Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 79

U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 97		Brennan, William J., Jr (1906-1997) Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1956-1990. Collection of five items: typed letter signed, June 5, 1959, 5½ x 9", on Supreme Court letterhead; typed letter signed, May 3, 1962, 5½ x 9", on Supreme Court letterhead; typed letter signed, October 17, 1989, 8½ x 11", on Supreme Court letterhead; Signed Supreme Court card, 3 x 5"; signed photo, 3 x 5", mounted on 4 x 6" card, signed on the lower mount. All in fine condition. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 98		Collection of Supreme Court Justice Signed Cards and Photographs. Consisting of seven 3 x 5" Supreme Court Cards, signed by the following Justices: Thurgood Marshall, Tom C. Clark, annotated and signed twice, full signature and initials "TCC"; Clark has also affixed a small, stamp-size picture of himself to the card, adding a sweet personal touch; John Paul Stevens, with envelope; Byron R. White, with envelope; Lewis F. Powell, Jr. dated 4/22/74; James Clark McReynolds, and Harlan F. Stone. Including two signed photographs, one of William H. Rehnquist, 5 x 7", black & white, signed lower center border; and Harlen F. Stone, sepia toned, 4 x 6"; Stone is pictured with American war hero, Patrick J. Hurley--signed by both on the lower margin. All in fine condition. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 99		Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939-62). He helped found the American Civil Liberties Union and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Autograph letter signed, 2pp, on Supreme Court stationery, 2pp, 6½ x 4¼", Washington, D.C., May 21, 1940. Matted with a portrait of Frankfurter and framed to 24 x 19¼". Letter is fine; frame needs replacing. Congratulating a friend on his marriage. In part: "…Someday we hope to know your Elinor. For the moment we invoke the mercies of the world on you both. You were sweet to think of us--and we regret that we shall have to be elsewhere on your great day. Come and see us here one of these days and bring your bride…." Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 100		Hughes, Charles E (1862-1948) 11th Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of State under Warren G. Harding, Governor of New York; and presidential candidate. Collection of four items: typed letter signed, as Secretary Of State, April 14, 1923, 8½ x 11", on Department of State letterhead;typed letter signed, November 5, 1927, 8½ x 11", on Hughes, Rounds, Schurman & Dwight letterhead; typed letter signed, January 2, 1931, 6 x 8", on personal stationery; and a signed card, 2½" x 4½". Fine condition. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 101		Justice William O. Douglas (1898�1980) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. His term, lasting 36 years and 209 days (1939-75), is the longest term in the history of the Supreme Court. Collection of four items: three typed letters signed, two signed "Bill" and one signed "W.O. Douglas", each 5½ x 9", on Supreme Court letterhead; signed photo, black & white, 4 x 5", signed on the white lower margin. Overall fine condition. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 102		Stewart, Potter (1915-1985) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1958-1981). During his tenure, he made, among other areas, major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Collection of four items: Typed letter signed, January 5, 1968, 5 x 9", on Supreme Court letterhead: three Supreme Court note cards signed, dated: January, 1977 (with/envelope), September, 1984, and September, 1985. Fine condition. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 103		[Supreme Court] Justices Roberts, Black, Warren, Harlan, Clark, White, Fortas, Goldberg & Souter. Collection of ten letters signed by nine Supreme Court Justices. Owen J. Roberts: autograph letter signed, August 1, 1939, on Supreme Court letterhead, with holograph envelope; Hugo L. Black: typed letter signed, December 13, 1939, on Supreme Court letterhead; Earl Warren: typed letter signed, as Governor of California, January 13, 1950, on State of California, Governor's Office letterhead; John Marshall Harlan: typed letter signed, April 9, 1955, on Supreme Court letterhead; Tom C. Clark: typed letter signed, January 17, 1959, on Supreme Court letterhead; Byron R. White: typed letter signed, September 10, 1963, on Supreme Court letterhead; Abe Fortas: typed letter signed, December 1, 1965, on Supreme Court letterhead, some rust stains top margin; Arthur J. Goldberg: two typed letters signed, August 20, 1965, on his United Nations letterhead and March 30, 1988, on personal stationery with envelope; and David H. Souter, Typed letter signed, April 19, 1991, on Supreme Court letterhead. Overall fine condition. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $264
Lot 104		Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1836-1864). He is most remembered for delivering the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), that ruled, among other things, that African-Americans, having been considered inferior at the time the constitution was drafted, were not part of the original community of citizens and, whether FREE or SLAVE, could not be considered citizens of the United States. Autographed document signed, c. 1812, one page, 7½ x 12½", small tear upper right border. Taney pleads for the return of his client's goods and chattel, together with all costs and charges. Good condition. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $172
Lot 105		The Warren Burger Court. Vignette of the U.S. Supreme Court signed by the nine justices on the Burger Court from 1969-1981: Warren E. Burger, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Byron White, Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall, William J. Brennan, and John Paul Stevens, 6 x 8", signed between 1969 and 1981. Warren Burger was chief justice from 1969 to 1986, but justice Potter Stewart retired in 1981 and was replaced by the first woman justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. Fine condition. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,440
Lot 106		Woodbury, Levi (1789-1851) Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. Partly-printed document signed as Secretary of the Treasury, 1p, with docket on p4, 10 x 7¾" (Washington) 7 Aug. 1840. To New York Commissioners Jesse Hoyt, W.S. Coe & B. F. Butler, approving a claim of $134.05 by Parker Howard & Co., based upon a July 1838 Act of Congress entitled "An act to remit the duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at the late conflagration in the city of New York." The fire began on 16 Dec. 1835, and burned from Fulton Street, near Manhattan's southern end, to the east shore of the island. Much of Wall Street was destroyed, including the Stock Exchange and much of Manhattan's financial and commercial center. Minor tape repairs on verso and some soiling to integral leaf. Bold signature. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold