Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 6

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

The Gerald Burg Collection of Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 112		Chaliapine, Feodor Ivanovitch (1871-1938) Russian Basso. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 1 3/4", on off-white card stock. Inscribed In French on verso, "Would you be so kind as to bring Mr. Delines behind the scene to my dressing room. / yours, Chaliapine." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 113		Chaliapine, Feodor Ivanovitch. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 1 3/4", on off-white card stock. Inscribed in French, "Dear friend, my most beautiful and soft thoughts to your sacred family… Cordially yours, Chaliapine." Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 114		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 115		Charpentier, Gustave (1860-1956) French Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2½", on cream card stock with black mourning border. "Big thanks, my dear Mister Daubent for sending those films. [Uralaze] will be busy with [?], Mr. J. Gaul Boucart the ancient minister, and your servant. Wishing you well, G. Charpentier." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 116		Chiang Kai-Shek, Madam. 2nd Wife of Chinese President. Visiting Card Signed Twice. 3½ x 2", on white card stock. Signed in full in English below her printed name and signed in Chinese along the right edge. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $109
Lot 117		Seldom Seen Winston Churchill Turf Club Card Signed (1874-1965) British-Prime Minister, knighted. Winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. The great British statesman's card as a member of the "Turf Club," signed "Winston S. Churchill" in dark ink on verso. Slight crease to upper right corner, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 118		Citroen, Andre Gustave (1878-1935) French Automobile Engineer, manufacturer and munitions maker for WWI. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed on recto. "All my thanks for your amiable telegram that gave me great pleasure/ A Citroên." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 119		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 120		Clem, John Lincoln (1851-1937) American Army Brigadier General in the Civil War at the age of twelve. Known widely as the "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Penned "John L. Clem" above his printed name and inscribed on verso, "The last civil war veteran on the active list for over three years before his retirement." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 121		Extraordinary Samuel Clemens Visiting Card (1835-1910) Better known by his pseudonym, Mark Twain. One of the greatest American novelists, whose masterpieces Tom Sawyer (1876) and Huckleberry Finn (1884) drew heavily on his own boyhood experiences and are firmly established among the world's classics. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 1½", on cream card stock with black mourning border. In October of 1899, the Twains were wintering in Vienna, still mourning the death of their beloved daughter Susy Clemens, who had died in 1896. The Clemens' apartments constituted a veritable court where the world's notables gathered. In all likelihood this card comes from Europe, from the difficult period in Twain's life when he was still grieving his daughter and living abroad. Still, the author writes with characteristic geniality and humor: "When I made it appear to my wife, my dear Mr. Murray, that you manifested an interest (which I enlarged) in my portrait, she was mightily pleased & hopes you will not regard it as an intrusion- if she begs you to let her offer you this one. Sincerely yours, SL Clemens Oct. 20/ 99." Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 122		Desirable Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain Signed Visiting Card. This visiting card is extraordinary in being signed twice by the author, once as "Samuel Clemens," and again as "Mark Twain." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed Twice. 3¼ x 1 3/4", on off-white card stock. Inscribed on verso, "Yours Truly Samuel L. Clemens / (Mark Twain)." Twain's address is given as "472 Delaware Street." Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $12,075
Lot 123		Clemens, Samuel L. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. With a curious inscription penned above and below his printed name: "Dr Sirs- Is the carriage progressing? Yours Truly SL Clemens." Twain's printed address, "Hartford, Connecticut," dates the card from the late 1800s. Some minor foxing along the bottom edge, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 124		Clemens, Samuel L. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1-3/4", on off-white card stock. Inscribed "Yours truly Samuel L. Clemens / Mark Twain" on verso. Inscription is quite faded, though still legible. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 125		Clemens, Samuel L. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed "Room 162 Langdon Hotel" below his printed signature. Some minor foxing and age toning. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $661
Lot 126		Clemens, Samuel L. Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock. A printed facsimile signature card identifying the bearer as "Saml. L. Clemens." Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 127		Cleveland, Frances F (1864-1947) Wife of 22nd & 24th President Grover Cleveland. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed on recto. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86
Lot 128		Cleveland, Frances F. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2½", on cream card stock. "Please admit the Bishop of Washington to the White House New Years morning./ F.F. Cleveland. Dec. 31, 1896." Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 129		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 130		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 131		Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) 22nd & 24th President of the United States. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on white card stock (age toned). Signed in full on recto. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 132		Cleveland, Grover. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on white card stock (age toned). Signed in full on recto. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 133		Cleveland, Grover. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on white card stock (age toned). Signed in full on recto. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 134		Cleveland, Grover. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed in full. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 135		Cleveland, Grover. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on white card stock (age toned). Signed in full on recto. Mounting traces on verso, some spotting. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 136		Cleveland, Grover. Executive Mansion Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Fully signed on recto. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 137		Cleveland, Grover. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated on verso "Sept. 14, 1900." Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 138		Cleveland, Grover. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Penned on verso "Grover Cleveland Apr 15 1901." Printed name on recto slightly worn. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 139		Cleveland, Grover. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated "Oct 24 1900" on verso. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 140		Cleveland, Grover. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated "Nov. 22, 1900" on verso. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 141		Cleveland, Grover. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated "Aug 2, 1902" on verso of a "Mrs. Grover Cleveland" card. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 142		Cleveland, Grover. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x 1½", on off-white card stock. Signed in full on verso and dated "Oct 23, 1901." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 143		A Quartet of Marvellous Buffalo Bill Visiting Cards (1846-1917) American showman of the wild west. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1-3/4", on manilla card stock. A curious card from Cody's career as a Wild West showman, with the self-aggrandizing printed title "Judge Advocate General." The humorous inscription evidently concerns a special guest or repeat visitor to Cody's Wild West Show. He writes:"Madison Sq Garden/ Let this Man Keep Coming/ don't even try to stop him. W. F. Cody." . The upper left corner of the card is missing, still, the text and signature are intact. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,250. Ushers often tore the cards to indicate the arrival of a guest. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 144		Cody, William F., "Buffalo Bill." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Cody used this card to admit two guests into his Wild West show. His inscription, penned above and below his printed name, reads: "Wild West Admit Mrs. Moth & Party. Boxes W.F. Cody." Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 145		Cody, William F., "Buffalo Bill." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed Twice. Approximately 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. A rare and attractive card featuring both versions of Cody's name. Signed, "W. F. Cody Buffalo Bill" in dark ink above his printed name. Mountings traces on verso and lower right corner of recto, not affecting either signature. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 146		Cody, William F., "Buffalo Bill." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed Twice. 3½ x 2¼", on off-white card stock. Featuring a brazen quotation from the frontier showman, who has inscribed the card on verso: "True to friend and foe W.F. Cody Buffalo Bill 1887." Mounting traces on recto, not affecting inscription. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 147		Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle (1873-1954) French Novelist. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2-3/4", on cream card stock. On recto (in French)"Thanks, Draiu! My good handshake / Colette." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 148		Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) British novelist. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed above his printed name, " With every good wish for a Happy New Year." in dark ink. Also penned "Xmas 1923" in the lower right. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 149		Coolidge, Calvin. Moderately age-toned, otherwise fine. (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States. White House Card Signed. 4 x 2-3/4", on white card stock. Boldly signed by the President, "Calvin Coolidge." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 150		Coolidge, Calvin. Somewhat age-toned, otherwise fine. White House Card Signed. 4 x 2-3/4", on white card stock. Boldly signed in full beneath the executive imprint, "Calvin Coolidge." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 151		Coolidge, Calvin. Governor's Card Signed. Approximately 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed below his printed title. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 152		Coolidge, Calvin. Vice President Card Signed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Boldly signed in full. Mounting traces on verso. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 153		Coolidge, Calvin. Governor's Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed in full by Coolidge above his printed title as "The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 154		Coolidge, Calvin. Inscribed Governor's Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed by Governor Coolidge above the printed title, and dated "June 1920" below. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 155		Coolidge, Grace (1879-1957) Wife of Calvin Coolidge-30th President. White House Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed in full on recto. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 156		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 157		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 158		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 159		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 160		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 161		Coward, Sir Noel (1899-1973) British Playwright, Actor and Composer known for his blithe wit and sophisticated style. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 3½", on off-white card stock. Coward pens a blithe note of thanks for a book he has just received as a seventieth birthday present: "What a lovely 70th birthday present. I have always maintained as you know that you are a lovely user of the English language. It is an endearing book. Thank you dearly for it. All my love and Happy Everything. Noel." Small stain at top right, not affecting text. Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173

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