Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 6

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

The Gerald Burg Collection of Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 562		Taft, William Howard (1857-1930) 27th President of the United States. Inscribed Philippines Civil Governor's Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Penned on verso, "June 9th 1903/ Wm H Taft/ Bagino Banquet." Mounting traces, not affecting inscription. Estimated Value $300 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 563		Taft, William Howard. Government Card Signed. 3½ x 2-3/4", on cream card stock. With the imprint, "Washington, DC" and signed in full. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 564		Taft, William Howard. Government Card Signed. 4½ x 3", on cream card stock. Boldly signed. Some discoloration and mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 565		Taft, William Howard. War Department Card Signed. 4½ x 2-3/4", on cream card stock. Signed in full. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 566		Taft, William Howard. Inscribed Card Signed. 4½ x 3", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "For [ ? ], with the best wishes of Wm H Taft." Age toned. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 567		Taft, William Howard. War Department Card Signed. 4½ x 2-3/4", on cream card stock. Boldly signed, "Wm H. Taft." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 568		Taft, William Howard. Government Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock with a beautiful gold embossed federal seal. Signed in gold ink. Mounting traces on verso, with minor soiling on recto. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $207
Lot 569		Taft, William Howard. White House Card Signed. 4½ x 2-3/4", on white card stock. Boldly signed "Wm H Taft." Mounting traces on verso, with light age-toning. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 570		Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) British Novelist, author of the masterful satire Vanity Fair (1847-8). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed, "W. Thackeray" below his printed name and inscribed in the lower left, "Andersons Music Store - Pa Avenue." Mounting traces at corners, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 571		Togo, Heihachiro (1846-1934) Japanese Admiral. Visiting Card Signed Twice. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on off-white card stock. Elegantly signed on the verso in English and in Japanese characters below. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 572		Togo, Heihachiro. Government Card Signed. Approximately 4½ x 3¼", on cream card stock, with the embossed imprint, "Navy Department. Tokio." and "His Excellency Admiral of the Fleet, Count Heihachiro Togo, O.M." typed and underlined in red along the bottom of recto. Signed, "Admiral Count / H.Togo." Remnants of red ink on verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $270
Lot 573		Rare Leo Tolstoy Inscribed Visiting Card (1828-1910) Russian Novelist, authored the epics War and Peace (1865-9) and Anna Karenina (1873-7). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed and signed in pencil, "Please leave a word to the porter as to when I can find [you] at home tomorrow or Monday. Yours truly Tolstoy" above and below the author's printed name, which is in French, "Comte Léon L. Tolstoy," which suggests that Tolstoy used this calling card while he was abroad. Exhibits some minor soiling from handling. Very few Tolstoy signed cards exist. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Acquired from Renaldo Saggiori, 6/65. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $805
Lot 574		Superb Content Inscribed Toulouse-Lautrec Visiting Card (1864-1901) French Artist and Illustrator. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. With a lengthy inscription which begins above the famous artist's printed name, and continues on the verso: "Dear Sir Would you give to the porter the lithograph that you have from me. It is to make a reproduction in French Art … made by Alexandre and me… I will give it back to you in four days …T Lautrec." Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,750. Acquired from Kenneth Rendell, 2/78. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 575		Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940) Russian Communist Leader and Revolutionary. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 2 3/4 x 2", on cream card stock. A visiting card from late in the revolutionary's career, with Trotsky's printed address given as "Coyoacan Mexique." Trotsky has inscribed the card on the verso in French, in light blue ink: "Mr. Thième I wish you a good and happy new year… and a long life. Trotsky." The last line of the inscription is faint, and Trotsky's signature, which appears between the penultimate and the last line of text, is so badly faded as to be almost illegible. Nonetheless, so few of these exist as to make this example quite desirable. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 576		Truman, Harry & Bess S (1884-1972) American 33rd President & his wife. White House Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on white card stock. Boldly signed in full by both Truman's. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $483
Lot 577		Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) Italian Opera Composer, father of Riggoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata . Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2¼", on manilla card stock. Inscribed in Italian and signed, "G. Verdi" below the composer's printed name. Some age toning. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750. Acquired from Paul Richards, 3/68. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 578		Verdi, Giuseppe. With a darkened rim, on unevenly trimmed stock. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on glossy white card stock mounted to a piece of heavier board. Verdi has inscribed the card in Italian beneath his elaborately cursive printed name. The card is dated, probably in another hand, "May 30, 1862," in English above the inscription. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $633
Lot 579		Verdi, Giuseppe. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. With a brief salutation in Italian penned above the composer's printed name. Some spotting and one smudged word. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 580		Verne, Jules (1828-1905) French Novelist, author of the popular adventure tales Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Dated "March 9, 97," and inscribed in French, "In response to your letter, Dear Sir, would you recieve the assurance of all my sympathy and all my esteem Your devoted Jules Verne." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $661
Lot 581		Verne, Jules. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on off-white card stock. A visiting card for "Mr. & Mrs. Jules Verne," with a hand-written metric conversion chart inscribed on the verso in the author's hand. Miniscule spotting on recto. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 582		Villa, Pancho (1877-1923) Mexican Revolutionary and General. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on manilla card stock. Dated "April 7, 1909" beneath the printed address, "Cumpas, Son.[ora]" with an intriguing inscription in Spanish which begins on the verso and continues onto the recto above and below Pancho Villa's printed name, "Francisco F. Villa." The Generalissimo's note reads: (translated from Spanish)"The three doormen are on their way over with the objective of looking at properties… I was permitted to send them to you… Have them provide you with an example of the necessary information./ to Mr. Manuel B. Quiroga/ April 7, 1909". Exhibits several creases, with the extreme upper right tip being lost, probably where this corner had once been folded. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 583		Vinson, Frederic M[oore] (1890-1953) American Chief Supreme Court Justice. Typed Supreme Court Card Signed. 4¼ x 2½", on cream card stock. With the typed inscription, "November 13, 1947 / Dear Mr. Smith : I am happy to send you my autograph." Signed, "Fred M. Vinson." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 584		Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) German Opera Composer whose massive influential works were based on Germanic legends, such as Tannhäuser (1845), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie, 1856), and the enormous Ring Cycle. Visiting Card. 4½ x 2-3/4", on cream card stock, with the composer's name printed in elegant cursive script. Estimated Value $225 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 585		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 586		Wallace, Lewis (1827-1905) American Army General, author of Ben Hur (1880). Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Signed, "Lew. Wallace" below his printed name and title. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 587		Washington, Booker T (1856-1915) American Author and Educator, a former plantation slave. Founded the "Tuskegee Institute" (1881). Inscribed Calling Card Signed. 4 x 3", on cream card stock. Signed in full and inscribed, "Tuskegee Alabama Mar. 23, 1908." Minuscule tear at right edge, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 588		Weber, Karl Maria von (1786-1826) German Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. Approximately 3¼ x 2", on textured card stock with decorative shading. Inscribed with an address below the printed name. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $489
Lot 589		Webster, Noah (1758-1843) American Lexicographer. Founder of Amherst College. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on blank off-white card stock. Inscribed "Admit the Bearer/ N. Webster." Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $600 - 900. Acquired from Robert Batchelder, 12/77. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 590		Welles, H. G (1866-1946) English Author, creator of classic science-fiction tales such as The Time Machine (1895) and War of the Worlds (1898). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 3½", on cream card stock with embossed imprinted address. With a curious note concerning an intellectual argument, "Dear Eugene/ Prof Baker makes a good case in an [underpopulated country ?]. Thanks for this. Yours very sincerely/ H.G. Wells." Estimated Value $350 - 525. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 591		Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (1769-1852) British Army General and Statesman. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 3 x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. With a Free Frank post mark, "19 December, 1829." Wellington evidently used this card as an invitation, sent by post, to pay a social call. Inscribed and dated "Dec. 18, 1924," in Wellington's hand, and signed "Wellington." Includes a very unusual leather carrying case that was originally used to house this charming card. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 592		West, Benjamin (1738-1820) American Portrait Painter. A founder and President of the Royal Academy (1768). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed, "Mr. West Newman Street," with the numeral "14" being written in the bottom right corner. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 593		Wharton, Edith (1862-1937) American Novelist and Short Story writer, author of the Age of Innocence (1920) for which she received the Pulitzer Prize. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on cream card stock. Penned in blue ink recto/verso "Dear Miss Bartol, / my friend Mrs. Reyall Tyler, Vice Prest & honorary treasurer of my war charities, & my valiant collaborator since 1915, is sailing immediately to see our committees in America & explain what we have done.-- She knows of your interest & sympathy, & I was to have given her a letter to you, but there is no time to do more than this. I do hope she will see you/ yours E Wharton." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 594		Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906) American Confederate States Army General. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed on verso, "Yours truly/ Joseph Wheeler." Mounting traces on recto. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 595		Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 1-3/4", on cream card stock. Signed, "Jos Wheeler/ Major Gen." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 596		Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 1-3/4", on cream card stock. Signed, "Jos Wheeler/ May 1898." . Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 597		Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock. Inscribed on verso, "With respect/ J Wheeler." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 598		Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Inscribed on verso, "Sincerely yours/ Joseph Wheeler./ March 4th 1903." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 599		Whistler, James Mc Neill (1834-1903) American Artist. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 2½ x 1¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "Dear Stein -- We want you to come if you can and dine with us tonight - will you? - 8 o'clock- ." The inscription is signed with Whistler's famed butterfly signature. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,006
Lot 600		Wiggin, Kate Douglas (1856-1923) American Author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1908). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "Yours very sincerely / Kate Douglas Wiggin." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 601		Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "My congratulations and good wishes / Sincerely yours / Kate Douglas Riggs." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 602		Wilson, Edith Bolling. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on off-white card stock. Signed, "Edith Bolling Galt" above the printed name, "Mrs Norman Galt." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 603		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 604		Wilson, Edith Bolling. Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock with a gold embossed federal seal. Signed in full. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 605		Wilson, Edith Bolling. Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed in full above her printed name. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 606		Wilson, Thomas Woodrow (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States. White House Card Signed. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed in full by President Wilson. Mounting traces on verso, some fading evident on border, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 607		Windsor, Duchess of (Wallis Simpson) (1896-1986) British Royalty. Wife of King Edward VIII. Royal Card Signed. 5½ x 3", on cream card stock with gold embossed royal seal. Signed in full. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 608		Windsor, Duke & Duchess of (Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson). British Royalty. Government Card Signed. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock with a blue embossed royal seal. Signed in full in blue ink by both the Duke and the Duchess. Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 609		Windsor, Duke & Duchess of (Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 5¼ x 3½", on cream card stock with red embossed seal. Signed in full by both the Duke and the Duchess. Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $978
Lot 610		Wister, Owen (1860-1938) American Author of The Virginian (1902). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "Dear M: MacDonald : / Thank you for your Kind Christmas Greeting & may 1920 treat you very well / Yours sincerely / Owen Wister." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86
Lot 611		Wister, Owen. Visiting Card Signed. 2½ x 1¼", on cream card stock. Signed above his printed name, which Wister has crossed out with a single line to personalize the card. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86

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