Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 6

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

The Gerald Burg Collection of Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 212		Dumas pere, Alexandre. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Penned on recto, "If we would count, dear sir, it would be me that owes you. Thank you and well to you./ A Dumas." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $58
Lot 213		Dunbar, Paul (1872-1906) American Poet, son of escaped slaves. Gained reputation with "Lyrics of a Lowly Life" (1896). Inscribed Visiting Card. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Penned above the printed name "With thanks for your interest." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 214		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 215		Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904) Czechoslovakian composer of the "New World Symphony". Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Penned on verso and dated 12.31.1890. Estimated Value $350 - 525. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 216		Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937) American Aviator, first woman to cross the Atlantic solo, disappeared over the Pacific in attempt to fly around the world. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on off-white card stock embossed with a decorative panel. The lady flyer's signature is beautifully penned in dark black ink. Finger print (Earhart's ?) at upper left corner. Estimated Value $350 - 525. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $920
Lot 217		Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) American Inventor, holder of 1000 plus patents. Invented the phonograph (1877), the carbon-filament light bulb (1879) and motion picture equipment. Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. A beautiful specimen, signed on the verso with Edison's trademark umbrella signature. Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 218		Edward VII (1841-1910) British Royalty, King of England (1901-1910). Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock with red embossed stamp and monogram. Inscribed in pencil on recto, "At last I send you the money for The Italian picture./ A." Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 219		Edward VII. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4-3/4 x 3½", on cream card stock. Dramatically penned on recto/verso and signed in full. Some age toning and wear on upper edge verso. Estimated Value $350 - 525. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 220		Edward VIII (1894-1972) British Royalty, King of England (1937), abdicated and became Duke of Windsor. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 5½ x 3", on cream card stock with gold embossed seal. Boldly signed "Edward/ Duke of Windsor/ 1940." Estimated Value $350 - 525. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 221		Eiffel, Gustave (1832-1923) French Engineer. Designed the Eiffel Tower. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Penned below his printed name, "With all his vivid congratulations." Mounting traces on verso and minor foxing on recto. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 222		Eiffel, Gustave. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French below his printed name and title, "With all his thanks." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 223		Eiffel, Gustave. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French below his printed name and title, "Thank Mister Calmette for his letter on the 11th, and take good note of the appointment Wednesday morning, 17th of July." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $334
Lot 224		Impressive Einstein Visiting Card (1879-1955) German Physicist. Enunciated the Theory of Relativity in 1905. Winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize for Science & Physics. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4¼ x 1-3/4", on off-white rag paper card stock. Dr. Einstein has penned his address below his printed name. Beautifully mounted and framed with an exquisite sepia-toned photograph. Overall 13½ x 20". Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 225		Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) 34th President of the United States. Allied Supreme Commander in Europe in WWII. Special Card Signed as President. 4¼ x 2¼", on off-white card stock, with a gilt embossed Presidential seal. An unusual card with a printed inscription which reads, "For Nora Greene with best wishes," with Eisenhower's signature in black ink below. Estimated Value $350 - 525. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 226		Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934) British Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Penned on recto/verso "To Profess. Julius Baths / To introduce my dear friends/ Mr. & Mrs. Kilburn". Estimated Value $275 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 227		Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) American Poet, Essayist and Philosopher. Bold advocate of spiritual individualism and influential writer who helped shaped the transcendental movement which redefined 19th Century American literature. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1 3/4", on blank cream card stock. Inscribed, "Mr Emerson / 142 Strand." Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 228		Fairbanks Sr, Douglas (1883-1939) American Actor, swashbuckling star of Robin Hood (1922), and many other popular silents. Co-founder of United Artists Pictures. Visiting Card Signed. 2 3/4 x 1½", signed in full in black ink on verso. Mounting traces on recto. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 229		Fairbanks Sr, Douglas. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 2 3/4 x 1½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed, "Sincerely Douglas Fairbanks" in black ink on recto. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 230		Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946) Spanish Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2¼", on manilla card stock. A six line note penned in Spanish on recto/verso and dated "1929." Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 231		Fesch, Joseph (1763-1839) Corsican Cardinal of Lyons (1803). Half-brother of Napoleon's mother. Visiting Card Signed. 2¼ x 1½", on intricately blind embossed card stock. Signed "J Cardinal Fesch." Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $121
Lot 232		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 233		Fitzsimmons, Bob (1862-1917) British Pugilist, Heavyweight Champion of the World. (1897). Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on off-white card stock. A large, extravagant signature adorns the verso. Mounting traces and penciled notes on recto, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $748
Lot 234		Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard (1890-1939) Aircraft Designer. Established Fokker Aircraft Corp in Germany in 1913 and manufactured German warplanes for WWI. Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2", on cream stock. Signed above his printed name. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 235		Ford, Gerald R (1913-) 38th President of the United States. Vice President Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on white card stock with gold embossed federal stamp. Signed in full in black ink. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 236		Ford, Gerald R. White House Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on white card stock. Signed in full in black ink on recto. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 237		Ford, Gerald R. White House Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on white card stock. Signed in full in blue ink on recto. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 238		Fortas, Abe (1910-1982) American Supreme Court Justice. Supreme Court Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed in full in black ink on recto. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 239		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 240		Franck, Cesar (1822-1890) Belgian Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. "My dear friend/ Come tomorrow around 4h½ I will make you work and give you P.A.F." Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 241		Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965) American Supreme Court Justice and educator. Supreme Court Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed and signed on recto. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 242		Rarely Seen Freud Visiting Card (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist, Founder of Psychoanalysis. Authored "The Interpretation of Dreams" (1900), and many other works of human psychology now considered classics. One of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock with mourning border. Being the visiting card of Dr. Sigmund Freud and his wife, inscribed in German and dated "8.2.20." Substantial tear out of upper left corner. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $805
Lot 243		Garfield, James A (1831-1881) 20th President of the United States. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 2", on off-white card stock. Inscribed "Gen. Walker- / The bearer Isaac Lumbard is the proposed messenger of whom I spoke to you - I have asked him to call to see you Yours, J.A. Garfield." Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 244		German, Sir Edward (1862-1936) British Composer of Tom Jones (1907), among others. Inscribed Visiting Card With Autograph Musical Quotation Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Penned on recto. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 245		Getty, J. Paul (1892-1976) American Industrialist, philanthropist and art collector. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on white card stock. Signed in blue ink on verso. Estimated Value $300 - 450. I met Mr. Getty at the private luncheon club atop the Union Bank Building at Wilshire and Western Avenues. He turned down my first request to sign his card and when I asked him why he said he never signed his name where someone could write "I owe you one zillion dollars. I showed him samples of about twenty cards signed by Rockefeller, Mellon and other heavy hitters. He signed! -- Gerry Burg. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 246		Glenn, John H (1921-) Astronaut, first American to orbit Earth. Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Inscribed United States Senate Card Signed. 3½ x 1-3/4", on white card stock with a gold embossed Federal seal at upper left. Inscribed on recto, "To Jack - John Glenn." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 247		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 248		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 249		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 250		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 251		Gorki, Maxim (1868-1936) Russian Novelist and Short Story writer. Author of the frequently produced drama, The Lower Depths (1902). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. With a brief inscription, in Russian, dated "1926." Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 252		Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) French composer. Major works include his masterpiece "Faust" (1859). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. With a lengthy inscription in pencil, in French, on recto and verso: "My dear Lebrun, Would you like to come to my play? … 2 copy's of the little anthology of childlike melodies… Thank you. Ch Gounod." The composer has crossed out the printed name "Jean" and written his own, "Ch." in pencil to identify himself. Estimated Value $375 - 575. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 253		Gounod, Charles. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French and signed in pencil on recto. "Would you be so kind as to award an interview to Miss Paliot from whom I would be happy that you discover the beauty and hopefully the talent. Ch. Gounod." Estimated Value $375 - 575. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 254		Grant, Julia Dent (1826-1902) Wife of 18th President-General Ulysses S. Grant. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated "October 2nd, 94" on verso. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $328
Lot 255		Grant, Ulysses S (1822-1885) 18th President of the United States and Civil War General. Visiting Card. 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,668
Lot 256		Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) Norwegian composer. Attained much success with music for Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" (1876). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. With a lengthy inscription in Norwegian, at the end of which the composer has signed in full. Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 257		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 258		Guiteau, Charles J (1840-1882) American Attorney. Infamous for being the disappointed office seeker who assassinated President Garfield. Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on blank card stock with black mourning border. Signed in full, "Charles Guiteau." Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 259		Guiteau, Charles J. Business Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Card exhibits some soiling and wear. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 260		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 261		Withdrawn	Unsold

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