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The Manuscripts, Collectibles & Space Auction

The William K. Steiner Collection - Royalty

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 226		Edward VIII, King George V, and Queen Mary. Elephant folio photograph signed ("Edward") as Prince of Wales, pictured with his mother, who signed ("Mary / 1910") as Queen, and his father ("George R.I."), who signed as King of Great Britain and Emperor of India. Sheet is 21 x 16 in; photo is 13¾ x 11 1/8 in. Diagonal repair to sheet at lower right does not touch the photograph or the signatures. A beautiful photograph, possibly unique. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,340
Lot 227		Edward, Prince of Wales. Document signed "on behalf of His Majesty The King" by Edward, Prince of Wales ("Edward P"); by Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister; by Viscount Hailsham, Lord High Chancellor; and by Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1 page, 16 x 20¼ in., Court of Saint James, March 5, 1929. Appointing "Oscar Charles Morland to be one of Our Vice-Consuls (Second Grade) in the Empire of Japan…." Together with a photostat of a telegram sending condolences from George V to a woman in Glasgow: "The Queen and I send you our sincere sympathy in the sad loss you have suffered through the death of your husband. George R I." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $350
Lot 228		George III (1738-1820) King of England (1760-1820). Autograph letter signed ("George R"), 1 page, on laid paper with royal watermark, aboard the St. Fiorenzo, Sept. 10, 1796. To his son Frederick, Duke of York, with excellent content. In part: "…It is curious so much interest was made that Sir Charles Gray might be appointed to the command of the forces in Ireland without it being known whether it would be agreeable to him, he having declined, I perfectly agree that…Lord Carhampton is the fittest person for that command. I have sounded Sir William Pitt, who approves the man having seen his conduct in Ireland that he is persuaded it will be an advantageous choice. I therefore approve your forwarding this arrangement; but this will certainly make it not right to press David Dundas to go there….The sooner the troops can begin to get into barracks the better…." Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $720
Lot 229		George III. Partly-printed document signed ("George R"), vellum, 10 x 14 in., Court of St. James, May 20, 1761. Appointing Charles Watson an ensign in the 25th Regiment of Foot, commanded by the King's "wellbeloved cousin William Earl of Horne, Lieutenant General of Our Forces." Signed at top left in the first year of his reign. At lower right is the scarce signature of Bute (John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713-1792), the Scottish favorite who was George's tudor in the 1750s and dominated him during the first five years of his reign. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $400
Lot 230		George V and Edward, Prince of Wales. Document signed ("George R.I.") as King and Sovereign of the Order of the British Empire and the future Edward VIII ("Edward P") as Prince of Wales and Grand Master of the Order, 2 pages, 12¾ x 8 in., Court of St. James, June 5, 1926. Appointing Sir Percy Woodhouse a Knight Commander of the British Empire (O.B.E.). Light toning. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $180
Lot 231		Hirohito. Photograph of the young Prince Hirohito, signed in Japanese characters at lower right, 7¾ x 5 in., no place, no date. Photo is affixed at top edge to a gold and white mount, 12¼ x 8¼ in. A three-quarter portrait in uniform, in excellent condition. In 1921 Hirohito became the first Japanese crown prince to travel abroad when he visited Europe. Upon his return he was named prince regent when his father, the Taisho emperor, retired because of mental illness. In 1924 Hirohito married the princess Nagako Kuni. When his father died on December 25, 1925, he became Emperor of Japan. Although the Meiji Constitution of 1889 invested the emperor with supreme authority, he generally followed the counsel of his ministers and advisers. It is not known to what extent he agreed with or participated in the planning of Japanese expansionistic policies, from the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 to the end of the war in 1945. It was he who made the decision not to continue resistance after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 8, 1945, and who broke imperial silence on August 15, when he made a national radio broadcast to announce Japan's acceptance of the Allies' terms of surrender (the first time the Japanese people had heard the voice of their emperor). In another broadcast, on January 1, 1946, Hirohito repudiated the quasi-divine status of Japan's emperors. When the country's new constitution went into effect in 1947, Japan became a constitutional monarchy, and the Emperor and his family became much more accessible to the public. In 1971 Hirohito became the first reigning Japanese monarch to visit abroad when he toured Europe. In 1975 he made a state visit to the United States. When he died in 1989, Hirohito was succeeded by his oldest son, Crown Prince Akihito. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,750
Lot 232		Hirohito. Manuscript document signed by Hirohito as Emperor, in Japanese, 2 pages, 12½ x 9¼ in., Imperial Palace at Tokyo (March 29, 1935) on the 4th day of the 3rd month of the 10th year of Showa (the era associated with the reign of Hirohito, which began on Dec. 25, 1926), year 2,595 of the advent to the throne of the Emperor Jimmu. (Jimmu ascended the throne in 660 BC). Appointing Yoshiatsu Hori, Joshii as the Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Honduras. Ribbons from document are not present. French was the international language of diplomacy so the Japanese included a French translation,on the verso of a letter in French from Koki Hirota, the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. With two 5 x 4 in. photos, one of Koki Hirota and the other of Hiroshi Oshima, the general who was the Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany before and during the war; both men signed on the verso in Japanese and in Latin characters. Also present is a Spanish translation of the diplomatic appointment, made in the National Palace in Tegucigalpa. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,720
Lot 233		Hirohito, Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun (1901-1989) Emperor of Japan (1926-1989); the longest-ruling Emperor in Japan's history. Rare photo Emperor and Empress, signed in Japanese, 9 x 6 in., no date. A full-length portrait in formal attire, the Emperor wearing the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemums. Accompanied by an elaborate Japan Airlines menu from the Emperor's trip to the United States September 30-October 14, 1975. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,900
Lot 234		Juan II, King of Aragon (1398-1479). Two documents signed "Yo El Rey" [I The King], concerning taxes on the Jews: 1. Zaragosa, April 20, 1469, 11¾ x 11 in., to his "beloved counselor" Mossen Joan Gonçalez. The king having previously given him a grant (gracia) of 2000 sueldos from the revenues of the Jewry of Almuñia de Dona Godiña, Gonçalez, apparently in some financial trouble, is given permission to trade or even sell the grant, if he wishes. 2. Barcelona, August 29, 1477, 8¾ x 11¾ in. Juan to his councils and officials, including the bailiff (bayle) of the Jewry of Almuñia de Dona Godiña. By this time Joan Gonçalez's grant had been reduced from 2000 to 1500 sueldos, at the request of Prince Alfonso, Juan II's son. The Jews were to pay the money in two equal installments, on June 24 and December 25. The bailiff and officials were ordered to proceed against the Jews if they refused to pay. The true reason for the issue of the 1477 document may be a decline in the economic state of the small Jewish community in the last years of Juan II. Restrictions were being imposed on the Jews in neighboring Castile by Juan's son Ferdinand and his wife Isabella I of Castile. Their marriage in 1469 united Spain under one royal house, but as "Los Reyes Católicos" ("The Catholic Monarchs,"), the title given them by the pope for their religious fervor), they oversaw the expulsion of the Jews and the Moors from Spain in 1492, the same year they sponsored Columbus' first trip to the New World. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,650
Lot 235		Vellum Document From the Reign of Charles I. Manuscript document signed by John Doddridge, 1 page, vellum, 12 x 18 in., Oct. 15, 1641. A "Release and Confirmation" of land in Devon County from John Doddridge to Mr. J. Bradford, Jr. The document notes that the document was signed "in the Seavententh yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles of England / 1641." Expected age toning, otherwise an attractive document 374 years old. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $175