Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 30

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Western Americana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1360		Buffalo Bill. Stereoview of William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," the renowned guide, scout and showman. A Pony Express rider early in his career, he gained the name "Buffalo Bill" for his remarkable abilities with a rifle during buffalo hunts. This steroview, 3 x 6 in., shows Cody in Central Park, New York, mounted on horseback and about to perform a trick shot. No photographer's imprint on the yellow mount; "American Scenery" is printed on each side of the mount, and "1392 Buffalo Bill Mounted" is in the plate at lower left. Break in mount has caused one barely visible crease in the albumen, just to right of center. Very good. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1361		Cripple Creek, Colorado - 1897. An Independent Nomination Certificate made by 50 voters representing The People's Party for the second ward officers, for the municipal election of April 6, 1897, 14 x 11½ inches; the notary public's official paper is attached. Two other documents list the names and addresses in Cripple Creek of the 50 voters. Some staining and age wear. Bob Womack's discovery of gold in October 1890 made Cripple Creek a booming gold-mining town. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1362		Earp, Josephine (Mrs. Wyatt). Photograph taken in Tombstone, Arizona of 19-year-old Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp, wearing a diaphanous covering, 16 x 6 in. This picture adorns the cover of her autobiography I Married Wyatt Earp. Josephine, who was a Jewish girl from Brooklyn, roamed the West for 47 years with Earp. Photo has some toning and foxing. It is matted and framed to an overall size of 21½ x 11½ in. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1363		(Iron Tail) (c. 1850-1916) Ogala war chief; toured Europe with Buffalo Bill Cody; one of three Indians used by James Earle Frasier for the composite portrait used on the "Indian head nickel." 9¾ x 7 waist-up portrait (image is 6 x 4¾ inches) by Bosworth Studio, Springfield, Mass. Iron Tail's thumb print has been mounted at lower left, with "Thumb-print of Indian Chief Iron Tail July 1913" written below it, probably because Iron Tail could not write. One mark at right edge of mount affects nothing. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $472
Lot 1364		[Texas]. Lithographed stock certificate headed "TEXAS ASSOCIATION 8,000 Square miles on the Trinity River," unengrossed, Louisville, Kentucky: Hart, Mapother & Co., Lithogrs. (1858). Certificate is for "one share of stock in 'The Texas Association' established for colonizing certain land in Texas under the Authority of the Republic." Ornamental border and two vertical cartouches, one reading "Grant 1844" and the other "By the Republic of Texas." A vignette of an Indian spearing a buffalo adorns the bottom; a Lone Star is centered at top. Browning in lower right margin, just touching corner of border, else very fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 1365		Circus "Freaks". Collection of 8 items, c. 1870s: Tom Thumb 2¼ x 3½ in Card Signed "Charles S. Stratten known as General Tom Thumb" in purple ink by P.T. Barnum's star attraction; a second card is signed by his wife (Lavinia Warren), "Mrs. Charles S. Stratton / Cleveland / May 8th, 1878," also in purple ink. Cartes de visite of the original Siamese twins Eng and Chang Bunker and their wives, Sarah and Adelaide Yates, with whom they had 22 children. The two men were joined by a small band of flesh at the chest. Each man signed the back of both photos. Ann E. Leak, a carte de visite of the armless and toeless woman who toured with Cooper, Bailey & Co.; also present are two 4½ x 3 in. souvenir cards sold by Leak at her shows, with Leak's name on the back (we don't know if she signed). Chang Woo Gow, cabinet photo of the 8 ft. 2 in. Chinese giant and his bride, Fair Lily; there is some Chinese writing on the back. These eight items are displayed in a 12¼ x 16¼ in. Ryker case. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1366		The Great Chicago Fire - October 8-10, 1871. The October 10, 1871 issue of the New-York Tribune (12 pp, 23¼ x 18 in.) reports on the great fire that supposedly started in the O'Leary's barn, killing some 300 people, making 100,000 people homeless, and doing $200 million worth of damage. Details on the damage and on relief efforts take up most of page 1, as well as 2 columns on page 7. Page 1 has an 11x 5½ in. diagram of the burned area. Tape repairs to masthead (on p. 2) do not affect this story; otherwise, fine. Housed in a custom-made holder of black buckram with burgundy spine; the name of the paper, the date, and "The Chicago Fire" are in gilt lettering. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1367		The Hatfields and the McCoys. Six documents from the feud that gained national fame and became part of American folklore. The families lived near the Kentucky-West Virginia border, near the Tug Fork River, the Hatfields on the West Virginia side and the McCoys on the Kentucky side; both families farmed and made and sold "moonshine" whiskey. The feud supposedly started with a dispute over a hog, then escalated into a war between the two families and the two states, resulting in 12 murders and years of legal wrangling. We offer six documents covering the years 1866 to 1898. They include three arrest warrants for murder (1885, '97, and '98), a warrant to bring in a witness who disobeyed his subpoena (1888), an 1868 warrant ordering the arrest of three of the Hatfields to collect a financial judgment, and an 1866 document giving the McCoy patriarch's response to a lawsuit involving some of his cousins. Documents vary in size and are very good to fine, except for one (1885) which is separated at one fold and part of another. A unique collection. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1368		Letter From An Adventurer In Search Of Gold. Stampless folded letter, 3½pp, quarto from Charles Currin, Panama, April 25 1854, to his sister in Amesbury, Mass. On March 10, 1853, he left California for Australia in search of gold but found none. "A party of eight…sank three holes each …170 feet deep and…took out about four ounces of gold…." Gold was discovered on the Amazon and Charles and other Americans went to Peru but "We found it to be a perfect humbug," so he was on his way to California to invest what money he had left in a farm. "Within the last five years I have visited 7 different kingdoms and republics and I think that is enough for me…our own people and our own government is far superior to any other in the world. Australia and her government I despise as I do a snake…They have already found out what Yankees can do and for this they insult us when we are in the minority…." A few small tape repairs; seal tear affects a few words. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1369		Literary, Theatrical, Political Lot. This lot of nine items includes six Books Signed (all but two inscribed) by the authors: Where the Wings Grow. A memoir of childhood (1978) by Agnes de Mille; Geraldine Farrar: The Story Of An American Singer By Herself (1916); Josh. My Up and Down, In and Out Live (1976), by director and writer Joshua Logan; Just the Other Day. From Yellow Pines to Broadway (1953), by drama critic Ward Morehouse; Sudden Endings. 13 Profiles in Depth of Famous Suicides (1974), by M.J. Meaker; and Washington Witch Hunt (1948), by Pulitzer Prize winner Bert Andrews. Conditions range from good to fine. Also included is an Autograph Letter Signed "Michael" from Sir Michael Redgrave to "Walter," n.p., n.d., 2pp (1 sheet) quarto, regarding a book Redgrave is writing. With a carte de visite of Charles Dickens (covered by numerous specks), by John Watkins, "Photographer to the Queen, The Prince of Wales & The Royal Family of France"; and a cabinet-sized photo of George Sand with no photographer's imprint. An eclectic lot. (9 items). Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1370		Mechanical Banks. Four banks: Two "Jim Crow" banks with racist portrayals of an adult black man and a young boy, both with exaggerated lips and features, wearing red jackets with white collars and blue bowties; the adult has an arm that is raised by a lever which opens the mouth and makes the eyes roll down; both have 40-50% chipping on paint. A bank (1875 patent date) representing a tree trunk has a young black boy climbing out on a limb to a bird's nest with eggs; two birds hover in the tree; the tree limb moves. "Jonah and the Whale" was patented in 1890; it is 10 in. long. A lever causes Jonah to toss coins in the whale's mouth (its lower jaw moves). Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 1371		Miscellaneous Lot. 8 items: Broadside of the names of the members of the 32nd Congress, with their Post Offices, 1851-533; an 1835 ALS by a militia chaplain mentioning rioting in NY, the abolition controversy, and Tappan and Garrison; an 1897 John Sherman LS as Secretary of State; a rare 1822 NC illustrated military document; a CDV of the obelisk memorial to CSA Col. Robert Smith, 10th Miss.; an 1860 ALS by a Pennsylvania doctor regarding medical malpractice; an advertising broadside by Jay Cooke & Co. for the Northern Pacific Railroad Co.; and a lobby card for the 1952 movie "O.Henry's Full House," featuring Marilyn Monroe. A good dealer's lot. Very good to fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1372		Reference Lot. Six volume set of Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-89. With 61 steel engravings of eminent Americans. Cover to Vol. I is loose; some edge wear to covers, else very good. An exceptional reference tool, hard to find these days. Also in this lot and all in fine condition: The Stein and Day Book of World Autographs by Ray Rawlins (1978); Corresponding with history. The Art & Benefits of Collecting Autographs by John E. Schlimm II (1997); Collecting Book and Pamphlets Signed by the Presidents by Stephen Koschal (1982 - signed); a privately-printed pamphlet by Charles Hamilton, The Strange History of How F.D. Roosevelt Met With the Devil, inscribed in 1960 by Hamilton; and an autograpah catalogue (No. 152) from dealer Joe Rubinfine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 1373		Ticket to the Top of the World Trade Center. One adult ticket to the "Top of the World Trade Center Observatories," dated August 18, 2001. These tickets are very rare. They were printed inside the World Trade Center itself and were used to go to the top without waiting in line; they were given up once the buyer went inside. The ticket is blue, printed on an image of the Twin Towers and the Statue of Liberty. Mint condition. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold