Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 30

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Artists

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1230		Borglum, Gutzon (1867-1941) Creator of Mt. Rushmore sculptures. Typed Letter Signed on personal letterhead, San Antonio, Texas, April 15, 1931, 2pp, 10¼ x 7¼ in. To Assistant Postmaster Gerneral General W. Irving Glover. An amazing letter with specific content on how to build a safe airplane, responding to a speech Glover gave before the Mechanical Engineers in Detroit. Borglum deplores "the colossal blundering covering twenty years, wasting millions, due to foolish reproductions of what the Wright Brothers and their successors gave us," and reminds Glover that he "investigated the Aircraft Department for Mr. Wilson…to expedite production…" By "safe plane" Borglum means "a plane that will ride the storms and meet the distress of sudden inclement conditions independent of a dead motor, and come to earth with a fair percentage of safely to life. I have known for fifteen years that that is not only feasible, but easily affected….there is no need of departing from the present and general plane design, but apply radical reconstruction of air foil and fuselage to the present machine…." Borglum is looking for financing to put his stabilizing ideas to a six-month test. Paperclip mark at top; light toning. Excellent content! Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1231		Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) English illustrator, caricaturist, and etcher. One page of an Autograph Letter featuring an Original Watercolor Sketch of four animals in a row Signed "Geo Cruikshank." Cruikshank expresses his annoyance with his correspondent, "…I cannot refrain in this instance from expressing my surprise and vexation that you have put forth such incorrect and…absurb statements…." Some toning around edges. An opportunity to own original Cruikshank art. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1232		Delacroix, Eugene (1798-1863) French artist; leader of the Romantic School; he greatly influenced the Impressionists. Autograph Letter Signed, n.p., n.d. (Friday morning), 1 p, octavo., in French. He writes to an unidentified person: "Dear Sir, I accept with great pleasure your kind invitation and thank you very much: until this evening then and…kindest regards from your very devoted servant. Eg delacroix." Boldly penned and signed. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1233		Dufy, Raoul (1877-1953) French painter of the Fauvist school. Autograph Letter Signed, n.p., n.d. (Thursday), 1½ pp. octavo (joined), in French. In part: "Dear Sir, I have received your letter informing me that the exhibition at Brès opens around May 15th or 20th….I'm waiting for you to give me the date when the paintings have to be dropped off. I thank you for making it possible for me to see a show that I love, of which I will make, I hope, drawings and paintings that will please you….…." Excellent content and condition. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1234		Dufy, Raoul (1877-1953) French artist; attracted to Impressionism, Cubism, and Fauvism. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "à Madame Hildegard / Raoul Duby," n.p., n.d., 8 x 10 inches. Dudy is seated with Freddy Homburg, who also signed and inscribed the photo. Some of Dufy's works are in the background. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 1235		Ernst, Max (1891-1976) German painter and sculpter; co-founder of the Dada movement and a promoter of the Surrealist movement. Original 8 x 9¾ inch Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "à Cornelius Greenway, cordialement / Max Ernst," n.p., c. 1947, 8 x 9¾ inches. The head-and-shoulders portrait shows Ernst in front of his painting, "The Temptation of St. Anthony," which was used in the 1947 movie "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami," and for which Ernst won a $3,000 prize. This photo was used to announce the award. Some corner creasing. Signed in blue ink at lower edge and on Ernst's collar. Also included is the press release announcing the prize and two other photos of the painting. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 1236		*(Fisher, Ed) New Yorker* Cartoon.** Original New Yorker cartoon on 14 x 17 in. art paper showing a man sitting at his desk with a sign, "The Buck Starts Here," signed by cartoonist Ed Fisher at lower left. The cartoon is marked for inclusion in the magazine and has a brown paper cover stamped "The New Yorker / Editorial Department…" and dated 5/27/74. Fisher is a prolific artist who has created many wonderful cartoons for The New Yorker. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1237		Gibson, Charles Dana (1867-1944) Illustrator; creator of "Gibson Girl." Autograph Letter Signed ("Gibson"), Dark Harbor, Maine, August 19, 1937, 2pp (1 sheet) quarto. To New York artist Samuel J. Wolfe (portrait painter of Mark Twain, movie stars, and others), agreeing to let him sketch Gibson and giving directions on getting to Gibson's home. With envelope. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1238		(Hokinson, Helen) New Yorker Magazine Cover. Original pencil and watercolor drawing by Helen E. Hokinson, the premier New Yorker cartoonist from the magazine's 1925 inception until her death in 1949. 12¼ x 9 inch image on 15½ x 12¼ inch artist's Bristol. In pencil at lower right: "Helen E. Hokinson / Silvermine / Norwarlk, Conn."; the number "989" is in red pencil at lower left. The cover shows two typical Hokinson matrons chatting outside a sports stadium; one of them holds pennants for Yale and Harvard. Hokinson's fashion-conscious, plump, well-to-do women were a regular New Yorker feature. A wonderful display piece. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1239		Ketcham, Hank. "Dennis the Menace" Pencil Sketch Signed in purple ink., n.p., dated "7-9", n.y., 1 p, quarto. The sketch shows Dennis answering the phone in Mr. Wilson's house. He says, "I live next door. My name is Dennis. Uh huh. Who? Oh, sure. He's here. It's for you, Mr. Wilson." A cute item for display. "Dennis the Menace" first appeared in 1950 and appeared in over a thousand newspapers daily. Ketchum died in 2001. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 1240		(MAD Magazine Cartoonists). Three letters from MAD cartoonists Don Martin ("MAD's Maddist Artist"), Al Jaffee (creator of the fold-in feature), and Mort Drucker (known for his brilliant parodies of movies and television), to Frank Jacobs, who contributed some 400 articles to MAD. All three are on personal letterhead; only Drucker's has a year ('99). Martin types, "…I'm still working on the comic strip….the charactors are Fester and Karbunkle (mostly Fester since he is the one with some personality)…We have been trying to gather scenes…and squeeze every gag out of it…" More content. Jaffee and Drucker handwrite notes regarding a book Jacobs sent them. The letters are signed with first names. All fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1241		Magritte, René (1898-1967) Belgian Surrealist painter. Autograph Letter Signed ("M"), Brussels, Thursday (postmarked January 9, 1947), 1p., quarto, in French. He writes to Jacques Wergifosse about an exhibit. In part: "Here are the promised details: …The Exhibit will open at Verviers Sunday, January 19 at 11 o'clock…We will make a catalogue containing a preface and some snapshots. Will you send the preface text quickly…so that it can be printed immediately? (I would like to receive a copy of the preface in order to have the first one…." Fine. With transmittal envelope addresed in Magritte's hand and signed "Magritte" in the return address. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1242		Mucha, Alphonse (1860-1939) Czech-born French painter and illustrator; famous for his Art Deco posters. Rare Autograph Letter Signed ("Mucha"), Karlsbad, c. 1930. Written on the back of a postcard of Karlsbad, to Prof. Dr. Karel Chytil, in Czech. In part: "Greetings from our recovery in Vary. We like it here. We are having a good time and we wish it would last. We will stay here over the first and then to work again…." Postal cancellation affects a few lines of text, but signature is untouched and clean. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 1243		Nadar, Felix Tournachon (1820-1910) French caricaturist, photographer, balloonist; his photographs of the great men of his time are still used in many books. Autograph Letter Signed ("Nadar"), Marseille, December 13, 1903, 1p, octavo. To Madame Steilen, wife of the famous photographer, in French. In part: "The note from our friend worries me….it is to you that I run right away. How is he? Are you concerned?…he talked to me and was concerned about his exhibit….I would be thankful for a line that would give us a little reassurance…." Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1244		Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) Political cartoonist; covered the Civil War for Harper's Weekly and made historic on-the-spot sketches. Signature and date in pencil, "Th: Nast. Jan. 30 - 1874" on 2¾ x 5 in. paper, mounted on stiff paper with a printed Nast sketch from an 1874 issue of Harper's entitled "Reconstruction." Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 1245		Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Spanish painter and sculptor; with Braque, creator of Cubism. Original crayon sketch in orange and red, signed "Picasso" in orange crayon, n.p., n.d., 4½ x 5½ inches. Picasso is generally recognized as the greatest and most influential artist of the 20th century. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 1246		Pissaro, Carmille (1830-1903) French artist; the only artist to participate in all eight Impressionist exhibitions. Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Pissarro"), Paris, October 19, 1899, 3 pp octavo. To Rodolphe, one of Pissarro's six children, reproaching him and his wife for not visiting his sick brother. In part: "…You're really something. How many times we've asked you to come and we've told George, then because of a bodice [that Rodolphe's wife Amicie wanted to buy], you're putting off the trip till later. But one disappointment is enough to aggravate the invalid's condition…As far as your're concerned, it's of no consequence, knowing how indifferent you are but I don't understand Amicie!….You can be really proud of having dropped a brick on your mother…." Some brushing of the ink as Pissarro wrote hastily. A look at the great artist as a concerned and irate father. With translation. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $661
Lot 1247		Rockwell, Norman (1894-1978) American illustrator and artist. Printed Reproduction Signed in the lower margin in blue ink, n.p., n.d., 9 x 6 in. This color reproduction is the title page from Rockwell's autobiography, My Adventures as an Illustrator. Printed below the image of an older woman and a little boy giving thanks for their meal: "I understand this is the most popular and remembered of my Post covers: published Thanksgiving 1954." Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1248		Schulz, Charles M (1922-2000) Cartoonist; creator of "Peanuts." Typed Letter Signed, on canary-yellow personal stationery, with Snoopy on his doghouse at lower right, Santa Rosa, California, July 2, 1974, 1p., 7 x 6¼ in. To Frank Jacobs, a writer for MAD Magazine, thanking him for "the autographed copy of your latest MAD collection. It is a neat little book and I appreciate being included with the Beagle reference…." Very fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132