Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 64

Scientists and Engineers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 427		Carver, George Washington (1864-1943) Scientist, botanist, inventor, educator. The son of slaves, he developed over 300 derivative products from peanuts and 118 products from sweet potatoes. From 1886 until his death, he headed the Agriculture Department at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Photograph Signed, "Geo. W. Carver," no date, no place, 5" x 4", Very Fine. Slight silvering around edges. With an Autograph Letter Signed ("Geo. W. Carver"), on Tuskegee letterhead, 2 pp, 11 x 8½ in., Alabama. To a former student, Mr. Douberly, with personal and political content. In part, "…I am no politician…am not in favor of a dictator, what could he do when the combined wisdom of all those whose duty is to think and act us out of it have failed….I really believe Mr. Roosevelt is going to make us a fine Pres…." Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $944
Lot 428		Huxley, Sir Julian Sorrell (1887-1975) English biologist, philosopher, educator, and author. Original Caricature Signed "Julian Huxley," 13¼ x 10 in., matted to 19½ x 16 in. Fine. Drawn in pencil by world-famous Czech artist Oscar Berger. Huxley signed at lower left. The date "1923" is written with a marker on the back of the mat. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $84
Lot 429		Nobel Prize Winners: Huber, Murad, and Veltman. Three First Day Covers, one signed by Robert Huber (1937 -), winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (which he won jointly with Johann Deisenhofer and Hartmut Michel); one signed by Rerid Murad (1936 -), winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and one signed by Martinus Veltman (1931 -), winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics. All fine or better. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 430		Pasteur, Louis (1822-95) French microbiologist and chemist. Autograph Letter Signed ("L. Pasteur"), one page, in French, 8¼ x 5¼ inches, n.p., March 23, n.y. To an unknown correspondent, Pasteur writes, " Dear Sir, I have begun tests on the bulb of the dog. The test will be less certain than if it had not died a violent death. A dog that has died of rabies always has a rabid bulb. Before death it is not always so. Sincerely yours, L. Pasteur." Very good; some age wear and two tape repairs to horizontal fold on verso. Beginning in 1880, Pasteur worked on finding a vaccination to prevent rabies. The "bulb" to which he refers is the swelled-out portion of the medulla oblongata, which unites the brain and the spinal cord. He produced the first vaccine for rabies by growing the virus in rabbits, then weakening it by exposing the rabid spinal cords to the air. He first tested his vaccine on a human in 1885: a nine-year-old boy named Joseph Meister who had numerous deep bites. Pasteur gave him 13 injections of rabbit medulla homogenate--one per day--and the boy survived. On March 1, 1886, Pasteur presented a paper to the French Academy of Sciences documenting the inoculation of 350 people, only one of which had failed, and concluded that a rabies vaccine establishment was needed. From the international donations he received, he opened the Institut Pasteur in Lille in November 1888. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 431		Pasteur, Louis. Autograph Letter Signed ("L. Pasteur"), one page plus blank integral leaf, in French, 8¼ x 5¼ inches, n.p., October 8, 1885. To an unknown correspondent, Pasteur writes, "Sir, The law is precise--any dog bitten by a rabid dog ought to be destroyed. I would vaccinate him as I would not want to send him back to his owner." Fine. Rabies was a problem throughout Europe during the 19th century and it was not uncommon for people to die from "hydrophobia." Pasteur began working on the prevention of rabies in 1880. By 1884, preventive vaccinations of dogs had proved effective and Pasteur decided to give his vaccination to humans to create immunity after a bite. Eighteen days after he wrote this letter, Pasteur would show the results of his treatment against rabies in humans to the French Academy of Sciences. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 432		Sweitzer, Albert (1875-1965). Alsatian born philosopher, musician and mission doctor. Schweitzer won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 for his efforts on behalf of "the Brotherhood of Nations." He used the accompanying proceeds to help expand his hospital in French Equatorial Africa, building a leper colony. Photograph of Dr. Schweitzer attending one of his patients Signed and Inscribed, "A monsieur Jack Parr avec mes bonnes pensées / Albert Schweitzer. Lambaréné [Gabon] 19 juillet 1965." Matted to 13¼ x 11¼ in. Photo by Erica Anderson, who signed at lower right of image. Ink is a little faded but legible. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $448
Lot 433		Teller, Edward & Denton A. Cooley. Edward Teller (1908-2003) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist; known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb." Black and white 7 x 5 in. Photograph Signed. Very Fine. Dr. Cooley (1920 -) is a pioneering heart transplant surgeon. Handdrawn Sketch of a heart Signed and Inscribed "To Danny--Best wishes. 4-10-01," on Texas Heart Institute paper. Very fine. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 434		Watson, James D. Rare 1st Printing of The Double Helix signed "James D. Watson" on the title page, New York: Atheneum, 1968. Cloth-bound, hardcover book, 4to. Original dustjacket is worn with small areas of loss at top and bottom of spine. Watson is an American molecular biologist who co-discovered the structure of DNA. Estimated Value $750 - 950. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 435		Watson, James D (1928 -) American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist; he co-discovered the structure of DNA with Francis Crick in 1953. Along with Maurice Wilkins, they won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. A colorful collage of images related to Watson and DNA and with an original, rare double-helix drawing by Watson signed "Jim Watson." Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $649