Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 45

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

World War 2

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1089		Fuchida, Mitsuo (1902-1976) Japanese pilot who led the attack on Pearl Harbor. 1960 FDS honoring the centennial of the Japanese-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce, signed by Fuchida in English and Japanese, with "Luke 23:34" added by Fuchida, a reference to the biblical passage, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." Very fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $228
Lot 1090		Gõring, Hermann (1893-1946) Leading member of the Nazi Party and commander of the Luftwaffe; tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity at Nuremberg and sentenced to hang, but committed suicide (by a potassium cyanide capsule) the night before he was scheduled to die. 5½" x 3½" PS dated "1929" in black ink across Gõring's chest. The chest-up portrait shows him in uniform, laden with medals. Some silvering, else fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 1091		Groves, Leslie R. U.S. General who oversaw construction of the Pentagon and was the primary military leader in charge of the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb during WW2. IPS ("L R Groves / 1948") in black ink, 9½" x 7½", black & white, n.p., attractively matted in handsome walnut frame. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 1092		Marshall, George C (1880-1959) American military leader who, as chief of staff (1939 to 1945), built and oversaw the largest army in history. As secretary of state (1947 to 1949), he formulated the Marshall Plan, which extended economic and military aid to foreign nations decimated by World War II, and for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. TLS ("G C Marshall") as General of the Army, 1p, on "Office of General of the Army" letterhead, 9" x 7", 1952 Oct. 30. To Kenneth Crouch, regretting that he will be unable to attend a reunion of Company A, 116th Regiment, 29th U.S. Infantry Division. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1093		Wedemeyer, A.C. 1 (1897-1989) Commander of U. S. forces in the China Theater. Four TLsS ("A.C. Wedemeyer"), one dated Nov. 27, 1945, regarding a First Day Issue Army Stamp "which will recall…the victorious termination of this long and costly war." The other three were written in 1988 to a former pilot in the China-Burma-India Theater, reminiscing about war experiences and policies, the future of the country, etc. One old tape repair, else fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1094		[Aces] American, British, German, and Japanese. Francis Gabreski, American ace who shot down 37.5 enemy aircraft in World War II and 6.5 in Korea, FDC signed; Johnnie Johnson RAF pilot credited with shooting down 38 Luftwaffe aircraft, photo standing in front of his plane, signed in lower border; Erich Hartmann, German ace with 352 "kills," the most of anyone ever. PS, 4" x 6"; note on back says "At Luke AFB 2 August 1969; also signed by two other men in photo, Ray Toliver (author of Fighter Aces) and Trevor Constable. Walter Krupinski, German ace with 197 tallies, FDC signed (ironically, the 1970 FDC honors General Eisenhower); Ernst Borngen (?), German ace, FDC signed; and Saburo Sakai, Japanese ace who claimed to shoot down 64 Chinese and Allied aircraft. FDC signed in English and Japanese. Estimated Value $400 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1095		American Aces. Group of 38 printed biographical pages, 8 " x 10", each featuring an ace and each page with an original signature by the ace featured on that page: Rex T. Barber, C.E. Anderson, Charles R. Bond, George T. Chandler, Guy P. Bordelon, Jr., F.C. Blesse, J.D. Collingsworth, Robert C. Coats, Denry Buttelmann, Robert Baird, William E. Copeland, Archie Donahue, James W. Empey, Edward L. Feightner, Cecil G. Foster, Frank L. Gailer, Jr., Robert E. Galer, John R. Galvin, Vermont Garrison, George L. Hollowell, Frank W. Klibbe, John D. Landers, Herbert H. Long, Charles M. Mallory, Richard H. May, Carroll W. McColpin, John W. Mitchell, Charles H. Older, Robert H. Moore, Ralph S. Parr, Frederick R. Payne, Steve N. Pisanos, Robert Bruce Porter, John E. Purdy, Edward F. Rector, Robinson Risner, Wendell V. Twelves, and Kenneth A. Walsh. All fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1096		Arnold, Henry "Hap", Mark Clark & Joseph Stilwell. H.H. Arnold TLS as Chief of the Air Corps, on official War Department letterhead, 1p, 10½" x 8", Washington, 1938 Jan. 8. To his editor at Funk & Wagnalls Co regarding numerous revisions to a book Arnold is writing with Col. Eaker; with a glossy 10" x 8" photo. Mark W. Clark TLS as President of The Citadel, 1p, 11" x 8½", Charleston, SC, 1956 May 14, regarding the organization FOR AMERICA and a move to organize a third party to stop Ike, with which he would not be associated. With an 8" x 10" glossy photo. Joseph W. Stilwell War-date TLS as Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, 1p, 9¼" x 7", Washington, D.C. 1945 Mar. 2, sending his autograph; with a pristine FDC and block of ten 10¢ stamps. Very good to fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 1097		[Enola Gay Crew]. Nine items: Photo of the mushroom cloud from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan signed "Paul W. Tibbets - Pilot / Enola Gay 8/6/45," and "George R. Caron / Hiroshima 8/6/45," 10" x 8"; photo of the Enola Gay signed "George R. Caron / Hiroshima 8/6/45," 8" x 10"; PS "Jacob Beser" showing the radar operator in fromt of the Enola Gay, 10" x 8"; two 2" x 3½" engraved cards, one signed by Jacob Beser and one by Thomas W. Ferebee (the bombadier), the latter's engraved "Hiroshima / August 6, 1945" and the former with "Nagasaki" added to that information, 3¼" x 6"; 1973 ALS "Paul Tibbets" on Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. letterhead regarding the C54 and "Passengers wanting a ride; blue card signed "Paul W. Tibbets Jr." with typed name and title (Brig. Gen.); and 1½" x 6½" strip of mustard-colored paper signed by Tibett's co-pilot, Bob Lewis, with one line; and a 1979 ALS "Theodore J. Van Kirk, Navigator - Enola Gay" about his hobbies. All fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1098		[Flying Tigers] Claire Chennault and Others. Claire Lee Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers. Signature and rank ("C.L. Chennault/ Maj. Gen. U.S.A.F. Ret'd/ Aug. 27, 1956"), on 3" x 6¾" page with signature of Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior under Eisenhower; with 1990 Flying Tigers FDC featuring Chennault and a 10" x 8" photo of Chennault; Ken Jenstedt 7" x 5" photo with his plane, signed as "Flight Leader A.V.G., and a TLS on Oregon State Senate letterhead, 1p, 8½" x 5½", n.d., about his career with the Flying Tigers. Plus, photo print signed by Tex Hill; illustration of a plane and a biographical sheet signed by James H. Howard; a photo and four typed letters signed by Bob Scott; and a typed letter signed by R.T. Smith. All fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1099		[Flying Tigers] Claire Chennault and Others. Claire Lee Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers. TLS ("C.L. Chennault"), 1p, 11" x 8½", 1947 Mar. 3, sending signed photo (not present) to Russel Silvius; with 1990 Flying Tigers FDC featuring Chennault. Robert H. Neale, top-scoring ace of the Flying Tigers, ALS ("Bob Neale"), 2pp, 7½" x 5¾", 1988 June 20, outlining his military career, the planes he flew, and the number of Japanese planes he shot down. With an ISP as commander of the First Pursuit Squadron, AVG. George E. Stratemeyer, commanding general of the India-Burma Sector and air adviser to the commanding general of the China-Burma-India Theater (1943-45). A 1947 TLS ("Geo. E. Stratemeyer") as Lt Gen. U.S. Air Force Commanding, refusing to give a second autograph. All fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1100		Flying Tigers FDC With 30 Signatures. FDC commemorating the Flying Tigers and Claire Chennault, postmarked Monroe, LA, 1990 and with stamp featuring Chennault, signed by some 30 former members of the Flying Tigers, including aces such as Charlie Bond (who also wrote "217/250 Presentation Series"), Tex Hill, Charles Mott, Chuck Older, Dick Rossi, Keith Christiansen, Bob Layher, and others. Fine condition. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1101		MacArthur, Douglas, Ira C. Eaker & Clayton Bissell. Douglas MacArthur Block of six stamps showing MacArthur's 1944 Leyte landing place in the Philippines, signed in right border, vertically, in black ink. With a 1971 TLS from the general's widow. Ira C. Eaker PS showing President Truman pinning a medal on Eaker, 8" x 10", n.p., n.d. With a 1972 TLS as Lt. Gen., USAF (Ret.), naming the Air Forces over which he was Commanding General during World War II and regretting that he does not know the answer to a question about George McGovern's war record. Clayton Bissell ALS, 2pp, 10½" x 8', Langley Field, 1930 Nov. 12, with information on his activities over the last year, all related to aviation. All fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1102		Military Group. Items signed by Generals J.H. Doolittle (2 photos), Lewis H. Brereton (typed letter), Howard C. Davidson (envelope), Crawford Sams (autograph note and endorsed check), George Gay (endorsed check), Curtis E. LeMay (photo and typed note), and Ronald R. Fogleman (photo and typed letter). Also, TLS with holograph note by Peter Townsend, a Battle of Britain squadron commander and pioneer night fighter pilot, later Equerry to George VI; and an ALS by Pierre Boulle, author of "Bridge Over the River Kwai" and "Planet of the Apes.". Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1103		Brass Screw From R.M.S. Queen Mary. Mounted on a 12½" x 10" wooden plaque bearing the ship's name and a certificate of guarantee on verso. Launched in 1934 and known for both its luxury and speed, the Cunard liner captured the Blue Riband in 1936 and again from 1938-1952. It was refitted as a troopship during WW2, then returned to passenger service until 1967 when it was retired. It has since served as a tourist attraction in Long Beach, CA and has also been used in many well-known films and TV shows. A great way to own a small part of American nautical and warfare history. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold