Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 6

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

The Gerald Burg Collection of Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 362		Lehar, Franz (1870-1948) Hungarian Composer of The Merry Widow. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed With Autograph Music Quotation Signed. Approximately 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed on recto above his printed name, signed and dated "Berlin, 7/5 1929" below. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $339
Lot 363		Lehar, Franz. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in German and boldly signed beneath his printed name, with the date "3.10.1928." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 364		Lehar, Franz. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in Hungarian and signed in full. Dated, "3.16.1903" on verso in dark ink. Mounting traces on verso not affecting text. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 365		Lehar, Franz. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 2¼", on off-white card stock. With a lengthy inscription in German to the popular novelist Anita Loos, written in pencil on recto/verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 366		Leoncavallo, Ruggero (1858-1919) Italian Composer, best known for Pagliacci. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed. Approximately 4 x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Inscribed on verso of calling card. Signed "R. Leoncavallo" and dated "Berlin 17. XII. 1904". Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 367		Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) American Novelist, author of Main Street (1920) and Babbitt (1922), awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. With a humorous inscription which reads: "Dear S.P.B. Gee wot a dirty card -- last I have in my wallet. We're camped, mid-caravan, in a field of Mr. Upton, just to the left of the Ship Inn." Beneath this is a tiny sketched map and in the lower right "SL Fri evening June 15 7:45 pm." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 368		Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States. Visiting Card. 3½x 2", on manila card stock. A simple, facsimile rendering of the President's signature made up Lincoln's old-fashioned visiting card. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,313
Lot 369		Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) American Wife of 16th President. Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock with black mourning border. Miniscule foxing. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 370		Liszt, Franz (1811-1866) Hungarian Composer and Pianist. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 3", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French and signed, "F. Liszt" beneath the printed name. Archivally framed to an overall size of 14 x 17¼". Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $978
Lot 371		Liszt, Franz. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French below the composer's printed name. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 372		Lockwood, Belva Ann (1830-1917) American Attorney and Feminist, first woman to practice before the Supreme Court and a Presidential Nominee in 1884, '88. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full on verso. Mounting traces on recto. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $121
Lot 373		Lockwood, Belva Ann. An uncommon item! Business Card. 4 x 2¼", on off-white card stock. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 374		London, Jack (1876-1916) American Author of The Call of the Wild (1903). Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on off-white card stock. Signed in full on verso of his wife's card. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 375		London, Jack. Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Signed on verso of wife's card. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $311
Lot 376		Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) American Poet, author of numerous works such as Hiawatha (1855). Inscribed Visiting Card. Approximately 3¼ x 2½", on manilla card stock. Inscribed "For Mr. Graham" in pencil above his printed name. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 377		Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Inscribed Visiting Card. Approximately 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in German above and below the printed name. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 378		Longstreet, James (1821-1904) American Soldier, resigned from U.S. Army to join Confederates, fought at Battle of Bull Run and Gettysburg. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2", on cream card stock. Printed calligraphic version of his name on recto and inscribed on verso. "The Narrative cannot be finished until I can have … the War Records from the War Department." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 379		Lubitsch, Ernst (1892-1947) Film Director, known for his sparkling comedies, awarded an honorary Academy Award in 1947. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock. Penned in black ink "Dear … and Harold. Many thanks for your lovely picture. Best wishes for 1935!" Signed "Ernst" below his printed name. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 380		Lumiere, Auguste (1862-1954) French Motion Picture Pioneer, exhibited first motion pictures in 1895. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock, in French. A thank you note inscribed beginning on recto and ending on verso of Lumiere's "Correspondant de l'Institut Académie des Sciences" card. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 381		Mack, Connie (1862-1956) American Baseball Player and Manager. Elected to Hall of Fame in 1937. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock with red stamp in upper left. Penned "Sincerely yours/ Connie Mack". Estimated Value $225 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $293
Lot 382		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 383		Mahone, William (1826-1895) Confederate States Army General and Virginia Senator. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed "Wm Mahone / 1884 Virginia" on verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 384		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 385		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 386		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 387		Mann, Thomas (1875-1955) German Novelist, awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature. Visiting Card Signed. 4¼ x 2-3/4", on paneled cream card stock with blue border. Signed in full on one side, typed "Thank you Mr. Mann/ George D. Norris" on the other. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 388		Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937) Italian Physicist, inventor of the telegraph. Awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize for Physics. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in English below the printed name and title "Many thanks for kind wishes." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 389		Marshall, George C (1880-1959) American War & State Secretary under Truman. Awarded 1953 Nobel Prize for Peace. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 5 x 4", on cream card stock. An extensive thank-you note penned on recto and verso. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 390		Marshall, George C. Defense Department Card Signed. 4¼ x 2½", on cream card stock with blue seal. Signed "G. Marshall." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 391		Marshall, George C. War Department Signed. 4 x 2-3/4", on cream card stock. Signed "G. Marshall." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 392		Marshall, George C. Defense Department Card Signed. 3½ x 2-3/4", on cream card stock. Signed "G. Marshall." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 393		Marshall, George C. War Department Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed "G.Marshall." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $121
Lot 394		A "Gold" Card. Scarce. (1810-1885) Discovered Gold in California in January of 1848. Visiting Card Signed. 5¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed "Ja's, W. Marshall" in dark ink. Some minor foxing and soiling. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 395		Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) French Composer of Manon (1884) and Le Cid (1885). Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed on recto/verso "Paris- April / 86 / The commandant Bourat (from the artillery) who will be promoted imminently to Lt. Colonel asks for the Commandant of the Officers School in Versailles. The present holder of this title requests a regiment for himself in Vincennes or in Versailles. J.M." . Significant center crease. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 396		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 397		Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "With the expression of my best wishes / J. M." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86
Lot 398		Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "I thank you my dear friend, and think about you… All my wishes!!!". Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 399		Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. "To Miss Hammerstein / in profound homage. / month - 2 Mar". Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 400		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 401		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 402		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 403		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 404		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 405		Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) French Painter and Sculptor. Inscribed Visiting Card. Approximately 3½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed above the printed name "Thanks & best wishes from", with Matisse's printed name acting as his "signature." Includes transmittal envelope to Mrs. Alexandra Prober. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $920
Lot 406		Maugham, W. Somerset (1874-1965) British Novelist, authored Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge. Calling Card Signed. 4½ x 3", on manilla card stock. A large, crisp signature in full, below his printed name. Slightly trimmed, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 407		Maupassant, Guy de (1850-1893) French Author, Master of the Short Story. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 3½", on bluish grey card stock. With a lengthy inscription in French on recto/verso: "My dear Germes,/ I received a letter from your mother and an invitation to visit from you, at the time I am leaving to go to the opening with Valmont./ I don't know yet when I will be able to come to Bormbuse, because I have guests myself. If the Baron de Vaux leaves on the 9th I will come that day. But couldn't you come to visit at Etretat on the 5th or 6th with [your] brother-in-law. You would give me great pleasure. I shake both of your hands./ Guy Maupassant." Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $546
Lot 408		Mauriac, Francois (1885-1970) French Novelist, awarded 1952 Nobel Prize for Literature. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock with black mourning border. Inscribed in French, "Thank you, dear Sir and friend for having defended the old practical kid against the real… thanks again." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 409		Mc Kinley, William (1843-1901) 25th President of the United States. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed in full in dark ink. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $437
Lot 410		Mc Kinley, William. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated "January 29, 1898." Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 411		Mc Kinley, William. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4¼ x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in dark ink "Mrs. McKinley who is now in Ohio asks me to send you the enclosed memorial card. Which I am very pleased to do. / Mrs M sends her love and please accept my sincere regards/ Wm Mc Kinley / Wash May 6 1889." Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345

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