Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 33

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

VP's, Cabinet Officers, Supreme Court & Politicians

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 185		Gore, Al (1948 -) Vice president of the United States (1993-2001). Typed Letter Signed on "Office of the Former Vice Presdent" letterhead, 1p, 10¼"x7", n.p., 2001 Mar. 15, thanking a former classmate at St. Albans for a t-shirt, one of 50 created after the controversial 2000 presidential election. One of the t-shirts is framed with the letter. Making reference to the irregularities involving the infamous Palm Beach "butterfly" ballot, the t-shirt avoids any confusion by showing Gore as the only choice for November 7, 2004. Framed to an overall size of 17"x29½". Excellent condition. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 186		Baruch, Bernard M (1870-1965) Financier; presidential advisor. Photograph of an 85-year-old Baruch watching President Eisenhower on tv Signed and Inscribed, "To Prof. Considine with high regards and best wishes / B M Baruch / Jan 1955," 10"x11", n.p. Very good;one small closed tear at lower edge. Mounted to board. '. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 187		Brandeis, Louis D (1856-1941) First Jewish Supreme Court Justice. Autograph Note Signed on Supreme Court of the United States stationery, 1p, 7"x4½", Washington, D.C., 1932 Apr 14. Fine. To David Wallerstein, thanking him for his generous letter. With holograph envelope. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $403
Lot 188		Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925) Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson; 3-time Democratic nominee for President; prosecutor in the Scopes Trial. Autograph Letter Signed "W.J. Bryan," as Secretary of State on embossed Department of State stationery, 1¼pp, 10½"x8", Washington, n.d. (c. 1913-1915). Very good; some soiling. To Mr. Berger, asking Berger to make plans to visit Ashville with him, "…I am anxious for you to see the city and its environment…." Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 189		Burton, Harold H (1888-1964) Appointed to the Supreme Court by President Truman in 1945, he served 13 years. Two Photographs in judicial robes Signed with his title, "Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States." One is dated Nov. 2, 1954 and the other Sept. 9, 1957. Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 190		Chase, Salmon P (1808-1873) American politician and jurist. Autograph Letter Signed "S.P. Chase" one month after President Lincoln accepted his resignation as Secretary of the Treasury, 1p, 8"x5", Beverly, Mass., 1864 July 25. Very fine. To his successor, William P. Fessenden. In part: "Col. Browne, Secretary of Gov. Andrews desires me to say to you that he was constituted Agent to arrange all money matters of Dr. Gwynn with the department….I was glad to have a gentleman of… intelligence & unimpeachable integrity…to attend to these matters….the important undertaking…would be …one of immense advantage to the country." Three months later, Lincoln appointed Chase Supreme Court Chief Justice to replace Roger Taney. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 191		Crawford, William H (1772-1834) American statesman. Autograph Letter Signed "Wm H. Crawford" as secretary of the treasury, 1p, 9¾"x8", Treasury Department, 1821 Dec. 29. Very good; toning and age wear. To "The President of the office of Discount & Deposit and acting Commissioner of Loans / Boston": "The Treasurer has been directed to remit to you Three Hundred and twenty eight thousand and fifty three dollars and forty six cents…to be applied towards discharging the Interest on the Domestic Funded Debt…." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 192		Daniels, Josephus (1862-1948) American statesman; Secretary of U.S. Navy (1912-1920). Autograph Letter Signed as U.S. ambassador to Mexico, 1p, 7"x4¾", Mexico D F, 1934 April 3. Fine. To Mr. Sutphin in New Jersey. In part, "…Those were high days when Wilson was at the helm. Since then…we have been 'Looking Back To Glory'…." With stamped, free-franked envelope. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 193		Dawes, Charles G (1865-1951) American statesman; shared Nobel Peace prize in 1925; Vice President under Calvin Coolidge. Autograph Letter Signed as Comptroller of the Currency, on Treasury Department stationery, 3½pp, Washington, D.C., 1898 Nov. 23. Light soiling to signature page, else fine. To his father, sending "the text of my first annual report to Congress" [not present], and with Washington news, including a theatre party with Mrs. McKinley, and being invited to the White House for Thanksgiving. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $90
Lot 194		Depew, Chauncey. Green and cream Stock Certificate Signed as president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, 9"x13", New York, 1893 Sept. 16. Very good; slight creasing at left margin, perforated cancellation affects part of signature. 1000 shares to Henry S. Bidwell; transfer on verso. Estimated Value $50 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $29
Lot 195		Faubus, Orval E (1910-1994) Segregationist governor of Arkansas (1955-67); in 1957 called out the Arkansas National Guard to try to prevent the integration of Central High School in Little Rock. Very good; some soiling. Four Typed Letters Signed as Governor, on official letterhead, 1p each, 1960. 1964, and 1965, to George A. Hall, a supporter, plus a signed and inscribed photocopy of a page about him from a 1957 Time magazine He warns, "…we no longer owe loyalty to a Party when it no longer stands for the best interests of the country," foreseeing the South's abandonment of the Democratic party after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 196		Forrestal, James (1892-1949) Secretary of the Navy; first Secretary of Defense. Typed Letter Signed as Secretary of the Navy, on official letterhead, 1p, 10½"x8", 1945 Oct. 27. Very good; toning and some edge chips. An excellent letter to Max Forkish, stating the Navy's pride in him and giving examples of how the U.S. Navy was "the greatest Navy in the world. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 197		Group of Political Figures. Approximately 100 signed items--photographs, letters, cards, etc.-- by secretaries of state, senators, congressmen, governors, government officials, and associated figures from the second half of the 20th century. A few of the figures included are : Robert Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Cyrus Vance, Hamilton Jordan, Archibald Cox, Charles Colson, John McCormack, Barbara Jordan, George McGovern, Carl Albert, Jacob Javits, "Miss Lillian" Carter, Ed Brooke, and many others. Overall fine. Should be seen. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $805
Lot 198		Group of Political Figures. Over 40 signed items--photographs, letters, cards, etc.-- by two Presidents (Reagan and Johnson), cabinet members, senators, etc., from the second half of the 20th century. Names inclued Jeane Kirkpatrick, Casper Weinberger, Juanita Kreps, George P. Shultz, Alexander Haig, John Tower, Elizabeth Dole, Samuel Skinner, Elliott Richardson, Bob Packwood, Michael Dukakis, Pete Domenici, etc. Overall fine. Should be seen. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 199		Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804) American politician; leader of the Federalists; first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Letter Signed "A. Hamilton" as Secretary of the Treasury, 2pp, 12"x7½", Treasury Department, 1791 Aug. 26. Matted to show both sides of letter to 18"x21½". Fine; a few edge chips. To John Brown, a lawyer and Virginia congressman who introduced the petition for Kentucky statehood and who served as senator from Kentucky when that state was admitted to the Union. Hamilton writes regarding the contract for the Baltimore firm of Elliott and Williams to supply western military posts. In part: "…there appears to have been a misapprehension of the purport of my communication to you. I said, that I had advanced within four or five thousand Dollars of the whole sum, which it appeared probable would be due according to an estimate made between the Secretary of War - the Agents of Messrs. Elliot and Williams - and myself, from the best documents and materials in the possession of all the Parties; not according to the estimate of Messrs Elliot & Williams….it is desireable that the truth should be understood with precision…." Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 200		Hughes, Charles E. 1862-1948) U.S. statesman and jurist. Autograph Letter Signed as Secretary of State, on official, embossed letterhead, 1p, 9"x7", Washington, n.y. (c. 1921-25) Jan. 1. Very fine. Thanking a lady for remembering some tablets which he needed to prepare himself for "all the distempers to which Washington flesh is heir…." Hughes would become the eleventh Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930-41). Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 201		Kennedy, Robert F (1925-1968) American politician; attorney general and senator. Two Books Signed and Inscribed, one hard cover (Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1967, with dust cover) and one paperback (Special Campaign Edition by Bantam, 1968) copy of To Seek A Better World, the first on the half title page ("With Best Wishes"), and the paperback (on the first end page ("With Affection"). Very good; minor edge damage to dust cover and paperback and light toning; both are tight copies. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $324
Lot 202		Livingston, Edward (1764-1836) U. S. secretary of state; U. S. minister to France. Autograph Note Signed "Edw Livingston" as secretary of state, 1p, 7 ½"x4 �" (Washington), 1832 Jan. 8. Fine. Inviting "My Dear Dallas" (possibly Senator George Mifflin Dallas, who would be Polk�s V.P.) for Sunday dinner. Estimated Value $75 - 125. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $46
Lot 203		Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800) George Washington's aide-de-camp; Revolutionary War general; president of the Continental Congress; governor of Pennsylvania. Partly-printed Document Signed "Tho Mifflin" as governor of Pennsylvania, vellum, 12½"x22" (Philadelphia), 1794 Oct. 7. Countersigned by A.J. Dallas (1759-1817) as secretary; he would become Madison's secretary of the treasury. Fine; some translucence and toning to top of vellum. A land grant to Andrew Swearingen on Panther Lane, in a town being created near "where the old French town stood." Mifflin signed under the large paper seal at upper left. Matted with an image of Mifflin and a plaque and handsomely framed to an overall size of 25"x43¼". Am impressive display piece. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 204		Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841) America's first civil servant; his career spanned forty years and six presidential administrations. Letter Signed as Register of the Treasury, 1p, 9¾"x7¾" (Washington City), 1806 Feb 4. Poor to fair; several fold splits need repair. To David Hoge, Register of the Land Office in Steubenville, asking for proof that payments have been made on land purchased by Josiah Updegraff and Samuel Brown. With Free Frank on address leaf (heavily toned), as well as two "FREE".stamps. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 205		Political Group. An eclectic group of approximately 35 items, including a mixture of photographs, letters, and cards signed by congressmen and senators such as Eugene McCarthy, Ramsey Clark, John McCormack, and Patsy Mink,and sent to an autograph collector in California, most of them during the 1960s. Other items are: an 1867 New York check paying Tammany Hall politician Richard Croker's salary as a Supreme Court officer, signed by Mayor John T. Hoffman; a 7"x5" Franklin D. Roosevelt campaign silk in red, gray and blue; a 1949 Inaugural Gala program for Truman/Barkley; cards signed by Robert Moses, Admiral Arleigh Burke, and General Edwin A. Walker; a 10"x8" photo of LBJ and Lady Bird; a sheet of "Nixon Now" stamps, and a sheet of stamps from Radio of Free Asia. Also, a Gen. Westmoreland TLS as Chief of Staff, sending autograph. Overall very good to fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 206		(Politicians). A group of 17 Photographs Signed by Sam Rayburn, Harold L. Ickes, Robert Moses, Edmund "Pat" Brown, Diane Feinstein, Stuart Symington, William E. Miller, H.S. Kemp, Sinclair Weeks, Felix Rohatyn, Joseph E. Davies, George McGovern, Bert Lance, Nelson Rockefeller, Howard Baker, Mr. & Mrs. Spiro Agnew, Edward and Tricia Cox. All are approximately 10"x8"; some have inscriptions. Fine overall. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 207		Spinner, Francis (1802-1890) Appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Lincoln in March 1861; he served in that position until July 1875. Four Checks Signed "F.E. Spinner," three with "Jr." and one without, drawn on the First National Bank of Florida between 1883 and 1890, the year of his death, and paid to various parties. Very good; some edge staining and minor soiling. Spinner's beautiful, inimitable signature is a little shaky due to old age. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $127