Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 30

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

World War 2

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1215		Authentic British R.A.F. Issue World War II Escape Map. Two-foot-square Escape and Evasion map printed on specially-treated silk. One side, printed "Fourth Edition," shows the area around Stalingrad; the other side, printed "Fifth Edition" shows the area around Stepnoy. Marked "Restricted" along the border, the map notes cities, railways, roads, canals, rivers, population density, etc. From the outbreak of World War II to the end of the Cold War, these maps were given by the British to air crews and covert forces to enable downed military personnel to make good their escape; the maps were sewn into the linings of clothes or places in the heels of boots. First published in 1916 and 1919 by the War Office and "Revised and reproduced by O.S. 1952," the British have released some of these maps. In excellent condition; never issued. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1216		Day of Infamy. Special printing of Walter Lord's classic history of the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, signed by Walter Lord, the author, and eleven other individuals involved in the attack or other aspects of the Pacific war. They include Kenneth Taylor, the first U.S. pilot to see action in WW II when he shot down Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor; Joseph Taussig, Jr. who served on the USS Nevada and was wounded during the attack; Saburo Sakai, considered to be the top WWII Ace among surviving Japanese pilots (as of 1991); and Zenji Abe, who flew a "Val" dive bomber in the Pearl Harbor attack. This extremely rare edition was published one time only, in May 1991, in conjunction with a two-day symposium, held in Austin, Texas, on the events before and during the attack. Only a few copies are signed in this manner. A program from the symposium is included. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 1217		Five Original Large Format World War II Photographs. Five official U.S. Government 10 x 13 in. photos on 20 x 16 in. boards, c. 1945, documenting the various branches of military service in action in both European and Pacific Theaters. Images include three U.S. Coast Guard photos: "Invasion Deckload," "North Atlantic Sentinels," and "Plasma on Enitewok Beach"; and two U.S. Navy photos: "40mm. Gun Crew in Action," and "Tank Blasts Jap Pillbox." Photos are fine; boards have posting holes in corners and some wear. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1218		Five Original Large Format World War II Photographs. Five official U.S. Government 10 x 13 in. photos on 20 x 16 in. boards, c. 1945. There are four U.S. Army Signal Corps photos: "German Raid Results, Bari, Italy," "Army Band Concert, Algiers," "Night Shelling, Mt. Camino Sector," and "Who Fought the Good Fight"; and one U.S. Coast Guard photo: "A Jeep in the Deep, Cape Gloucester." Photos are fine; boards have posting holes in corners and some wear. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1219		Flagg "Want Action? Join the U.S. Marine Corps!" Ca. 1942. Size: 30 x 40 in., matted and framed to 32 x 42 in. Printer: Alpha Lithograph Co., "2318 12-13-41 10m-438 R.B." printed at lower left corner. Soil/adhesive residue at left and top edges, foxing and toning, discoloration from adhesive or moisture at right edge, 2" tear at top edge, small chip out of right side, minor creasing radiating from edges, crease across Marine's chest. Most of the problems are on the margins and could be easily matted out. Overall good condition. The handsome Marine reaches out to recruits from his position on a beach; the toothy grin and jaunty angle of his helmet show that he is in no immediate danger, but his Springfield is at the ready and the destroyers and planes behind him make it clear that action is imminent. The vigorous appeal of this poster, with its all-American Marine and directive "Apply to Nearest Recruiting Station", must have made it a popular item. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 1220		(H.M.S. Hood and Bismarck Survivors). Three 8 x 10 in. black and white photo prints. Two are of the British ship H.M.S. Hood, signed by Ted Briggs, who was only one of three survivors when the Hood was sunk by the German ship Bismarck on May 24, 1941. The third is signed by Hans Hellwig, one of 115 survivors when the British sank the Bismarck on May 26, 1941. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1221		Halsey, William F. "Bull" (1882-1959) Fleet Admiral, U.S.N.; the Japanese surrender was signed aboard his flagship, USS Missouri. Photograph Signed ("W.F. Halsey") as Fleet Admiral, c. late 1945 or early 1946, 10 x 8 inches. A waist-up portrait in uniform of Halsey, who was promoted to Fleet Admiral in December 1945. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 1222		MacArthur, Douglas (1880-1964) Five star general. Black and white Photograph Signed at the lower edge in black ink, n.p., n.d., 4¼ x 6 in. MacArthur and another officer are shown passing by armed guards as they exit an unidentified building. Also, two original 4 x 5 in. photographs: one shows MacArthur watching a Japanese official sign the Tokyo Surrender Document aboard the USS Missouri; the second photo shows the Japanese surrender party walking away after signing the surrender. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $316
Lot 1223		The New York Times Report of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Complete issue of The New York Times, December 8, 1941, 44pp, 22½ x 17 in. Headlined "Japan Wars on U.S. and Britain; Makes Sudden Attack on Hawaii; Heavy Fighting at Sea Reported." At center is a map illustrating the Theatre of War in the Pacific. Other front-page headlines include: "Congress Decided. Roosevelt Will Address It Today and Find It Ready to Vote War…Tokyo Bombers Strike Hard At Our Main Bases on Oahu…Guam Bombed…104 Soldiers Killed at Field in Hawaii…Japanese Force Lands in Malaya…Hull Denounces Tokyo 'Infamy'…(and) Entire City Put on War Footing." U.S. and world reaction is reported and editorialized, together with news regarding Nazi Germany and the war in Europe and Africa. Printed on parchment paper. Binder punctures along left and bottom edges, else fine. Handsomely preserved in a custom-made black and burgundy folio, 22 x 16¾ in., with gilt lettering. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1224		Pershing, General John J (1860-1948) Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Autograph Letter Signed on Waldorf-Astoria letterhead, New York, February 24, n.y., 1p, quarto. To John A. Stewart, announcing that he is sailing on the Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic) that night and that he had been unable to reach him at his old phone number. "I should like to have had a chat with you before leaving. I wish you would sit down and give me a resumé of things when you get a moment….…" Toned, with a few edge chips; affixed at upper left corner to a piece of mylar. Boldly penned and signed. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1225		Van Kirk, Theodore "Dutch". First Edition of The Atomic Age Opens, releasing to the public for the first time the unclassified details of the Manhattan Project, Signed and Annotated by the navigator of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan: "We dropped the bomb at 09:15 and 15 seconds Tinian time. It exploded 43 seconds later at an altitude of about 2000 feet and destroyed 60% or more of Hiroshima. Our mission was successful. Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk / Navigator Enola Gay / 6 Aug 1945." On page 21, he adds a holograph note: "It should be said that there were 11 men on the plane. The regular crew positions + Parsons & Jeppson for the bomb and Baser for radar detection. Dutch," and on page 22 he adds, "As a matter of interest (and personal pride) the bomb was released at 09:15 seconds, i.e. 15 seconds behind schedule. Dutch." One of the first books on the atomic bomb ever printed (Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945), 8vo, 251 pp, red cloth, yellow lettering, very good. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1226		Van Kirk, Theodore J. "Dutch". Typed Document Signed with seven holograph words added in blue ink, n.p., n.d., p, 2pp, quarto. Titled "Dropping the First Atomic Bomb Over Hiroshima," this document gives a lot of detail on the decision to use the bomb and those involved. He states that it was President Truman's decision, "based on ending the war as soon as possible, to save American lives." He reports training in Utah with "orange pumpkins shaped like A-bombs." He names 12 men in the crew (one did not make the flight), and says orders came through Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, who, with General LeMay, made the decision on the exact date and time of the bombing. The Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress, was named after Capt. Tibbet's mother; the crew was offered cyanide "in case something went wrong and we were captured." Many details of the bombing follow. Excellent condition. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1227		Van Kirk, Theodore J. "Dutch". Typed Letter Signed with five holograph corrections, n.p., n.d., 2pp, quarto. A letter to "John," giving Van Kirk 's military background, his choice and training for an atom bomb delivery, and the details of the flight and the drop on Hiroshima. He says, "It was probably the most important moment of the war." Signed and corrected in black ink. On page 2, Van Kirk drew and signed an illustration of the bombing, his plane, the mushroom cloud, with details on speed, height, etc. Excellent condition. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1228		(Von Schirach, Baldur). A 35-page typewritten manuscript in German written by Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach while in jail, awaiting trial at Nuremberg. At the trials, he was one of only two men (Albert Speer was the other) to denounce Hitler; he was sentenced to 20 years in Spandau Prison. In this untranslated rough draft, given to the prison guard who obtained the typewriter for him, von Schirach proposes that to understand the Hitler phenomenon, one must understand that there were two Hitlers: the one that he met in 1926 and whom he considered a great leader; the second Hitler who emerged in 1934 and who had a demonic personality. On the last page, he compares Hitler to Dorian Gray. Minor staining and edge tears; final page is torn but present. A fascinating look at Hitler and the cadre of people around him, written by an insider. The final draft was used in von Schirach's defense at Nuremberg. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1229		Wiesenthal, Simon (1908 -) Nazi hunter. Six-page, typewritten bulletin from his Documentation Center in Vienna, Signed "S. Wiesenthal," April 1967. Wiesenthal gives information on 36 different cases on which he is working at the time. Cases include Franz Stangl, the commander of the extermination camps Treblinka and Sobibor, who has been located in South America and arrested. (He was sentenced to life in prison and died there.) Another case involves Hermine Braunsteiner, a murderous SS guard who has been found living in Queens, New York. (She, too, will be sentenced to life in prison). This is a fascinating look at the 1967 status of Wiesenthal's unrelenting efforts to track down Nazis. A couple of pages are a little ragged at the top, affecting nothing. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173