934" above the printed name. With a half-inch chunk missing from the upper left corner, not affecting text. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $69
Lot 19		Aguinaldo y Famy, Emilio. Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed and dated "Manila, Sept 14, 1903" on verso. Faint mounting traces on recto. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 20		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 21		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 22		Alcott, Louisa May. Mounting traces at tips of recto corners, not impairing the card's attractiveness. (1832-1888) Popular American novelist, author of Little Women (1868) and Little Men (1871). Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Dated "1881," and addressed "To N. A. Clark" at upper right, Louisa May Alcott writes a brief note of thanks on the verso of her calling card: "Dear friends, Many thanks It was very sweet of you to remember me. Affectionately L.M.A." Estimated Value $300 - 450. Acquired from Paul Richards, 2/82. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 23		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 24		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 25		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 26		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 27		Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock. Aldrin's card as President of "Recon," a research consultancy, signed "Buzz Aldrin" below his printed name. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 28		Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock. Aldrin's card as President of "Recon," a research consultancy. Signed "Buzz Aldrin" below his printed name. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $121
Lot 29		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 30		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 31		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 32		Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock. Signed "Buzz Aldrin" above his printed name on his research consultancy business card. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 33		Alger Jr, Horatio (1834-1899) American Novelist, author of popular Rag-to-Riches fiction. Inscribed Calling Card Signed. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. New York, March 26 1883. Signed in full below the inscription, "Accept my best wishes." An embossed stamp of a message carrying bird adorns the upper left. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 34		Amundsen, Roald (1872-1928) Norwegian Explorer, author of North West Passage. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed on verso. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $259
Lot 35		Armstrong, Neil (1930-) American Astronaut aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the first man to set foot on the moon. Business Card Signed. Approximately 3½ x 2", on white card stock. A bold signature in black ink on his Cardwell International, Ltd. business card. Armstrong's title is listed as "Chairman of the Board." Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 36		Armstrong, Neil. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 2¼", on a unique balsa wood business card, University of Cincinnati, Professor of Aerospace. Signed in blue ink above his printed name. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 37		Armstrong, Neil. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 2¼", on balsa wood. On his "University of Cincinnati, Professor of Aerospace Engineering" card, signed in blue ink above his printed name. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 38		Arthur, Chester Alan (1830-1886) American 21st President. Executive Mansion Card Signed. Approximately 4 x 2½", on white card stock. Boldly signed in full in black ink. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $346
Lot 39		Arthur, Chester Alan. Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Printed "Mr. & Mrs. C.A. Arthur." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $69
Lot 40		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 41		Audubon, John James (1785-1851) American Artist-Ornithologist. Inscribed Visiting Card Unsigned. 3½ x 2½", on cream card stock. With the address, "45 Bond Street" penciled below Audubon's printed name. Minor foxing and slight crease at center. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 42		Auric, Georges (1899-1983) French Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2½", on white card stock. Inscribed in French below his printed name and title, "With his best wishes for the New Year." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 43		Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1810-1891) American Circus man, founder "Barnum & Bailey Circus." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock, with Barnum's decorative blind embossed monogram at upper left. Interesting and attractive card which finds the circus impresario wining-and-dining the representative of the King of Siam. Barnum has inscribed the card above and below his printed name: "Admit Consul General for Siam & friend -- (2) … including seats in Editorial Box P.T. Barnum." Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 375. Acquired from Doris Harris, 10/75. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 44		Barnum, Phineas Taylor. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock with Barnum's decorative blind embossed monogram. Signed "P.T. Barnum" and dated "May 7th 1882" on verso and "Bridgeport Conn / U.S. America," below his printed name. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 45		Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste (1834-1904) French Sculptor, creator of the "Statue of Liberty." Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Penned above his printed name "I shall be pleased to see you tomorrow noon at 6 o'clock if you can call at the hotel metropole/ AB". Some minor pink-hued staining, not affecting text. Estimated Value $150 - 225. Acquired from Conway Barker, 6/50. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 46		Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed "Bartholdi" above his printed name. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 47		Bartok, Bela (1881-1945) Hungarian Composer, a challenging and influential modernist force. Inscribed Visiting Card. Approximately 4 x 2", on cream card stock. With a lengthy inscription in Hungarian on verso in dark black ink. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $644
Lot 48		Baruch, Bernard (1870-1965) American Financier, Economist, Statesman, and Presidential Advisor. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Large format, 5¼ x 3-3/4", on off-white card stock with an imprinted address. Inscribed, "March 14th 1942/ My dear Fiedler -- Thank you for the gloves which are fine/ Sincerely/ Bernard M Baruch" . Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 49		Baruch, Bernard. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 2 3/4 x 1½", on white card stock. Inscribed, "Thank you so much for all your good wishes and for the Mezzuzah. / BM Baruch". Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 50		Baruch, Bernard. Greeting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on off-white card stock imprinted with the greeting, "With the Compliments of Bernard M. Baruch." Signed "BM Baruch" in large black script. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 51		Baruch, Bernard. Greeting Card Signed. 3-3/4" x 2½", on off-white card stock imprinted with the greeting, "With the Compliments of Bernard M. Baruch." Boldly signed in black ink, "BM Baruch." Mountings traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 52		Baruch, Bernard. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 2 3/4 x 1½", on white card stock. Inscribed "How nice of you to send such good wishes! Thank you / BM Baruch" in black ink. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 53		Batista, Fulgencio (1901-1973) Cuban Politician-President-Dictator-Army General. Presidential Autograph Card Signed. Large engraved card, 3-3/4 x 4-3/4", on cream card stock adorned with decorations of national regalia. Boldly signed. Some age toning, with discoloration at lower margin. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $121
Lot 54		Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989) Irish Author, playwright. Works include Waiting for Godot and Molloy. Awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2-3/4", on white card stock. A short note in English beginning, "Thank you for your kind note…", dated "Paris/ 11.6.73" by Beckett above and signed in full. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 55		Beckett, Samuel. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2½", on white card stock. Writing in English, Beckett expresses regret that he cannot meet his correspondent in Paris but wishes him a pleasant stay. Signed in full and dated 10.11.74. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 56		Beckett, Samuel. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2½", on white card stock. A playful and curious inscription which reads: "Hi namesake/ good bye/ + bon voyage/ Sam Beckett/ Paris 12.24.74." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 57		Begin, Menachem (1913-1992) Israeli Prime Minister. Awarded 1978 Nobel Prize for Peace with Anwar Sadat. Calling Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2", on white linen card stock. Signed on verso, "M. Begin." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 58		Begin, Menachem. Prime Minister Card Signed. 2-3/4 x 4½", on white card stock with blind embossed stamp. Signed in Hebrew and English "M. Begin." Tiny tear in upper corner. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 59		Begin, Menachem. Prime Minister Card Signed. 4 x 5½", on white card stock with blind embossed stamp. Signed, "M. Begin." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 60		Calling Alexander Graham Bell! (1847-1922) Scottish inventor of the telephone. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on glossy white card stock. Inscribed, "Mr. A. Graham Bell /2 Bulfinch Place" below the inventor's printed name. Edges exhibit minor soiling and fingerprinting, not affecting text. Estimated Value $450 - 650. Acquired from Mary Benjamin, 3/62. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 61		Benny, Jack (1894-1974) American Comedian. Greeting Card Signed. 2-3/4 x 2", on off-white card stock. Boldly signed in full in black ink. This card makes subtle reference to a time gone by. The initials "L.S./ M.F.T." adorning the bottom left stand for slogan of his corporate sponsorship, "Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco." . Lightly soiled but not affecting signature. Estimated Value $150 - 225. For many years I saved the LSMFT card until I had the opportunity to lunch with Mr. Benny at Hillcrest Country Club. He laughed when he saw the card and, of course, signed it. -- Gerry Burg. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $121

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