Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 73

The Manuscript, Space & Collectibles Auction

Reformers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 171		Addams, Jane (1860-1935) Social reformer, pacifist, and feminist; the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). She also established Hull-House, which provided services for the immigrant and poor population of Chicago. It was the city's first settlement house and one of the earliest ones created in the United States. Autograph letter signed ("J Addams") on Hull-House letterhead, Chicago, November 1912. To Mrs. Alice Haldeman in Girard, Kansas, thanking her for her trouble and discussing a possible visit. With holograph envelope from Hull-House. Estimated Value $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 172		Anthony, Susan B (1820-1906) American reformer, active in temperance, abolitionist, and woman suffrage movements. Autograph quotation signed, 1 page, 6¾ x 8¼ in., New Orleans La, 10 March 1885. "Perfect equality of rights for women--civil and political--is the demand of Yours Sincerely, Susan B. Anthony / Rochester - U.S." A 3¢ Susan B. Anthony stamp is affixed to the top of the page, which is matted with two Susan B. Anthony dollars and framed to an overall size of 6¾ x 8¼ in. Anthony was inspired to give her life to women's rights after reading a speech given by Lucy Stone in 1850 and published by Horace Greeley. With Elizabeth Cady Stanton she organized the National Woman Suffrage Association (1869), which she served as president from 1892-1900. She traveled, spoke, and wrote tirelessly on behalf of woman's suffrage, of which she was one of the most powerful advocates. She wrote History of Woman Suffrage with Stanton and M.J. Gage. On August 26, 1920, women received the right to vote by passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but it was fourteen years too late for Anthony, who had predicted that the vote for women would come within a generation. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,980
Lot 173		Douglass, Frederick (1817-95) Born a slave, he became a leading abolitionist, author, lecturer, and editor; he helped recruit black regiments for the Civil War and was consulted by Lincoln. Autograph Document Signed ("Fredk. Douglass / Recorder") as Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 21 May 1881, on the docket leaf of a 3 pp folio partly-printed document by which Josephine B. Chennington, spinster, of Boston, sells land to Eugene Bettes for $450. In four holograph lines, Douglass notes where the transaction is recorded and that he received it. A few fold splits to documents, not affecting Douglass' portion. Accompanied by a postcard photo of Douglass. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $394
Lot 174		Gandhi, Mohandas K. "Mahatma" (1869-1948) Indian spiritual and political leader who used nonviolent resistance to obtain reforms. He successfully led India's struggle for independence from British rule (1947). Gandhi's nickname, "Mahatma" means "Great Soul." His method of nonviolent resistance was used in the American Civil Rights movement. One rupee note signed "MK Gandhi 12-5-31" in the upper left corner. Signed with a fountain pen in black ink. Note is worn and there are some contemporary ink stains, not affecting Ghandhi's signature. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,772
Lot 175		King, Martin Luther, Jr (1929-68) Baptist minister; Civil Rights activist; Nobel Laureate. Black and white 10 x 6½ in. photo signed and inscribed, "To Ray, God bless you in our struggle for freedom and human dignity. Martin Luther King Jr." Dr. King is pictured in October 1964 urging a group of people in Los Angeles to vote. Signed in blue ball point pen. A note on the verso states that Dr. King signed the photo on April 4, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. The ink is a little light but easily read. Photo has a few small closed edge tears; overall very good. On Oct. 14, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. His response, quoted in the Oct. 15 New York Times was: "I do not consider this merely an honor to me personally, but a tribute to the disciplined, wise restraint and majestic courage of gallant Negro and white persons of goodwill who have followed a nonviolent course in seeking to establish a reign of justice and a rule of love across this nation of ours.". Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,000
Lot 176		Nation, Carrie (1846-1911) Radical member of the temperance movement; she often attacked establishments which served alcohol with a hatchet. Later in life, to earn money, she sold photographs of herself, collected lecture fees, and marketed miniature souvenir hatchets. Photograph inscribed and signed "Carrie A. Nation / Your loving Home Defender / May 2, 1902" vertically, in the upper left corner, 6¾ x 9½ in. The photo shows her holding a Bible in one hand and a hatchet in the other, with "Copyrighted 1901 / Michols and Davidson, Topeka, Kas." imprinted, along with her name. Matted with a biographical plaque and framed to an overall size of 16 x 25 in. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 177		Stone, Lucy (1818-1893) American woman suffragist who lectured on women's rights and against slavery. She was the first woman from Massachusetts to graduate from college (Oberlin--a pioneering, co-educational college). She became a lecturer for the American Anti-slavery Society, and in 1850, organized a women's rights convention in Worcester, Mass. When Stone married Henry Blackwell (brother of Elizabeth Blackwell), she did not change her name, horrifying society; Stone and Blackwell founded and edited the American Woman Suffrage Association's weekly newspaper, Woman's Journal. Personal sampler of this remarkable woman, embroidered "Wrought by L. Stone--Aged 11 yrs," which establishes 1829 as the year it was created, 8 x 8 in., with large, upper-case alphabet and smaller upper and lower-case alphabet. A one-of-a-kind piece of history! Accompanied by a fine plate block of Lucy Stone U.S. 50-cent postage stamps. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold