Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 45

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Americana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1208		1809 Public Laws of the State of New York. Original volume of public laws passed during the 32nd Session of the State Legislature under Governor Daniel D. Tomkins between Nov. 1808 and Mar. 1809. 10" x 7", 268pp, plus index. Published in Albany and printed by S. Southwick, 1809. Rough-cut pages with normal edge toning and slight damp staining. Original board covers with numerical notations on surface; spine and title missing. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1209		1906 Panoramic Views of San Francisco After the Earthquake and Fires. Two supplements to the San Francisco Examiner , copyright 1906 by Geo. R. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, showcasing progressive damage to the city following the catastrophic April 18, 1906 earthquake. The first, published on May 27, 1906, 19" x 32 ½", shows a "Birdseye View…From Twin Peaks" with the burned area demarcated by a white line; the second, published June 3, 1906, 22 ½" x 32 ½", shows a "Panoramic View…From the Water Front" with almost the entire area burned down. The first has a few small fold tears, the second has minor wear. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1210		19th Century Pennsylvania Land Deeds. Four vellum land deeds from 1829, 1865, 1868, and 1869. The first, for land in Northampton County, has a decorative title, "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," a woodcut of the Penn. seal, and a lovely paper and wax seal, but has some small fold tears and toning. The three others are for land in Philadelphia; they have scalloped tops, red seals, and revenue stamps and are clean and very attractive. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1211		[California] Governors - Group of 16, Covering 1849-1999. A wonderful collection of letters and documents signed by 16 of California�s 38 governors, eleven of them before 1900. This historic group includes California's first two elected governors, Peter Burnett (signature only) and John McDougall (signature and place); the remainder are full letters or documents, except Jerry Brown (PS), most signed as governor. Eleven of the men governed between 1849 and 1899; the other five were 20th century governors. The governors are: Peter Burnett, John A. McDougall, J. Neeley Johnson, John B. Weller, John G. Downey (Civil War governor), Frederick F. Low (Civil War governor), Newton Booth, William Irwin, George Stoneman (also a Union cavalry general), H.H. Markham, James H. Budd, Hiram W. Johnson, Goodwin J. Knight, Edmund G. Brown, Jerry Brown, and Pete Wilson. Very good to fine. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1212		[California] Huntington, Stockton, and Others. Group of over 20 items pertaining to 19th and 20th century California, including signatures of C.P. Huntington, R.F. Stockton, and Edward Gilbert (CA's 1st member of the U.S. House of Representatives, killed in a duel by Gen. Denver); ALS by William M. Gwin (one of CA�s 1st two senators), 1856 booklet "Life of Col. Fremont" (CA�s other 1st senator and 1st Republican presidential candidate), 1879 receipt signed by George Crocker as Treas. of the Central Pacific RR, 2 Tuolumne County Water Co. 1854 stock certificates, 1876 Bank of Butte County check signed by John Bidwell (1892 pres. candidate on Prohibition ticket), 1888 ticket stub for Yosemite Valley RR Co. and a 1944 timetable, 1862 hand-colored map (9" x 11") by Appleton of N CA, the Nicaragua Route and the Panama RR, a 1903 Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co. check, a 1935 Miners & Merchants Bank check, etc. Very good to fine. Should be seen to be appreciated. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1213		[California] Military Governors - Robert F. Stockton and Richard B. Mason. Robert F. Stockton (1795-1866) Naval commodore who captured California during the Mexican War, military governor of California (1846-47). ALS ("R.F. Stockton") as Lt. Commander, 1p, 10" x 8", Washington, 1852 Mar. 12, mentioning a "letter to Mr. Webster on the lottery question" and a copy of the "Republican" with a ballad about Stockton at Monterey: "…it strikes me that the literary merits of that effusion entitle its author to a high rank among the poets of America…". Old backing and file holes, else fine. Richard B. Mason (1797-1850) Career army officer and military governor of California (1847-49); he reported to President Polk when gold was found at Sutter's Mill. ALS, 2pp plus integral address lead, Washington, 1832 July 4. To Navy agent Brodhead, regarding timber, adding, "Bank bill goes to the President it is believed this day and he is determined on its final fate…the friends of the Bank has committed suicide to that Institution by pressing the rechartering this Congress…". More on the Bank. Very good; uneven toning. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1214		Early American Illustrated Broadside For A Long Island Race Horse. Stud broadside, titled: "To Cover. The Noted Horse Potomak". 16½" x 8½", [New York?], 1802 May 10. Illustrated with a woodcut image of a horse being led by its bridle. With pencil notations concerning the horse on recto, written by an early owner of the broadside. Also included is a collection of approximately thirty 18th and early 19th century newspaper clippings concerning or advertising stud horses, many with pencil notations in the same hand. The text first reviews Potomak's pedigree and describes him, then details results of his races from 1799-1801. The final statement, signed in print by Thomas C. Thorne, presumably his trainer, affirms that Potomak was "superior to any horse I have ever had in keeping." At the bottom is a postscript signed in print by stable owner William Jones. Fine; small chips in bottom margin just outside the border, separation at fold repaired with tape on verso, minor pin holes. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,105
Lot 1215		Map of Sutro Heights - San Francisco, c. 1890. Lots for Sale by Will E. Fisher & Co., Agents. Lithographed map by Bosqui, 157½' x 21". Sale map for plots in the outer Richmond area of San Francisco, including the coasts, Cliff House, Sutro Baths, etc. Sutro Heights fronted on Golden Gate Park. Terms printed on the back: nly "$25 cash and $10 per month" was required for ownership, with 7% interest. With original folds; a few small edge tears at folds, else fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1216		Mobile & Ohio Railroad Tax Document - State of Tennessee. Partly-printed document signed by B. E. Holmes, Rail Road Tax Collector for Gibson County, Tennessee, 2½" x 7½", 1857 June 22, certifying that Lewis Wade Jun. has paid $11.20 Railroad Tax in District No. 5 for the year of 1856. Fine. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1217		North Pennsylvania Railroad & Subsidiary Lines - Ticket Sample Book. Approximately 1,200 complete, different tickets, c. 1875, affixed to pages in an album with "Ticket Samples" on the front. Every different ticket is included with all of the stubs intact. Subsidiary railroads named on the tickets include: Delaware and Bound Brook RR, New York & Philad'a New Line, Central RR of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley RR, N.Y. New Haven & Hartford RR, New York & New England RR, Concord RR of New Hampshire, Boston, Hartford & Erie RR, and others, as well as the Stonington Steamboat Co. The album is falling apart and the pages are brittle and chipping, but the tickets themselves are in very good to fine condition. This is a real treasure of railroad Americana. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1218		Original 1964 Bullfight Poster. Printed in Spain by Laminograf, Barcelona, 39" x 21 ½", by Ballestar. Announcing the appearance of the mounted bullfighter D. Alvaro Domecq who would appear at Plaza de Toros de Palma de Mallorca on June 29, 1964. The colorful image shows the bull charging through the matador's swirling red cape. Several small fold and edge splits. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1219		Panama Canal - Three Early Panoramic Views. Two 10" x 53½" photos are by E. Goldbeck, c. 1914. One is "Bird's Eye View of Cristobal & Colon," Photo No. 1233, and the other is "Gatun Locks - Panama Canal," Photo No. 1234, both for the National Photo & News Service, San Antonio, Texas. The first shows Limon Bay, one of the entrance areas to the Canal, at left and the Panama Railroad along the coast. The ship in the famous Gatun Locks is probably one of the first ships to enter the Canal, which was finished on October 10, 1910, after 11 years under U.S. construction at a cost of $387 million. The French had begun the project in 1880, but failed due to disease and costs. This shot is remarkable in that it shows Gatun Lake, which was created as part of the canal building process. It was the largest lake in the world at the time. A third panoramic photo, 9" x 33", shows an "enormous slide in Culebra Cut, Panama Canal." Some toning, else fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1220		Panama Canal Photos and Theodore J. de Sabla Velocipedes Patent. Letters Patent issued to Theodore J. de Sabla for "an alleged new and useful improvement in Velocipedes," Washington, 1886 May 11.de Sabla was one of Count de Lesseps representatives in New York City and a director of the Panama Railroad Company. With a 7½" x 5¼" albumen photo of his father, the Marques de Joly de Sabla, who was an early exponent of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Also, ten 5" x 6½" photos of Panama, c. 1908-1910, showing work on the Gatun Locks, the steamship Colon, the Canal during a flood, etc., and two 8" x 10" albumen photographs by Lloyd of Connecticut Governor Bulkeley at Camp Embler, Niantic, Conn. Aug. 18 to 23, 1890. Overall very good. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1221		[Postal History] Cut Cancellations, 1879-1888. Notebook gifted in 1888 to Susie Pillsbury of Los Angeles, containing approximately 500 cut cancellations: a page with twelve cut cancellations for each of 37 states, plus five for Delaware, and one for the District of Columbia. Additionally, there are cancellations for territories that were not yet states: Arizona Territory, Indian Territory, Dakota Territory, Idaho Territory, Montana Territory, New Mexico Territory, Utah Territory, Washington Territory, and Wyoming Territory. Some of these cancellations are extremely rare. Overall fine. Should be seen. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1222		Rare 1838 U.S. Passport. Passport No. 492 signed by Secretary of State John Forsyth, 15¾" x 10¼", Washington, 1838 May 22. Made out to Miss Euphemia Graham, with descriptive information about Miss Graham and her signature. A large American eagle at top has 22 stars representing the 22 states of the Union. Very good; some toning and folds; housed in a wooden, gilt-edged frame to an overall size of 16¾" x 11¼". Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1223		Rare Vintage Fold-Out Assorted Valentines, c. 1900s-30s. A collection of ten exquisite American and German-made valentines featuring both unique and nostalgic images. Many of the three-dimensional designs showcase cherubs and children along with messages of love. Highlights include a flying airplane, an ornate carriage, a majestic sailing ship, an Art Deco style rocking horse, and an elaborate bird in a cage. The pieces are fragile and in mixed, but mostly fine condition for age. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1224		Rare Vintage Fold-Out Floral Valentines, c. 1900s-30s. A collection of ten exquisite American and German-made valentines featuring beautiful floral designs. Includes intricately designed and vividly colored flower pots, bouquets, and baskets, most of which expand into a three-dimensional view. The pieces are fragile and in mixed, but mostly fine condition for their age. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold