Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 101

Manuscript & Collectibles Sale

Historic Documents/Manuscripts

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 101		Truman, Harry S. -- Presidential Pardon (1884-1972) 33rd President of the United States (April 12, 1945�53). Partly-printed document signed "Harry S Truman" as President, one page, 13½ x 9", Washington, Mar. 26, 1951. Granting a "full and unconditional pardon" to David Freeman Stanfill. Countersigned by Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. Crimson seal of the Department of Justice is at lower right. Very fine condition. Boldly signed. Matted with a color portrait of Truman from a painting and framed to an overall size of 20¾ x 26¾". Estimate $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 102		Truman, Harry S. -- Signed Book. Copy of Mr. Citizen signed in black ink on the half-title page (New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960), 315 pages. Light toning to cloth covers. With dust jacket. Truman reminisces on his presidency and talks about his return to being a private citizen. Estimate $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 103		Truman, Harry S. -- TLS Regarding a Book on Japan and the Atomic Bomb (1884-1972) 33rd President of the United States (1945-53). Typed letter signed "Harry S. Truman," one page, on personal letterhead, 10½ x 7¼", Independence, Missouri, May 3, 1961. To Mr. Herbert S. Bailey, Jr., Director and Editor of the Princeton University Press, thanking him for a copy of "Japan Subdued: The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific" by Herbert Feis. Very fine. Feis, who served as a Special Consultant to three Secretaries of State, would write a letter to Truman on April 16, 1962, asking specific questions about how the decision was made to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. The letter infuriated Truman, who hand-wrote his response, a copy of which is included with this letter (as well as a copy of Feis' letter to Truman). Truman's letter, which began, "You write just like the usual egghead. The facts are before you but you'd like to garble them…." was never sent but was filed under "proposed answer which was never sent." Estimate $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 104		Tyler, John -- Autograph Letter Signed Mentioning George Washington & Patrick Henry (1790-1862) Tenth President of the United States (1841-45). He served as Vice President for 31 days, then assumed the presidency upon the death of William Henry Harrison. He was sometimes called "Your Accidency." Autograph letter signed "John Tyler", one page, pale blue paper, 10 x 7¾", Sherwood Forest, April 28, 1856. To Mr. Lee, responding to a request for his autograph, as well as that of General Harrison, General Washington and Patrick Henry. In part, "I have no duplicates of Genl. Harrisons and apprehend that you will find difficulty in procuring the autographs of General Washington or Patrick Henry." Some glue remnants in blank left margin, else fine. Boldly penned and signed. Estimate $600 - 800 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $938
Lot 105		Van Buren, Martin - Autograph Letter Signed in the Text (1782-1862) Eighth President of the United States (1837-41). Autograph letter signed "Mr. Van Buren" in the text, one page, 6¼ x 4", Lindenwald (his estate in Kinderhook, NY), June 24 (18)43. The former President writes: "Mr. Van Buren presents his best respects to Messr. Carroll & Baker and desires them to send him their Country Paper." Normal folds, else fine. Boldly penned. Matted and framed to an overall size of 9½ x 11". Estimate $300 - 500 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $200
Lot 106		Washington, George -- Eight words in His Hand From a 1769 Indenture (1732-1799) First President of the United States; Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. A small piece of toned paper, 5/8 x 3", containing eight words in George Washington's hand and four printed words, from a March 17, 1769 indenture, leasing 150 acres of land in Fauquier County, Virginia, to farmer Robert Thompson. The words in Washington's hand are: "[T]hompson…one hund.d…and distinguished in a Plot." A copy of the page of the partly-printed indenture from which these words come is included. The document was engrossed by Washington. Very good. Matted with a color image of Washington and framed to an overall size of 12¼ x 10¼". Estimate $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $900
Lot 107		Washington, George -- Holograph Address Leaf Signed (1732-1799) First President of the United States (1789-1797); Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Holograph address panel "Go: Washington" at lower left, 5 x 6", no place, no date. Addressed in Washington's hand to "Mr. Richard Thomas / at Doctr. Neufville's - No. 108 / Broad Street / Charleston / So. Carolina." Most of red wax seal is present. Laid paper is toned and soiled; old fold repairs to verso. Washington's name is faded but legible and the remainder of the address is bold and clearly written. Very good. Matted with a 7½ x 6½" color image of Washington from the Charles Willson Peale portrait and framed to an overall size of 23 x 15". Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,300
Lot 108		Wilson, Woodrow -- Typed Letter Signed (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States (1913-21). Typed letter signed "Woodrow Wilson," one page, on personal letterhead, 9 x 6¾", Washington, Dec. 27, 1922. To Mr. G. Lynn Summer in Scranton, Pa., thanking him for a copy of his book, hoping "sometime in the future to have the pleasure of reading it," and sending New Year greetings. Fine condition. Matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 14½". Estimate $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 109		Presidential Memorabilia (1)"Piece of solid mahogany bedstead, that once belonged to John Quincy Adams, it being a present to him by the King of England while minister to his Court from this country. Presented by Mr. H.B. Whitney," 3¾ x 7¾". (2)"Section of timber removed from the White House after 112 years of service," 2¼ x 4 x 2¼". Removed in 1927. Presented by National Lumber Manufacturers Association. (3) "Original White House material removed in 1950": a 1 x 9¾" piece of wood. (4) Two small 1859 frames, 3¼" in diameter, made from the wood of a tree at Mount Vernon, holding a right-profile memorial bust of Washington. Printed certification by J. Crutchett, Washington D.C., 14th Nov. 1859. (5 items). Estimate $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 110		Vice Presidents - 6th and 9th -- Daniel Tompkins and Richard M. Johnson. Daniel Tompkins. Document signed "Daniel Tompkins" as Governor of New York, 16¾ x 17¼", Albany, Mar. 27, 1815. Appointing eleven men "."to be Judges in the Court of Common Pleas." Three lines affected by ink erosion, else fine. Tompkins was the sixth Vice President, serving under James Monroe from 1817-1825. Richard M. Johnson. Free Frank "Free/Rh:M:Johnson" as Vice President, on a holograph cover addressed to Hon Wm. Gaston in Raleigh, North Carolina. Red circular cancellation. With engraving. Johnson was the ninth VP, serving under Martin Van Buren from 1833-37. Fine condition. Estimate $400 - 500 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 111		Vice Presidents - Six 19th Century: King, Hamlin, Colfax, Wilson, Hendricks, Morton. Group of seven items signed by six 19th century Vice Presidents: William Rufus King, 13th VP, under Franklin Pierce. Name and state on 1 ¼ x 5 ½" paper. Hannibal Hamlin, 15th VP, under Lincoln. Personal ALS ("H. Hamlin"), 1856. Schuyler Colfax, 17th VP, under Grant. Free Frank as VP, with holograph envelope; plus personal ALS to Maria, 1868. Henry Wilson, 18th VP, under Grant; 1860 ALS sending papers and flowers to Miss Smith. Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st VP, under Grover Cleveland; card with scarce signature as VP, dated May 20, 1885. Levi P. Morton, 22nd VP, under Benjamin Harrison; card signed as VP (1891 date in another hand). Overall fine condition. Total of 7 items. Estimate $500 - 600 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 112		Vice Presidents -- Group of Thirteen, 20th and 21st Century. Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th VP, under T. Roosevelt; card signed ("Chrls W. Fairbanks"). James S. Sherman, 27th VP, under Taft; card signed ("JS Sherman"). Thomas R. Marshall, 28th VP, under Wilson; ALS ("Thos R. Marshall"), refusing an invitation to speak, 1923. Charles G. Dawes, 30th VP, under Coolidge; ALS as VP, to the Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate, re reform of the Senate rules, 1926. Charles Curtis, 31st VP, under Hoover; card signed as VP, Jan. 25, 1930. John N. Garner, 32nd VP, under FDR; signed card as VP with VP envelope. Henry A. Wallace, 33rd VP, under FDR; card signed. Alben W. Barkley, 35th VP, under Truman; card signed. Humphrey Humphrey, 38th VP, under LBJ; inscribed, signed photo. Nelson Rockefeller, 41st VP, under Ford; DS as Gov. of NY-a warrant for forgery and grand larceny, 1964. Walter Mondale, 42nd VP, under Carter; TLS as senator, 1969. Dan Quayle, 44th VP, under Geo. H.W. Bush; signed photo. Albert Gore Jr., 45th VP, under Clinton; signed album page. Overall fine condition. Estimate $500 - 600 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $456
Lot 113		A Secretary of State and Two Vice Presidents: Condoleezza Rice, Spriro Agnew, and Dan Quayle -- Three Signed Books (1) Condoleeza Rice memoir, Extraordinary, Ordinary People signed on the title page in black marker (New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2010), 342 pages. With dust jacket. Like new. Ms. Rice was the 66th U.S. Secretary of State and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor. (2) Spiro T. Agnew memoir, Go Quietly…or else (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980), 288 pages. Light wear to dust jacket. Agnew was chosen as Richard Nixon's vice president in 1968; in 1973, he was forced to resign. (3) Dan Quayle memoir, Standing Firm with signed book plate affixed to the half-title page (New York: Harper Collins, 1994), 402 pages. With dust jacket. Fine. Quayle served as vice president under George H.W. Bush. Estimate $100 - 150 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $125
Lot 114		Clinton, Hillary Rodham. First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 20013. Limited Edition of Living History, No. 89 of 1500, signed "Hilliary Rodham Clinton" on the limitation page, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003, 562 pages. Navy cloth-backed boards in navy case. With an 8 x 10" photo signed "Hillary Rodham Clinton. Both very fine. Estimate $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $90
Lot 115		Wells, Heber M. -- 1st Governor of the State of Utah (1859-1938) 1st Governor of Utah (1896-1905). He oversaw the transition from territory to statehood. Large, bold signature on a 1 � x 3 ¼" card. Fine condition. Estimate $75 - 100 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $25
Lot 116		Castro, Fidel -- Signed Certificate of Merit (1926-2016) Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and as President from 1976 to 2008. Document signed "Fidel Castro Ruz" (his full name was Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz), one page, 11½ x 8¼", no place, no date. Recognizing Gregorio Laza for his "outstanding participation in the celebrations for the victorious entry of the Revolution into the New Millenium." The color certificate has a quote by Cuban hero José Martí and is signed in blue felt tip by Castro. Matted with a 7 x 5" photo of Castro and a name plaque to an overall size of 17½ x 20¾". Estimate $500 - 750 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 117		Castro, Fidel -- Signed Photo (1926-2016) Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and as President from 1976 to 2008. Black and white photo signed "Fidel Castro Ruz" (his full name was Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz), 10 x 8", no place, no date. Castro laughs and smokes a cigar, a Telemundo microphone in front of him. and the Cuban flag behind him. Signed in blue marker. Fine. Estimate $500 - 750 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 118		Chamberlain, Neville - Pre World War II ANS (1869-1940) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Best known for his appeasement foreign policy toward Hitler, he signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, which conceded the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany, then returned home declaring that he had achieved "peace in our time." Autograph note signed "N. Chamberlain" as Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a typed letter signed, with holograph greeting, "Dear Dr. Murray Butler," one page, 9½ x 7½", Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London, May 8, 1936. Thanking Dr. Butler, Director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, for the reprint of the Report of the Royal Commission on Gold and Silver, 1887-88, produced by the Carnegie Endowment. His autograph note expresses his pleasure that Dr. Butler is coming to London the next month and hopes that they may meet. Fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of Dr. Butler's letter to Chamberlain. Estimate $300 - 400 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 119		Churchill, Winston S. - ALS to William Randolph Hearst (1874-1965) British statesman who led England through World War II, serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Autograph letter signed "Winston S. Churchill," one page, on "Chartwell, Westerham, Kent" letterhead, 8 x 5", Mar. 20, 1934. To Mr. (William Randolph) Hearst, whom he had met in 1929 while travelling in California, regarding Churchill's biography of his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: "I am v[er]y glad that you take an interest in my book about Marlborough. I sh[oul]d like you to have a copy of the Limited Edition of wh[ich] I have one or two. & I hope it may find a place in y[ou]r Library at the famous ranch, of which I have such pleasant, vivid & all too scanty memories. With all good wishes…." Fine condition. In a Sept. 29, 1929 letter written to his wife, Clementine, as he traveled across California in a railway car belonging to Charles Schwab, meeting various Hollywood personalities, Churchill described Hearst: " Hearst was most interesting to meet… - a grave simple child - with no doubt a nasty temper - playing with the most costly toys. A vast income always overspent: Ceaseless building & collecting not vy discriminatingly works of art: two magnificent establishments, two charming wives; complete indifference to public opinion, a strong liberal & democratic outlook, a 15 million daily circulation, oriental hospitalities, extreme personal courtesy (to us at any rate) & the appearance of a Quaker elder - or perhaps better Mormon elder…". Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,500
Lot 120		Collection of Chinese Photos: Chiang Kai-shek, His Family, Generals, etc. Total of eleven photos, various sizes--from 6 x 4" to 12 x 9". Six are of Generalissimo Chiang Kai -shek (1887-1975), leader of the Republic of China from 1928-1975: two by himself, in uniform, one with his son Chiang Ching-kuo, one of Chiang Ching-kuo alone, one of his son Major Chiang Wei-kuo, and one photo of Madame Chiang Kai-shek (this photo is damaged at margins). One photo is of General Lu Kwang-chi (today Liu Guangji), Commanding General of Kunming Headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force; and three photos are of Yu Youren (formerly Yu Yu-jen), a scholar of calligraphy and Chairman of the Control Yuan. The eleventh photo is of two unidentified Chinese men, sitting at a table. Overall very good to fine. (11 photos). Estimate $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 121		Gorbachev, Mikhail -- Signed photo (1931 -) Soviet President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner (1990); he made many reforms in the Soviet Union, embracing Perestroika and Glasnost. Black and white photo signed "Gorbachev" in black marker across his white shirt and dark suit, 11¾ x 8¼", n.p., n.d. (penciled note on verso has 14.8.78 as the date). A head-and-shoulders shot. Fine. With 9½ x 8" color photo of Mikhailk and Raisa Gorbachev with Pope John Paul II, no date (between 1978 and 1999). Both photos very fine. Estimate $150 - 200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $66
Lot 122		Guevaro, Ernesto "Che" - Autograph Note Signed (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. Autograph note signed "Che," on a 4 x 3¼" piece of paper with uneven right margin, June (19)58. In Spanish, to Moises. Partial translation: "Order enough men to build the house [or possibly 'do the thing'] if not…other works more important. At the first opportunity have me call Benitez. You tell him." Very good. Estimate $1,500 - 2,500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,000
Lot 123		Mandela, Nelson -- Signed Color Photo (1918-2013) South African anti-apartheid revolutionary; first black president of South Africa (1994-99); co-recipient (with Frederik Willem de Klerk) of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. Color photo signed "Mandela" and dated "13-11-04," 8¼ x 11�". A head-and-shoulders portrait, signed in black marker. Very fine. Estimate $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $525
Lot 124		Santa Anna, Antonio López de -- Bond Signed by the Mexican General & President (1794-1876) General and five-time president of Mexico, best known in the U.S. for killing the defenders of the Alamo in 1836, including Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Barrett Travis. Partly-printed document signed "A. L. Sta. Anna," one page, 18½ x 13½", New York, June 28, 1866. An ornate mortgage bond for $500, unengrossed, with decorative vignettes, Santa Anna's small orange seal, and notary's green seal. Light toning, else fine. Framed to an overall size of 13¾ x 19". Santa Anna was in exile from 1855 to 1874. He issued bonds on his various properties, pictured, along with his own portrait, on the bond, hoping to raise money for an army with which he could return triumphant to Mexico. In 1865, during the French Invasion, he offered his help to Mexican President Benito Juárez. Juárez refused, knowing full well that Santa Anna was scheming to take power once again. He retuned to Mexico under a general amnesty in 1874 but was ignored until his death two years later, when he was given a hero's funeral. Estimate $800 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $656
Lot 125		Jay, John - Document Signed (1745-1829) Founding Father and diplomat who was the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789-95). He served as President of the Continental Congress (1778-79), helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War, and negotiated the Jay Treaty with Great Britain (1794), which established favorable trade terms; from 1795-1801, he served as the second Governor of New York. Signature acknowledging receipt of £150, on the verso of a document, 3¾ x 4¼", no place, no date. The docket, in another hand, has the names Van Cortlandt & Jay and the amount of £150." John Jay's mother, Mary Van Cortlandt, was the daughter of prominent New Yorker, Jacobus Van Cortlandt. Fine. Large, bold signature. Matted with a large, color image of Jay and framed to an overall size of 16 x 19½". Estimate $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $781
Lot 126		Wolcott, Oliver Jr. - Four (4) Revolutionary-War Pay Orders. Wolcott (1760-1833) served in the Continental Army (1777-79), became the second US Secretary of the Treasury (1795-1800) and was the 24th Governor of Connecticut (1817-1827). Four partly-printed documents signed "Oliv: Wolcott Jun." as Commissioner of Connecticut's Pay-Table Committee, 5¾ x 6¾". Directed to Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence, three are dated March 6, 1783 and order payments to Brigadier General David Waterbury of forty two pounds seven shillings and eight pence, six pounds eighteen shillings, and six pounds eighteen shillings "out of the Tax of One Shilling on the Pound, granted in January last, and charge the State."The fourth note directs Lawrence to pay General John Mead eight pounts eleven shillings and five pence. Receipts printed on laid paper with bold signatures. All four are countersigned by Eleazer Wales and (General Jedidiah) Huntington, the latter signing vertically across the other two. All four pay orders are printed on laid paper and have a decorative border. There are a few marginal edge splits and one is split most of the way across the horizontal fold; otherwise, in fine condition. All have bold signatures. With no federal government to levy taxes, Revolutionary War expenses were a heavy burden for the colonies. Promissory notes such as these were often issued. Estimate $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $250
Lot 127		Hubbard, Elbert -- Signed, Engrossed Check (1856-1915) Writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher; exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He died aboard the Lusitania. Check engrossed and signed "E Hubbard," Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 21, 1908. Written to Charles H. Field for $20 on the Marine National Bank of Buffalo. Fine. Estimate $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 128		Rare 18th Century Shunga (Japanese Erotica) possibly by Kiyonaga. Shunga is a Japanese term for erotic art and was produced between the sixteenth century and the nineteenth century by ukiyo-e artists, usually executed in woodblock prints. Shunga was enjoyed and purchase by both men and women and reached its height in the Edo period (1603 to 1867). Thanks to woodblock printing techniques, the quantity and quality increased dramatically even with governmental attempts to shut them down. Shunga may have served as sexual guidance for the sons and daughters of wealthy families. The instructional purpose has been questioned since the instructional value of shunga is limited by the impossible positions and lack of description of technique. Offered is a rare shunga book (19 p.p.) from this period. Consignor has attributed this work to Torri Kiyonaga (1752-1815) signature looks correct, but we ask interested parties to engage in their own due deligence. Book contains 18 wood block images of adventurous sexual positions and 20 pages of text in thick paper covers and bound in thread. Front and back covers exhibit considerable wear. Inside pages exhibit toning, scattered soiling, the colors muted, nevertheless illustrations remain quite vivid. 4¼ x 6½". Rare. Please contact auction house if interested in seeing other images. Estimate $1,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 129		Rivera, Diego - Signed Inscribed Copy of Portrait of America (1886-1957) Mexican painter and muralist. Book inscribed and signed, "To Mr. S.M. Berwald. Diego Rivera June 12, 1934" on the first end page. The book is Portrait of America by Diego Rivera, New York: Covici, Friede, Inc., 1934, 232 pages. Toned throughout; cloth covers are soiled, with some staining. The book has numerous pages of the murals Rivera painted in America. Estimate $100 - UP Ex. Academy Stamp Company. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $275
Lot 130		Brown, Dan -- Signed First Edition. First Edition of The Da Vinci Code signed "Dan Brown" on a Doubleday book plate affixed to the first end page, New York: Doubleday, 2003, 454 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket present. Fine. Signed. Estimate $75 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $81
Lot 131		*Easton Press Collector's Edition of The Last of the Mohicans, The Sea-Wolf, and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.* Three books by James Fenimore Cooper, Jack London, and Arthur Conan Doyle, all bound in leather, Sherlock Holmes was published in 1981 and the other two in 1979. The Sea-Wolf has color illustrations by Fletcher Martin; Edward A. Wilson did the illustrations for The Last of the Mohicans; and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes has "a selective collation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and Others." All fine. Estimate $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 132		Holley, Mary Austin -- ALS by Author of First Known English-Language History of Texas (1784-1846) Historical writer best known as the author of the first known English-language history of Texas; she was Stephen Austin's cousin. Autograph letter signed "Mary Holly," 3 pages on 2 sheets, 9¾ x 7¾, Boston, Sept. 17, 1809. To her mother, Mrs. Luther Holley, in Salisbury, Connecticut, musing on the reasons why women with families have so little time to write letters to family and friends, extolling the charms of her little Harriet, giving news of a friend's growing family, and hoping to visit and be visited by her mother soon. Overall toning, some paper loss, affecting a few words, edge chips, and old tape at left edge of first page. About very good. Estimate $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $188
Lot 133		Gimble Brothers, Bernard & Adam: Personal Letters and Signed Photo to David Marx, Marx & Co. A collection of eight letters, six signed by Bernard Gimble, Chairman of the Board of Gimbel Brothers Inc., and two by Adam Gimble on Saks 5th Avenue letterhead, to David Marx regarding a number of concerns, including his (woefully wrong) impressions of the future of gambling in Las Vegas in 1962, help with certain employees in the early 1960s, a simple note about Norman Mailer, and a 1949 photo signed by Bernard Gimble and his wife. David Marx was the brother of Louis Marx and together they formed one of the greatest American toy companies in US history. Fine. Estimate $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 134		Two Canes: One From Oliver Hazard Perry's Flagship Lawrence During the Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812, and one Topped With 1874 Cable. One cane is 33½" long with pewter head engraved: "Wood of the Flag Ship Lawrence / Perry's Victory Lake Erie / Sept. 10, 1813 / We have met the enemy and they are ours." The other cane is 35" long with 4" brass-tipped handle; one side is engraved, "Direct United States Cable / Laid Nov. 1874 / Picked Up July 1903"; the other side says, "Siemens Brothers & Co Limited / London. Estimate $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,170
Lot 135		34 Star American Flag ca. 1861, Civil War Era. Once on permanent exhibition at the Kamuela Museum in Hawaii until its closing in 2008, this outstanding, vintage original, 34 star American flag dates to the opening of the Civil War. Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state on January 29, 1861, about 2½ months prior to the start of the war at Fort Sumter. The 34th star representing Kansas was officially added on July 4th later that year. Flag is instantly recognizable with its medallion configuration with its large haloed center star. Flag remained official until 1863. This particular flag was printed on silk and measures 24 x 33" The provenance of the flag as noted by the museum states that the flag was acquired by Mrs. Emma Linton, a descendant of an early pioneer family and ultimately acquired from her grandson, Ward Linton. Flag is housed in a simple plexi-glass display which has protected the flag well for years. Overall the flag is in fine shape with loss of fabric on lower right side, small holes and some fraying. The colors, however, have not faded much and the flag retains enormous eye appeal. Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $7,800
Lot 136		Civil War Mourning Memento--Ribbon With Circular Hair Braid--In an Autograph Album. Autograph album titled Gems from Flora, with two women's names: "Elizabeth Arbuckle. Lewistown Penna. 1853" and "Lulu McConnell, Watkins, Iowa, 1885," on the first end page. Containing friendly sentiments, poems, etc., some from the early 1850s, but most from the 1880s. Toward the middle of the album is a white ribbon tied in a bow and attached to a small circular braid of human hair. Below is a paragraph from a newspaper noting "the death of another of Marengo's young men, John Arbuckle. He was a member of the 24th Infantry, and was killed in one of the recent engagements in the Shanandoah [sic] Valley…" on the facing page is a poem, "In the memory of my cousin John Arbuckle." Foxing and some staining throughout. Good to very good. Estimate $75 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $56
Lot 137		(Farragut, Rear Admiral David) Documentation for Tiffany Presentation Sword. David Farragut (1801-70) was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He commanded the Union blockade of Southern ports, helped capture New Orleans and provided support for General Ulysses S. Grant's siege of Vicksburg. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864. A collection of six items related to the Tiffany sword presented to Admiral David Farragut in June 1864. (1) Invoice for $1,000, on Tiffany& Co. letterhead, for "Presentation Sword 'Admiral Farragut'" sold to Members of Union League Club, New York, May 31, 1864. (2) 12½ x 8" ruled paper, headed "Subscription to a Sword to be presented to Admiral Farragut by his friends in the City of New York," with signatures of 27 men and the amounts they paid, including Charles Lewis Tiffany ("C.L. Tiffany"), who founded New York City's Tiffany & Co. in 1837. (3) Copy of a letter to Rear Admiral Farragut from the Committee on Presentation, listing the 27 names of the subscribers. (4) Invoice on plain paper for $5.00 for engraving on parchment the letter to Farragut. (5) Clerical copy of the letter which accompanied the sword, from Brig. Gen. James Bowen to Rear Admiral David Farragut, New Orleans, June 14, 1864. (6) Clerical copy of Farragut's response, datelined U.S. Flag Ship Hartford, West Gulf Squadron, Off Mobile Bay, June 18, 1864, giving his thanks for the sword and saying he is "watching over the interests of our country and literally watching its enemies who like hawks are ready to pounce upon us at the first unguarded moment…." The beautiful Tiffany sword presented to Rear Admiral David G. Farragut by members of the Union League Club in New York on April 23, 1864 is in the Smithsonian Institute. Estimate $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,260
Lot 138		World War II Memorabilia, Including Shrapnel From a Soldier's Leg (1)A piece of shrapnel, 5½ x 2", taken from a soldier's leg; with band engraved, "Hong Kong,1941." (2) Photograph album made from a Japanese Zero, the cover from the plexiglass cockpit and the binding and back from the aluminum, 7½ x 10½"; this is an American scrapbook with 28 Japanese stamps, photos of American soldiers at leisure, family photos, etc. (3) A 4 x 3½" slice of brick or tile found on the site of Sairenji Temple, the explosion center at Hiroshima. (4)Book: Hiroshima by John Hersey, a story of six people who survived. Estimate $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $688
Lot 139		Generals George C. Marshall & Mark W. Clark. Typed letter signed "G.C. Marshall" as Chief of Staff, on War Department letterhead, one page, 8¾ x 6¾", Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 1938. To Major William McC. Chapman, Presidio of San Francisco, regretting not seeing him in San Francisco and expressing shock upon the death of General Simonds': "…one of the most tragic things I have seen happen in the Army." With transmittal envelope. With a typed letter signed "Mark" by Mark W. Clark, as Commanding General of the Sixth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, one page, 10½ x 7¼", Mar. 1, 1948. To Col. Chapman, regarding a West Point dinner Clark is unable to attend and suggesting that Col. Chapman might want to attend a joint dinner with the Navy in New York, at which he thinks the President [Truman] might speak. Estimate $250 - 350 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 140		Patton, George S. Jr. - Document Signed Less Than Four Months Before His Death (1885-1945) Brilliant, controversial U.S. Army general, known as "Old Blood and Guts." He commanded the Seventh U.S. Army and the Third U.S.Army in the European Theater of World War II. Typed document signed "G S Patton Jr.," one page, 10½ x 8", Camp Campbell, Ky, Aug. 30, 1945. Being a packing list for a box, noted as "Files," weighing 135 pounds. Document is affixed at corners to a slightly larger sheet, which is affixed to larger card stock, easily removed. Page has folds and creases, not affecting Patton's exceptionally bold signature. Less than three and a half months after signing this packing list, just before he was scheduled to return to the States on Christmas leave, Patton suffered injuries as the result of an automobile accident and died twelve days later, on December 21, 1945. At his request, he was buried in Hamm, Luxembourg, among "his" soldiers who had died in the Battle of the Bulge. Estimate $750 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $660
Lot 141		Tibbets, Paul -- Inscribed, Signed Photo of the Enola Gay (1915-2007) Brigadier general best known as the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 from which the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1944. 8 x 10" black and white photo of the Enola Gay inscribed and signed: " For Marie with best wishes / Paul Tibbets," in blue felt tip, no place, no date. Fine condition. Estimate $100 - 200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 142		Two D-Day Top Secret BIGOT Maps For Omaha Beach East and West. Two maps, each 17 x 22", one for Omaha Beach - East (Colleville-sur-Mer) and one for Omaha Beach-West (Vierville-sur-Mer), each stamped BIGOT, which was a code name for a security level beyond Top Secret; only a few specialists held this clearance. The map includes a wide array of obstacles to the invasion force, including fortifications, gun emplacements, minefields, signal installations, etc. Topographic watercolors below the maps give an eye-level of the shore. Each map has a Note to Coxswain or Navigator that terrain features are more reliable for visual navigation than building landmarks, which may be destroyed before any craft land. Minor creasing and toning. American forces landed on Omaha and Utah beaches, the Canadians on Juno, and the British on Sword and Gold. Accompanied by the June 2002 issue of National Geographic, which has stories of D-Day and also features the BIGOT maps. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $13,800
Lot 143		Wallenberg, Raoul - Certificate of Protection for a Jew Which Asks That He Not Be Forced to Wear the Yellow Star. Rare typed document signed "R Wallenberg" as Secretary of the Royal Swedish Embassy, one page, tan paper, 11¾ x 8½", Budapest, August 31, 1944. At upper left, in German, is "Royal Swedish Embassy"; a stamp with the same information is to the left of the signature. The body of the letter is in Hungarian and is addressed to The Central National Alien Control [i.e., Migration] Office in Budapest. Professional repair on verso to vertical fold, small paper loss at center of upper and lower margins, else fine. In translation, the document says: "We have the pleasure to inform you that the Royal Swedish Embassy in Budapest has issued a protective passport for Mr. Jenö Radványi who thus is to be considered a Swedish citizen. The Embassy kindly asks you to release him from the obligation of wearing the yellow star. The Embassy verifies that the reciprocity regarding Sweden referred to in the aforementioned decree is valid. With great reverence / R Wallenberg / On behalf of the Swedish Ambassador / Secretary of the Royal Swedish Embassy." Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg (1912-47?) saved many thousands of Hungarian Jews. He had studied architecture in the United States in the 1930s, then established himself as a businessman in Sweden. He was recruited by the US War Refugee Board (WRB) in June 1944 to travel to Hungary to do what he could to assist and save Hungarian Jews. He was given diplomatic status as first secretary to the Swedish legation arrived in Budapest on July 9, 1944. German forces occupied Hungary on March 19, 1944, and forced the Hungarian head of state, Miklos Horthy, to appoint a pro-German government under Dome Sztojay. By July 1944, the Hungarians and the Germans had deported nearly 440,000 Jews from Hungary, most of them to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where approximately 320,000 of them were killed upon arrival, and the remaining 200,000 Jews in Budapest were intended for deportation. Upon his arrival in Budapest, Wallenberg began to issue certificates of protection. He used Swedish funds and funds from the U.S. War Refugee Board to establish hospitals, nurseries and a soup kitchen, and he designated more than 30 "safe" houses. These establishments formed an international ghetto which was reserved for Jews and their families holding certificates of protection from a neutral country. When Soviet forces liberated Budapest in February 1945, more than 100,000 Jews remained, mostly because of the efforts of Wallenberg and his colleagues in the Swedish legation and diplomats from other neutral countries, such as Carl Lutz, the consul general in the Swiss legation, and Italian businessman Giorgio Perlasca, who posed as a Spanish diplomat. Wallenberg disappeared after being seen in the company of Soviet officials on January 17, 1945. He may have died on July 17, 1947, while imprisoned by Soviet authorities at the infamous Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, but the date and circumstances of his death have never been clarified. In October 2016, 71 years after his disappearance, Swedish officials formally declared Wallenberg legally dead. On November 26, 1963, Yad Vashem recognized Raoul Wallenberg as Righteous Among the Nations. In 1987 he was awarded honorary Israeli citizenship. He was also awarded honorary American citizenship by the United States Congress. Estimate $10,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 144		Handy, W.C. -- Inscribed & Signed Sheet Music for "The Saint Louis Blues" (1873-1958) Composer and musician; "Father of the Blues." Sheet music for "The Saint Louis Blues" (New York: Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc., 1914, 6pp) inscribed and signed, "To Mr. R.H. Hill with all good wishes / W.C. Handy / 9-29-42" in blue ink, 12¼ x 9¼". Accompanied by a TLS signed for Handy by his daughter, Katherine Handy Lewis, who adds a postscript stating that her father is resting and asked her to sign. "The Saint Louis Blues" is a fundamental blues and jazz standard and was one of the first blues songs to become a pop hit. It has been performed by countless artists, most famously by Louis Armstrong. Estimate $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 145		Herbert, Victor - Photograph Inscribed & Signed With Eight Musical Quotations in the Margins (1859-1924) Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor, best known for composing many operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I. Sepia-toned photograph signed "With best wishes from Victor Herbert, April 1916," 11 x 14", no place. Herbert is seated at the piano with the music for "Natoma" in front of him. The wide margins hold eight musical quotations, four on each side, each identified in Herbert's hand. Down the left side are "Natoma," Mlle. Modiste," "Babes in Toyland" (his most famous work), and "Princess Pat (laughing Irish eyes)." Down the right side are "Madeleine," "Badinage," "The Serenade," and "The only girl." In the lower border is an original sketch of an Irish harp with "Erin go Bragh." Some closed tears along lower edge, touching the frame of the harp. Matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 20¾". A wonderful display piece. Estimate $800 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 146		Toscanini, Arturo (1867-1957). Italian conductor, a virtuoso known for the dynamic intensity and detailed phrasing of his interpretations. Card signed "Arturo Toscanini" and dated "August 21 - 1946," in green ink, 3 x 4¾", with a 3¢ stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institute. Matted with a silver gelatin photo, 5¾ x 4½", with imprint at lower left: "N.B.C. / Ray Lee Jackson / N.Y./ 1938" and framed to an overall size of 13¼ x 9". Fine condition. Estimate $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 147		*Original Leaf From Guillaume Durand's Rationale Divinorum Officiorum* (On the Meaning of Divine Offices).** Two pages (one sheet), laid paper, in Latin, 12 x 8¼". Printed at Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1481. Written by French bishop Guillaume Durand of Mende (1230-1296), his treatise discusses the origin and symbolic sense of Christian ritual and is acknowledged to be one of the great authorities on Western liturgy. This Incunabula period edition is distinguished by the use of hand-colored rubrication, typical of Renaissance work. It is one of the most frequently copied and disseminated texts in all of medieval Christianity. References: Hain No. 6845; Gogg, Incunabula in American Libraries, No. D-425. Estimate $100 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $63
Lot 148		The New York Times, May 14, 1948 -- The Day the State of Israel Was Established. Copy of the New York Times on the day the state of Israel was proclaimed. A front-page article is headed, "Zionists To Set Up State On Schedule" and notes that "The state is to be established despite the implied disapproval of the United States…." Other articles refer to the end of the British mandate and the military preparation being mustered by the Arabs for "the bitter fight that is expected to break when the British give up their responsibility for peace in the Holy Land." A fascinating look at the news, dominated by the Middle East, on this eventful day. Estimate $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $188
Lot 149		Catherine II (Catherine the Great) -- Document Signed as Empress of Russia (1729-1796) Empress of Russia (1762-96). Document signed "Ekaterina" as Empress of Russia, one page, vellum, 10 x 15", 1782. Conferring the rank of 2nd Major on Ivan Varvatzi. Document is untranslated. An ornate border surrounds the document; beautiful paper and wax seal is intact. Light soiling, else fine. Signature is light, as are some of the manuscript notations. Matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 21¼". Accompanied by a a 4 x 2¾" color photo from a painting of the Empress. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $930
Lot 150		Withdrawn	Unsold

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