Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 73

The Manuscript, Space & Collectibles Auction

Americana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 112		Antique Playing Cards. c. 1880, A set of 8 cards printed in chromolithography by C.L. Wust from Frankfurt, Germany of Rococo style. Matted in an anitque wooden frame, overall 16¼" x 13". Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $168
Lot 113		[Los Angeles' Farmers Market] 1935 Plaque Commemorating 1st Birthday, Bronze plaque, 24½ x 16¾ in., created by artist J.E. Balogh and presented to Roger Dahlhjelm, one of the founders of the Los Angeles Farmers Market, to commemorate the first birthday of the Market on July 14, 1935. A small plaque at lower left says, "First Birthday / Farmers Public Market / July 14, 1935 / To Roger Dahlhjelm." The artist signed at lower left, with "L.A." after his name. The Los Angeles landmark and tourist attraction, almost 79 years old and going strong, today holds more than 100 restaurants, grocers and tourist shops which employ more than 700 people. It is located at the corner of 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue, which was an open field owned by E.B. Gilmore back in July 1934, when the first dozen farmers parked their trucks there to sell produce to the locals; each farmer had to pay 50 cents rent. Roger Dahlhjelm, a businessman, and Fred Beck, an advertising copywriter, were the two men who approached Gilmore with the idea to use his field, and the Farmers Market was a success from the beginning, surpassing all expections. It became a cultural icon and a central meeting place for Angelenos. A sign is still displayed in front of the Market which says, "Meet Me at Third and Fairfax." Estimated Value $5,000-UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 114		[Newspapers] Group of Ten Historic Newspapers, From 1769 to 1945, these papers range from the American Revolution to the death of FDR. Condition ranges from good to very good condition: (1)The Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh, April 29, 1769; with news of the Barbary Pirates and a red tax stamp (2) Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, August 6, 1799; offering rewards for Army deserters and a runaway slave (3) National Intelligencer, Washington City, March 12, 1814; War of 1812 news (4) American Mercury, Hartford, Connecticut, July 11, 1826; stories on the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (5) The United States Telegraph, Washington City, July 6, 1831; story on James Monroe's death (6) Albany Weekly Journal, Albany, April 10, 1841; story on the death of President William Henry Harrison (7) Niles National Register, Baltimore, March 27, 1847 (8) The Daily Union, City of Washington, July 27, 1849; story asking for bids for supplies for various forts (9) The New York Herald, New York, April 21, 1864; Civil War news, also Maximilian and Garibaldi; and (10) Binghamton Press, April 12, 1945; news of FDR's death. Estimated Value $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 115		Sinking of the Titanic. The Times, London, Monday, April 2-Saturday, June 29, 1912, Nos. 39,861-39,938, 77 issues, full folio, bound in one volume. (24 3/8 x 19 in.; 610 x 500 mm.). Missing first eight pages of April 2nd issue and two pages of the June 29th issue, affecting no Titanic reports. Few occasional short tears mended, papers clean and white with none of the browning normally seen contemporary U.S. newsprint. Boards worn and loose. Altogether a very fine volume. A three-month run of this highly important newspaper covering the full period of the maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" Titanic which foundered on the morning of April 15, 1912, in the North Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg. Most issues reporting on the Titanic tragedy are United States newspapers that have virtually no accounts of the Titanic's actual sailing, nor any advertisements for its Maiden Voyage. On April 10th, the largest liner afloat (in fact, the largest moving object ever built) left Southampton for New York with 2,206 passengers and crew including John Jacob Astor and his bride, Benjamin Guggenheim, Canadian railroad executive C.M. Hays, Col. Archibald Butts and many other millionaires and dignitaries. Steaming at full speed on the evening of April 14th, the luxurious vessel "sideswiped" an iceberg, eventually sinking at 2:20 a.m. on April 15th. 1,503 people lost their lives in the tragedy while 703 were picked up by the Cunard steamer Carpathia. The ship had been woefully equipped with lifeboats, one of the key items debated in both the American and British Courts of Inquiry on the tragedy. The disaster has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries, and feature films, the latest becoming a major motion picture which has caught the intense interest of moviegoers worldwide. In 1985, an expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard located the lost liner lying some 2 1/2 miles below the ocean's surface. He later descended onto the deck of the ghostly wreck to see chandeliers still hanging in place and identifiable articles strewn about the ocean floor. Excepting a few issues in early April, virtually every paper contains some account of the disaster including the full testimony in the Courts of Inquiry which went through June. Every issue excepting the April 2nd issue contains a White Star Line advertisement--the first to announce the Titanic's Maiden Voyage, the vessel's next planned passage from Southampton, and finally, the day after the headlines announced the disaster, only the mention of the Olympic's schedule (the Titanic's sister ship). For many, the excitement is in reading the articles describing the ship and passengers of note about to make the fateful maiden voyage. Among the numerous reports, articles, commentary and even a map of the sinking area, is the following: "THE TITANIC - The White Star liner Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, left Queenstown yesterday. She had a good passage from Cherbourg and arrived at the Irish port shortly before noon. On her departure at 1:30 she had on board 350 saloon, 300 second, and 740 third-class passengers, 903 crew, and 3,814 sacks of mails." The Times issues from 1912 are considered very scarce. Although occasional American newspapers are located with Titanic reportage, British issues do not often surface. And, it is the English newspapers, notably the great London Times, that report on the Titanic's maiden voyage before the disaster occurred, as the vessel was considered the pride of British engineering. Probably the most complete coverage of the entire affair to be found in any newspaper. A remarkable volume suitable for both entertainment value, and scholarly research. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 116		[Titanic] Millvina Dean, the Youngest Survivoe, Color postcard of the Titanic signed "Millvina Dean, youngest Titanic surviver." Part of a limited edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Matted with a 1912 wheat penny and framed to13¾ x 16¾." An infant of only 9 weeks old, Millvina Dean was one of the 705 fortunate passengers rescued from the legendary steamship. Estimated Value $100 - 150 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold