Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 6

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

The Gerald Burg Collection of Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 412		Mc Kinley, William. Inscribed Executive Chamber Card Signed as Governor. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Inscribed "Yours Very Truly/ W Mc Kinley." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 413		Mc Kinley, William. Inscribed Executive Chamber Card Signed as Governor. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Inscribed "Yours Truly/ W Mc Kinley." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 414		Mc Kinley, William. Inscribed Executive Chamber Card Signed as Governor. 4 x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Inscribed "Yours Very Truly / W Mc Kinley." Estimated Value $250 - 375. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 415		Meir, Golda (1898-1978) Israeli Prime Minister. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on linen card stock. Signed in full in blue pen on verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 416		Meir, Golda. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. Printed name reads "Golda Myerson." Signed in Hebrew below. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $253
Lot 417		Meir Myerson, Golda. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock. Penned "with best compliments / June 13, 1976" under the printed name. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $121
Lot 418		Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974) French Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2½", on white card stock. Inscribed, "Very sorry not to be able to be present" in blue ink below the printed name. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 419		Miro, Joan (1893-1983) Spanish Artist. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3-3/4 x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in Spanish below his printed name. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 420		Morgan, J. P (1867-1943) American Financier, Banker, Art collector and philanthropist. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Signed "J.P. Morgan" and dated "May 1919". Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 421		Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Lord (1900-1979) British Governor General of India. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on white card stock. Signed, "Mountbatten of Burma A.F." in blue ink above his printed name. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $219
Lot 422		Mucha, Alphonse Marie (1860-1939) Czech Artist and llustrator, known especially for his strikingly original graphic art. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. An elaborate note in French signed "Mucha", matted and framed with a beautiful colored "Mucha" card and photographic litho. A wonderful ensemble. Overall 12 x 14". Estimated Value $500 - 750. The card is a Sarah Bernhardt poster. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 423		Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945) Italian Dictator. Calling Card. 4¼ x 2 3/4", on off-white card stock with a black border. The dictator's name appears in an elaborately printed cursive script. Estimated Value $350 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 424		Napoleon III (1808-1873) French Emperor, known as Charles Napoleon. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3 x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French beneath the printed name. Some soiling. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 425		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 426		Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918-1970) United Arab Republic President. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in English, "with the compliments of Gamal Abdel Nasser/ Cairo 1.5.1954." . Mounting traces. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $69
Lot 427		Nasser, Gamal Abdel. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in English, "with the compliments of Gamal Abdel Nasser/ Cairo 1953" . Mounting traces. Estimated Value $120 - 180. A close friend, Sid Rogall, was head of 20th Century Fox. Cleopatra was experiencing a troubled production and he flew to Egypt to solve it. He met Nasser and had him sign the card for me. -- Gerry Burg. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $127
Lot 428		Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) American Civil War illustrator, satirical cartoonist. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on off-white card stock. Signed, "Th : Nast. / March-8- 1875" in dark ink on verso. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 429		Nast, Thomas. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on off-white card stock. Signed, "Th : Nast. / Jan. 14. 1873" in dark ink on verso. The printed name and address have been expunged. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 430		Nation, Carry (1846-1911) American Temperance Activist, known for her memorable slogan, "Your Loving Home Defender." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed on verso, "Carry A Nation/ Your loving/ Home Defender/ Dec 17 1903." . Estimated Value $450 - 675. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 431		Nijinsky, Vaslav (1890-1950) Russian Dancer, attained huge acclaim for his performance in The Rite of Spring (1913) but retired in 1917 after being diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Penned in dark ink and signed "W. Nijinsky Bordeaux 3.25.16." Miniscule rust stain and staple holes, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $978
Lot 432		Nixon, Richard Milhaus (1913-1994) 37th President of the United States. Visiting Card Signed as President. 3-3/4 x 2¼, on off-white card stock. Boldly signed in full in black ink above "The President." Two miniscule red lines near right edge, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $275 - 350. Rabbi Edgar Fogel Magnin, my boss, at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, was a close friend of the Nixon family and he graciously had Mr. Nixon sign a number of these cards for me. -- Gerry Burg. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 433		Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Vice-President Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Features the printed title, "The Vice President" in black script with his signature below in blue ink. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 434		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 435		Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full, with an imprinted address at lower right. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 436		Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 1 3/4", on cream card stock. Signed in full in black ink below his printed name. Mounting traces on verso, with slight clip stain, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 437		Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Government Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. A United States Senate Card featuring a gold embossed stamp in the upper left. Signed in black below his printed name. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 438		Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock, with "20 Broad Street New York 5, NY" at lower left. Boldly signed in black ink below his printed name. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 439		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 440		Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Vice-President Card Signed. 3-3/4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Nixon has signed below the printed title, "The Vice President." Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $437
Lot 441		Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock, with imprinted address at lower left. Inscribed "Best Wishes from Richard Nixon" in black ink below printed name. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 442		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 443		Rarely Seen Nobel (Prize) Visiting Card (1833-1896) Swedish Chemist, invented dynamite and established the "Nobel Prize" to reward human achievement in the arts and sciences. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4½ x 3½", on cream card stock. With what amounts to a long letter inscribed in Swedish on both sides of this oversized card, dated "Paris 21/10 95." Estimated Value $850 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 444		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 445		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 446		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 447		Fabulous Annie Oakley Inscribed and "Shot" Visiting Card (1860-1926) American Sharpshooter, part of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show". Inscribed Visiting Card Signed Twice. 3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Signed "Annie Oakley / Feb". 18" 1918" on the front, with the legend "Shot by Annie Oakley February 18- 1918" also written by Annie Oakley on the verso. The card bears a bullet hole in the upper right-hand corner, put there by Oakley as a souvenir of her sharpshooting skills while her husband held up the card. This wonderful card has an immensely rich history, preserved in part by a letter from the card's original owner describing a visit to the home of the famous sharpshooter and the trick shot which left a bullet hole in the corner. This letter (split at the folds) which is also included, reads as follows: "Feb. 23 1918 Dear Hartly: I have been down at Pinehurst and there met 'Annie Oakley' and her husband. You remember her as the famous shot. Her husband held the card and she shot a hole in the corner and she signed it. Put it with your autograph collection. C.R.R." In an ironic postscript, the author of the letter adds, "The Kaiser once offered to hold a cigarette and let her shoot the ashes off. She says she would like that chance now." Mounting traces on verso, not affecting signature. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. Acquired from The Scriptorium, 3/77. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $11,500
Lot 448		Paderewski, Ignacy (1860-1941) Polish Composer and Pianist, author of many orchestral and piano pieces, including his well-known minuet and symphony in B minor. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in Polish and signed "I.J. Paderewski" on verso in pencil. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 449		Paderewski, Ignacy. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in black ink below his printed name, "Begs to offer the expression of his deep abiding gratitude for your sympathy." Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 450		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 451		Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895) French Chemist. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Inscribed in French, "With his grateful thanks and his best memories/ L. Pasteur." Estimated Value $375 - 525. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 452		Pasteur, Louis. Visiting Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Slight crease along right edge. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 453		Rarely Offered Gen. Patton Signed Visiting Card (1885-1945) American Army General. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on off-white card stock. Signed, "G.S. Patton" in black ink on his official US Army General's card, which reads: "George Smith Patton Major General United States Army." Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $978
Lot 454		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 455		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 456		Pickford, Mary and Fairbanks, Douglas (1893-1979) American Actress, won Oscar for role in Coquette (1928). Co-founder of United Artists Pictures with husband Douglas Fairbanks. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on off-white panel card stock. A conjugal card, signed in full by both of the screen legends. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 457		Picquart, Georges Marie (1854-1914) French Army General and Minister of War. Defender of Alfred Dreyfus. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "With his deep thanks and his good memories." Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 458		Picquart, Georges Marie [Dreyfus, Alfred]. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x 2 3/4", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "My best thanks and kind regards GP." Includes transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 459		Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869) 14th President of the United States. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in pencil. "I am sorry not to find you. Especially so as I leave for Anscona tomorrow [mor'g] / Can you call at the A- at 8 Oclock this evening." Very light inscription. Estimated Value $120 - 180. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $920
Lot 460		Polk, Sarah Childress (1803-1891) Wife of 11th President James Polk. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed, "Mrs. James E. Polk/ Polk Place./ April 7, 1882." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 461		Pope Paul VI (1897-?) Italian Roman Catholic, real name Montini, Giovani Battista. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 5½ x 4¼", on cream card stock. With both a typed and holograph inscription in Italian. Signed in full and dated "26 September, 1957." Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $270

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