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Sale 6
Manuscript and Collectibles Auction
| The Gerald Burg Collection of Autographs |
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Lot 612 |
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Wister, Owen. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Signed, "Owen Wister Mar. 11, 1925" above his printed name.
Estimated Value $150 - 225.
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| Realized
$86 |
Lot 613 |
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Withdrawn
| Unsold |
Lot 614 |
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Wright, Orville (1871-1948) American Aviation Pioneer. First, with his brother Wilbur, to fly a heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 17, 1903. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on off-white card stock. Inscribed on verso, "To Nora Babbitt Harsh with good wishes Orville Wright." Dated "Aug. 28, 1944 Dayton O" in another hand. Small area of water damage affecting a portion of the printed name, though not affecting Wright's signature.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
Acquired from Paul Richards, 2/60.
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| Realized
$690 |
Lot 615 |
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York, Alvin C (1887-1964) American Army Sergeant, who distinguished himself against the Germans in WWI. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed, "Sgt Alvin C. York" on verso.
Estimated Value $250 - 375.
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| Realized
$184 |
Lot 616 |
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York, Alvin C. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed, "Sgt Alvin C. York" on verso.
Estimated Value $250 - 375.
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| Realized
$184 |
Lot 617 |
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York, Alvin C. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed, "Sgt Alvin C. York" on verso. Mounting traces on recto.
Estimated Value $250 - 375.
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| Realized
$184 |
Lot 618 |
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York, Alvin C. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed, "Sgt Alvin C. York" on verso. Significant mounting traces on recto.
Estimated Value $250 - 375.
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| Realized
$173 |
Lot 619 |
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Young, Brigham. Soiled from much handling. (1801-1877) American Mormon Leader. Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on blank cream card stock. Brigham Young has signed his name in the center of this blank in very large letters, "Brigham Young."
Estimated Value $300 - 450.
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| Realized
$552 |
Lot 620 |
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Zeppelin, Count (Graf) Ferdinand von (1838-1917) German Airship Designer. Visiting Card Signed. A large oblong card, 4-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock, with decorative rounded edges. Signed and dated, " Feb. 9, 1916" beneath the printed greeting. With an attractive blue imprinted seal pasted onto the verso which identifys the card as being the property of, "Dr. Graf v. Zeppelin Friedrichshafen a.B."
Estimated Value $300 - 450.
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| Realized
$690 |
Lot 621 |
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Fantastic Emile Zola Inscribed Visiting Card to Alfred Dreyfus!! Curiously, Zola misspells Dreyfus' name at the beginning of his inscription. This may suggest that the card was written early on in their relationship. (1840-1902) French Novelist, who pushed literature towards naturalism with such masterful studies as Nana (1880) and La Bête Humaine (1890). In 1898 he espoused the cause of Dreyfus in his open letter J'accuse, and was sentenced to imprisonment (1898), but escaped to England, and was given a hero's welcome on his return after Dreyfus had been cleared. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Written to Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army officer framed for a crime he didn't commit and vanquished to Devil's Island. His ire aroused, Zola wrote his celebrated "J'accuse", which eventually led to Dreyfus' re-trial and exoneration. Inscribed above and below his printed name: "My dear Dreyfous [sic], if you want me to sign your duplicate, it needs to be sent to me right away, because I will be in Paris only around the 15th Emile Zola."
With this extraordinary card, Zola makes arrangements to meet with Dreyfus in order to sign some document or manuscript binding the two together. Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
Acquired from Renato Saggiori, 6/60.
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| Realized
$5,520 |
Lot 622 |
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Zola, Emile. Boldly signed, decorative, with intriguing content. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on off-white card stock. Inscribed with an interesting message that shows us how Zola used visiting cards to communicate urgent, personal messages to his close friends and associates. Zola writes his note, which is in French, above and below his printed name: "Dear colleagues, would you have the extreme kindness to keep this letter and give it to Mr. Rodays as soon as he arrives? I know that he is at the "Figaro" Thursday or Friday and I'm afraid that he won't get my letter. Thank you a thousand times, and all my regards to you. Emile Zola."
Estimated Value $300 - 450.
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| Realized
$230 |
Lot 623 |
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Zola, Emile. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2½, on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "Dear Jourdain, I'll take you with me tonight, Miss Jourdain and yourself before the scene at the ground floor no.2/ Affectionately/ Emile Zola."
Estimated Value $300 - 450.
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| Realized
$230 |
Lot 624 |
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Zola, Emile. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "Thank you, and all my best wishes in return." Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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| Realized
$115 |
Lot 625 |
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Withdrawn
| Unsold |
Lot 626 |
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Zola, Emile. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French above and below the author's printed name, "With my deep thanks, my dear friend, and a very cordial handshake. Emile Zola." Mounting traces on verso. Zola's signature is very large and bold.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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| Realized
$219 |
Lot 627 |
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Withdrawn
| Unsold |
Lot 628 |
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Zola, Emile. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 2", on cream card stock. With a sentiment inscribed in French above the author's printed name,"With my sincere thanks." Tip of lower left corner lost.
Estimated Value $150 - 225.
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| Realized
$86 |
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