Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 92

Manuscript, Sports, Collectibles, Space and Philatelic Auction

Statesmen, Political Leaders & Congressmen

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 58		Collection of 9 Historic Signed Covers: Past Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and Counsellors. Collection of signed commemorative covers from ca. 1930 celebrating inaugural airmail routes. Included are signed covers by: Presidents Herbert Hoover and William H. Taft (as past President); Supreme Court Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes (signed as Associate Justice), Benjamin Cardozo (signed as Associate Justice just after Holmes) and Charles E. Hughes (signed as Chief Justice); Legendary Consellors William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, signed 3 and 5 years after their highly publicized Scopes Trial, Andrew J. Volstead, the Congressman who championed The National Prohibition Act to become known as The Volstead Act, and finally Judge Ben Lindsay, who established the Juvenile Court System, a leader in abolishing child labor. All are very fine to excellent condition, all signatures clearly legible, but varying considerably in size. Estimated Value $600 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $500
Lot 59		70 Signed Covers by Politicians, Congress & Cabinet Members during Calvin Coolidge's Presidency Including 48 Governors. An incredible collection of politicians' signatures from a period of Calvin Coolidge's Presidency (1927-1928) including Vice President Charles Dawes, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for The Dawes Plan, for reparations after WWI; Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce; Andrew Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury; and 5 other cabinet members. Also included are 9 Congressional or Senatorial representatives. But the most ambitious undertaking is the collection of covers individually signed by 48 Governors, virtually all obtained in 1928, with a few in 1927, beginning with Alfred E. Smith of New York. So much history here as the United States, in the midst of the Roaring Twenties, lurched forward in technology, manufacturing, popular culture, sports, prohibition, and some historic natural disasters. All the covers boast signatures the are bold and in overall excellent condition. Quite the collection of U.S. history, focused on just two years, a snapshot of the time. Estimated Value $350 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $528
Lot 60		Kennedy, Robert and James (Jimmy) Riddle Hoffa. Robert Kennedy (1925-1968) was the 64th Attorney General, serving under his brother John F. Kennedy from 1961-1964 and then Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968, when he was the leading Democratic candidate for the presidency. As Attorney General he pursued organized crime, including mafia kingpins and the Teamsters Union head, Jimmy Hoffa (1913-dissappearance in 1975), and advocated aggressively for Civil Rights. Offered here, a fine signature by Senator Kennedy mere months before to his tragic death. His signature is bold and graces a first day of issue postal card, 3½ x 5½", from the station at Hodgenville, Kentucky, birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, whose image is celebrated in the stamp. The second autograph is by Labor Union President Jimmy Hoffa, who presided over the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1958-1971. Hoffa became involved in organized crime and was eventually convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964, due in large part to the dogged pursuit by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. In 1971, he was released from prison, and in 1975 he vanished in Detroit. Hoffa's signature appears on a blue envelope 6½ x 3¾", that was never mailed, not a first day cover for the Johnson stamp, nevertheless notarized in Texas on 4/23/74. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 61		Cardozo, Benjamin N (1870-1938). American jurist who served on the New York Court of Appeals and as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1932-1938). Autograph letter signed, 3 pages, in pencil, on personal stationery, 6½ x 5 1/8", Rye, New York, August 10, 1935. Written during the summer recess of the Supreme Court to M.M. Menken, expressing pleasure at Menken's improved health and discussing his own health: "The doctors promise me a full return of health and strength before court reopens in October. Meanwhile, after the manner of doctors, they subject me to all manner of burdensome restraits…." One faint rust mark from paper clip on page 1, else fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500 Ex William "Bill" Steiner Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 62		Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Signed Cover as Governor of New York, Plus 13 of His Presidential Cabinet Members. Collection of signed commemorative covers recoginizing Franklin Roosevelt's early 1930s career as a significant American political leader and later President. First, a signed cover dated April 20, 1931, signed boldly as Governor of New York. Next, a collection of 13 signed covers once he was elected President in March, 1933, by his Vice President, John N. Garner and 8 by cabinet members, including Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Cordell Hull, Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, and Attorney General Homer Cummings. Also included are 15 fellow politicians prior to Roosevelt's Presidency including governors Henry Horner of Illinois, Gifford Pinchott of Pennsylvania, Cy Young of California, and more. Most in excellent conditon. Estimated Value $250 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $350
Lot 63		1st Issue "George" Magazine Signed by John F. Kennedy Jr. and Cindy Crawford. John F. Kennedy Jr. was a lawyer, an assistant district attorney for New York City for four years, a journalist, and a magazine publisher. He launched "George" magazine in October of 1995 with Michael Berman as a glossy politics and lifestyle magazine. Offered here is the inaugural issue which generated immense publicity in its day, a 280-page edition rivalling the best in the marketplace in targeting an a 18-34 upscale demographic. The cover with Cindy Crawford, tame by today standards, did receive criticism, but the play on George Washington achieved what it set out to do: generate publicity. In July of 1999, Kennedy and his wife died in a plane he was piloting when it crashed on their way to a family wedding. The magazine folded in early 2001. Both JFK Jr. and Cindy Crawford have boldly signed the cover in black and blue felt tip pens. The magazine itself is in fine condition, with only minor evidence of wear at very bottom of the spine. Estimated Value $200 - 250 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 64		Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) Secretary of States during a tumultuous time (1861-1869) who earlier served as Governor of New York and United States Senator. Impassioned statesman and vocal opponent of the spread of slavery during the lead up to the Civil War. Seward was considered the most likely candidate as the Republican Presidential Nominee and actually won a majority of delegate votes. But a fear of electibility and delegate flip-flopping saw the nomination go to Abraham Lincoln. Signed free frank cover, 3 x 5", nicely presented with a vintage engraving matted and framed to 16 x 10". In overall excellent condition. Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details	Realized $150
Lot 65		Fish, Hamilton Jr (1888-1991). A politician of distinction, Fish was a Harvard graduate, a star football player, a Major during World War I, and a Congressman from New York's 26th District (1920-1945) -- in fact, he is the longest living Congressman in U.S. history, living a 102 years. Congressman Fish's legacy to the nation endures to this day for legislation he introduced that provided for the return of the remains of an unknown American soldier killed in France during World War I to the U.S. for interment in a hallowed tomb to be constructed in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Today known as the Tomb of the Unknowns, it is guarded 24 hours a day by the most elite sentries of the US Army. Offered is a beautiful near-to-mint sepia photograph 14" x 11" of Fish, inscribed, signed and dated April 2nd, 1935 and also hand signed by the photographer, Blackstone, New York City. In excellent condition. Scarce. Estimated Value $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold