Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 82

The Fall Manuscript, Collectibles, Stamp and Space Memorabilia Auction

Royalty and World Leaders

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 752		Edward VIII. Two album leaves signed: one "Edward P." as Prince of Wales, c. 1931, 4¾ x 6¼", and the other "Edward RI" as King, 1936, 5¼ x 6½". Both leaves are toned, else fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $264
Lot 753		George III (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820) during the America Revolution. Document signed ("George R") as King, 5pp, 14¾ x 9½", Oct. 7, 1790, approving the salaries of the servants of "Their Royal Highnesses Princes William, Edward, Ernest Augustus and Adolphus" for the quarter ended in July. Listings are for two Governors, Gen. de Bude and Horace Hayes, five Preceptors, four Pages of the Backstairs, a Purveyor, maidservants for Princes William and Edward, a housekeeper, watchman, one captain, four clergymen, a pageman, table decker, butler, and porter. An extraordinary look behind the scenes of the royal palace. Toning, else fine, with a very strong signature. At the time of this document, George, the oldest prince who would become George IV, was already married. When he died in 1830 with no surviving heirs, his brother William, named here, became William IV, but had no children with his wife so Edward's daughter, Victoria, became Queen and an entire era was named after her. Ernest, named here, became King of Hanover because of Salic Law, which barred women (therefore Victoria) from the succession. Adolphus was a field marshal during the Napoleonic Wars. Estimated Value $400 - 600. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 754		Grace de Monaco (1929-82) American film actress who married Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Typed notecard signed, Palace of Monaco, Jan. 9, 1958, thanking Mr. Browne for a "lovely flower calendar" and wishing him and his wife "happy days in 1958." Notecard has an embossed crown at top. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $160
Lot 755		Napoleon I (1769-1821) French military and political leader; Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. Manuscript document signed ("Nap") as Emperor of the French, one page, in French, 9 x 7¼", Paris, Jan. 6, 1811. To the Minister of War (the Duke of Feltre), approving the organization of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd marching battalions for the Army of Spain, with certain modifications. All of the battalions should meet at Bayonne and Gen. (François Jean Baptiste) Quesnel 1765-1819) will be in charge of their formation. Fine. General Quesnel's name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe on the west panel. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,199
Lot 756		Napoleon I. Letter signed ("Nap") as Emperor, 1½pp, in French, Paris, 9 x 7¼". During the Peninsular Campaign, Napoleon orders "the Major General," whom he address as "my cousin," to give orders at Bayonne regarding the Armée du Portugal, the Armée du Centre and the Armée du Midi. A convoy is to move toward Vitoria (Spain) with troops commanded by General Cifarelli; other troops would escort the convoy to Valladolid where the marshall Duc de Feltre would oversee it. Other orders are conveyed, including one for a second convoy. Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,500
Lot 757		Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901) during Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and empire. Manuscript document signed as Queen, 4pp, 12½ x 8", St. James Palace, Mar. 19, 1858. Giving John Linton Arabin Simmons leave to accept the French Legion of Honor awarded to him by French Emperor Napoleon III "in testimony of His Imperial Majesty's approbation of your distinguished services before the enemy during the late war. We being graciously pleased to approve thereof…give and grant unto you…our Royal Licence and Authority that you may avail yourself of the said mark of His Imperial Majesty's favor and accept and wear the said insignia…." Fine. Countersigned by Home Secretary H.S. Walpole. Accompanied by the actual French order awarding Simmons the Legion of Honor, signed by the order's grandchancellor, the Duc de Plaisance, and two further letters in French to Simmons transmitting the award, signed by Counts Walewski and Persigny. Also included is a lengthy printed biography of Simmons which gives great detail of Simmons' Crimean War service. Count Walewski was Napoleon's natural son by Madame Walewska and a noted naturalized French statesman; Count Persigny was later Ambassador to Great Britain. Estimated Value $400 - 600. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $455
Lot 758		Castro, Fidel (1926 -) Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (1959-2008); Prime Minister of Cuba (1959-1976) and President (1961-2011). Habana Hilton postcard signed on the verso, n.p., n.d. (c. 1959-60). The Habana Hilton, which opened in March 1958, served as Castro's headquarters for three months, beginning Jan. 8, 1959; he stayed in suite 2324. The hotel was nationalized (as were all American hotels in Cuba) in October 1960 and the hotel's name was changed to Hotel Habana Libre. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 759		Churchill, Winston S (1874-1975) English statesman, soldier, and author; inspirational Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II and again from 1951-55; winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature. Typed letter signed, one page, on engraved personal letterhead, 9½ x 7½", Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, May 29, 1955. With holograph salutation and closing. Written three days after the general election of May 26, 1955, which saw an increased majority for the Conservative Party, to Rt. Hon. Sir Norman Brook, G.C.B. [Knight Grand Cross] (1902-67), who was Cabinet Secretary and who would be a pall bearer at Churchill's funeral ten years later : "My dear Norman, Thank you so much for your letter of May 27. I think everything has gone off in a very satisfactory manner, and I feel that the Prime Minister is well established in the goodwill and confidence of the country. The stability of Britain plays a great part in the stability of the world. Let us have a talk together when you are less busy…." When Churchill resigned on April 6, 1955, due to ill health, Anthony Eden (1897-1977), became the new Prime Minister. Eden served as Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1935 and 1955, including during World War II, and was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. The Suez crisis precipitated his resignation and seriously diminished British influence in the Middle East. Letter is affixed at corners to another page; one smudge in signature, one small stain and one file hole in upper left corner, else fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,460
Lot 760		Churchill, Winston S. Typed letter signed, one page, 8 x 5", Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, Dec. 9, 1958. To T. Radcliffe, thanking him for sending "such an agreeable gift. The snipe arrived in perfect condition and were excellent. Thank you so much for your thought of me on my birthday." Churchill had just reached his 84th birthday on Nov. 30th and spent most of his time at Chartwell. Fine with some age toning, one small punch hole affecting phone number, small closed tear at top edge, small mounting remnants at top and bottom edges, and some scattered spotting. Churchill's signature has faded to brown but is quite legible. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $830
Lot 761		Clemençeau, Georges (1841-1929) French statesman who led France in the First World War. He served as Prime Minister (1906-09 and 1917-20), and was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles. It was Clemençeau who on Jan. 13, 1898, as owner and editor of the Paris daily newspaper L'Aurore, published Emile Zola's famous "J'accuse" letter during the Dreyfus Affair. Autograph note signed ("G Clemençeau") as senator, on "Senat" note paper, one page, in French, 5 x 4", Paris, Aug. 20, 1902, informing a lady friend that he will be in Paris until Aug. 24. "Chère Madame, Je suis à Paris jusqu'au 24 août inclusivement. Tout a vous…." Small remnants from an earlier mounting at two corners. Very fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 762		Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) English soldier and statesman who helped make England a republic and then ruled as Lord Protector from 1653 to 1658. He is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the British Isles, hated by some as a regicidal dictator, loved by others as a liberator. In the 1630s, Cromwell became a radical Puritan after experiencing a religious epiphany which convinced him that he would be guided to carry out God's work. In 1640 he was elected to represent Cambridge in the Short Parliament, then in the Long Parliament. When civil war broke out between Charles I (who believed in the divine right of kings) and Parliament in 1642, Cromwell raised a force of cavalry called the "Ironsides" and rose from the rank of captain to lieutenant-general in three years. He convinced parliament to establish a professional army--the New Model Army, which defeated the King's forces at Naseby in 1645. After the King's alliance with the Scots and his subsequent defeat, Cromwell decided that the King should be brought to justice, and was a prime mover and shaker in the trial and execution of Charles I; his was the third signature on the King's death warrant. Cromwell became army commander and lord lieutenant of Ireland and crushed the Irish at Drogheda and Wexford, massacring both garrisons. After his defeat of the supporters of the future Charles II at Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651), the civil war was effectively ended and in 1653, he dissolved the Long Parliament and made himself Lord Protector. When he died in 1658, his son Richard was unable to hold together the various political, military, and religious factions, and General George Monck quietly engineered the restoration of Charles II to the throne in 1660. After the Restoration, Cromwell was subjected to a posthumous execution. On Jan. 30, 1661, his body was disinterred from Westminster Abbey, hanged at Tyburn and beheaded; his head was placed on a spike at the end of Westminster Hall, where the trial of Charles I had taken place. Manuscript document signed ("O Cromwell") as Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland, one page, 7¾ x 7¾", Dublin, August 26, 1649. Addressed "To the Comandr. in Cheife of the Parliamt, shipps lyeing before the Harbor of Dublin and to all other captns and Comandrs of shipps whom it may concerne": I doe hereby give leave and lycence unto Collonell John Moore, Coll of a Regimt of Foote undr my Command to repaire into England to raise some Forces there, for the recrutings of the said Regimt and to make his retourne hither unto his said Domaines within the space of three Monthes from next ensueinge. Theise are herefore to require you to permit and suffer the said Coll John Moore quietly to pass with his six servants, without lett or molestation." Cromwell arrived in Dublin on Aug. 15, two weeks before he signed this document. Twelve days after he signed this order, he stormed the garrison of Drogheda, north of Dublin, massacring some 3,500 people; this and a massacre at Wexford on Oct. 11 broke Royalist resistance but also incurred the eternal hatred of the Irish. An extreme Puritan, Cromwell hated Catholicism. He saw the massacres as retribution for the massacre of Protestants which had taken place during the Irish rebellion of 1641 and told the Parliament: "I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches…" John Moore was one of the most important radicals in England during this period. He was appointed to the High Court of Justice to try the King and was a signatory of the death warrant. He held important positions, including Col. of Guards, Horse and Foot for the Parliament, which gave him the power to search, arrest and seize people and goods at his discretion. He was a commissioner of Ireland and after returning from England to raise the troops referred to in this document, he was made Governor of Dublin. While laying seize to Tecroghan Castle in May-June 1650, he died of a fever. Because his body was in Ireland, it did not suffer the posthumous execution accorded Cromwell and other deceased regicides. A few surviving regicides escaped and the remainder were either executed or imprisoned for life. The document is lightly toned and creased, not affectng the signature. It is elaborately matted, framed (13½ x 13¼") and hinged to a larger frame, 21½ x 27¾", which holds an image of Cromwell and three plaques: a small nameplate, a transcription of the letter, and a longer biography of Cromwell. Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,500. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $9,300
Lot 763		Eva and Juan Perón. Matching photos signed of Eva Perón (1919-52), First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952, and Juan Perón (1895-1974), three-time President of Argentina. Each mount has a printed inscription to Juan Carlos Deluigi and printed dates (April 7, 1952 for Mrs. Perón and April 2, 1952 for the President). The photos are 11¾ x 9" and 11½ x 8¾; both are 14¾ x 11" with mounts, and framed to an overall size of 16½ x 13". Both Peróns signed at lower right. Some toning and light soiling to mounts, else fine. Eva Perón was adored by the working class for her humanitarian efforts; the Broadway musical "Evita" was based on her life. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 764		[French Republic] Decree of the French National Convention Liberating Prisoners, 1792. Printed decree of the National Convention setting at liberty all citizens detained in prisons who have no arrest warrants or decrees of accusation against them, 1½ pp, on laid watermarked paper, 9½ x 7½", Paris, Nov. 23, 1792, Year 1 of the Republic. Signed in print by (Étienne) Clavière (1735-1793), who was in charge of finances in the provisional executive council, and countersigned in print by (Dominique Joseph) Garat (1749-1833), who was named minister of justice by Georges Danton and as such was given the "commission affreuse" of informing King Louis XVI of his death sentence. The document notes that it is a certified copy conformed to the one sent to the Directory of the Department of the Marne. This is followed by a manuscript signature which appears to be "Dauphin La Joy(?)" for which we have no explanation, since young Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy was titled Dauphin of France from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, then Prince Royal of France from 1791 to 1792. On Sept. 21, 1792, the monarchy was officially declared ended, and the National Convention became the legal authority of France. The First Republic was founded on Sept. 22, 1792. Louis XVI was put on trial for crimes of high treason starting in December 1792; on January 16, 1793 he was found guilty, and on January 21, he was guillotined. On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette followed him to the guillotine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 765		Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945) Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922-1943; called "Il Duce"; his aggressive nationalism and alliance with Hitler led Italy into World War II; he was executed by Italian partisans. Head and shoulders photograph signed ("Mussolini") on the mount, 13½ x 11", Rome, March 15 1930, followed by VIII, referring to the eighth year since he and his Fascists took power (1922). He inscribed the photo to Albertini with sympathy and good wishes. Boldly penned and signed. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 766		Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) British soldier and statesman, hero of Waterloo; one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. Free franked address panel ("Free Wellington") at lower left, 2¾ x 3½", Jan. 3, 1820. With holograph address. Red, circular cancellation with a crown at the top. Light soiling, else fine. Estimated Value $125 - 150. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120