Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 64

Royalty

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 242		Caroline, Princess of Hanover. Color Photograph Signed "Caroline," 8¼ x 6 in. Signed in black ink in the lower border. With an accompanying letter from the Princess' private secretary, sent from Monaco, Sept. 7, 2001, enclosing a sympathetic letter and the photo for Danny, a young man in South Carolina who was suffering, and subsequently died, from a brain tumor. Excellent condition. Caroline is the hereditary princess of Monaco. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 243		Charles II (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. (1660-1685). After his father, Charles I, was executed in 1649, he went into exile until the Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell's son, Richard, collapsed and General George Monck invited him to return to England as King. The period of his reign is referred to as the Restoration. He was known as the "Merry Monarch." Fine; light toning and soiling; seal tear on address leaf affects nothing. Document Signed ("Charles R") as King, 1p plus integral address leaf, 12¼" x 8", Whitehall, 1661 Sept. 14. To the governor of the town and garrison of Dunkirk, which had been ceded by the French to Oliver Cromwell during his Protectorate (1653-1658). Charles orders the governor to collect unpaid levies, by force, if necessary, due under the Articles of Surrender signed by the French. On October 26, 1662, Charles would sell Dunkirk back to the French for £40,000. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $856
Lot 244		[George II] - London Gazette Broadside Re the Jacobite Uprising. "Extraordinary," single sheet, printed on front only, Dec. 6, 175, by E. Owen. With reports about the Jacobite uprising, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie" or "the Young Pretender"), the eldest son of James Francis Edward Stuart, and grandson of James II and VII, who had been deposed because of his Catholicism. Charles is referred to here as "the Pretender's Son." The whereabouts of the Duke of Cumberland, commander of the English Army, are given, and the Rebels are reported on their way to Derby. The Battle of Culloden on April 16, 1746 would end the hopes of the Stuart cause. Fine; light toning and foxing. Revenue stamp at lower right. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $84
Lot 245		George III. Document Signed ("George R") as King, 2pp plus integral leaf, 12½" x 8", Court at St. James, 1808 Jan. 27. Fine; tape repairs to fold splits on inside pages do not affect text and are not visitble on the front, signature page; the paper seal is intact, with an embossed revenue stamp below. The King's signature is weak and erratic, probably reflecting one of his bouts of illness. During the Napoleonic Wars, the American ship "William," commanded by Charles Rockwell, arrived at the port of Liverpool from Savannah, Georgia with a cargo of goods, and requested protection from the King on its return voyage to America "with a cargo of British manufactures & such Goods as are permitted to be exported." With this document George III orders that "all our Ships of War & Privateers are hereby required & directed not to molest or interrupt the said Vessel on her intended Voyage from Liverpool to the United States of America either on account of the existing War or of any other Hostilities which may in the mean Time take Place…." The American commander was surely worried about the impressment of his men by the British, an on-going problem and one of the leading causes of the War of 1812. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $738
Lot 246		George III. Partly-printed Document Document ("George R") as King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, vellum, 11½ x 15¼ in., Court of Saint James, Sept. 1, 1795. Appointing William Duncan, Esqr. "Lieutenant Colonel of the first Battalion of Our First (or Royal) Regiment of Foot commanded by…General Adam Gordon (commonly called Lord Adam Gordon)…." Countersigned by Portland. Manuscript portion is somewhat faded but legible. George III's signature is boldly written at upper left above the paper and wax seal and the British revenue stamp. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $540
Lot 247		George III. Partly-printed Document Document ("George R") as King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, vellum, 11½ x 16 in., Court of Saint James, April 25, 1793. Appointing Robert Bissell "Deputy Commissioner General of Stores Provisions and Forrage to all our Forces at home…." Countersigned by Henry Dundas. Print and manuscript are slightly faded. Stains at upper margin affect top of the "G" and "R" in George III's signature. Lesser stains at lower edge affect nothing. Paper and wax seal and British revenue stamps are intact. Matted and framed to an overall size of 17½ x 21½ in. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 248		Napoleon I (1769-1821) French military and political leader; emperor of the French (1804-15). Letter Endorsed "Np" with holograph "approuvé" on a report presented to him by Count Bertrand (1773-1844), the general who was with Napoleon in all campaigns and accompanied him into exile on both Elba and St. Helena, one page, in French, 11¾ x 8¼ in. (Porto Ferragio, Elba), Jan. 12, 1815. Letters written by Napoleon from Elba are rare. Additionally, this letter is written on fine paper with a beautiful Napoleonic watermark. The letter regards terms of a debt payment on funds placed by the commune of Porto Ferragio in the Caisse d'amortissement de Paris. The debt may be settled with royal obligations due in three years and with a lost of three and two-thirds percent, in addition to interest. Bertrand cautions against holding the debt and advises that the mayor of Porto Ferraio should sell it at once. Napoleon pens his agreement with Bertrand. Six weeks later, on Feb. 26, 1815, Napoleon escaped from Elba and ruled France again for a period called the Hundred Days, before being defeated at Waterloo on June 15, 1815, and exiled to St. Helena. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 249		Philip II (1527- 1598), King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, and Sicily; leader of the Counter-Reformation; son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles II and husband to Mary Tudor (1554-58), making him brother-in-law to the future Elizabeth I whose Spanish Armada would crush his plan to invade England in 1588. Spain reached the zenith of her power and influence under his rule. Manuscript Letter Signed "Yo El Rey" as King of Spain, 1½ pages, in Spanish, 11¾ x 8¼ in. A royal letter concerning the conduct of Captain Don Pedro de Toledo in May 1589 at San Lorenzo. Letter is toned and soiled, with ragged edges (easily covered by matting) and a couple of small holes in vertical fold. Condition is good, but, amazingly, the large signature is only affected by toning. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $720
Lot 250		[Queen Victoria] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. Sepia-tone Photograph Signed, "Louise 1896" followed by "In remembrance of Berlin," 7 x 5 in. Dampstaining along lower edge of the mat, away from the image. Framed to an overall size of 12" x 9½ in. Louise�s autograph is affordable but seldom seen. She was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Unsold