Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 99

The July 8-9, 2017 Manuscript, Space, Collectibles & Stamp Auction

World Wars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 182		150 Years of Wars: WWI, WWII, Spanish American and Civil War. A nice collection of vintage ephemera starting with the Civil War through WWII. In this collection a superb Union Soldier's letter from the Benton Barracks to his wife dated January 25, 1862 mentioning gunboats on the Mississippi, plus a signature of Col. Uri B. Pearsall of the 99th US Colored Troops, a nice collection of Admiral George Dewey (Spanish-American War, Battle of Manila) ephemera including an early printing of "The Dewey Souvenir (soft red leather cover) and beautiful invitations and receptions for the Admiral, assorted WWI programs for War Department Victory Parades and Armistice Day celebrations (1919 & 1920) patriotic sheet music of the time and two vintage original photos and a typed "fact book" regarding The Barling Bomber. From WWII several vintage original photo including MacArthur, Nimitz and Truman, several pieces signed by Joe Rosenthal including commemorative covers, and a fine Japanese/Allied Forces "I Cease Resistance - Safe Conduct Pass". Some very nice pieces here. Estimate Value $300 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 183		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 Value $250 - 350 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 184		McAuliffe, Anthony C. - Photo Signed by the General Who Said "Nuts" to the Germans (1898-1975) Photo signed "A C McAuliffe, Maj. Gen, U S Army," 10 x 8", 10 x 8", no place, no date. A chest-up portrait in uniform. Back is stamped "Please Credit U.S. Army Photograph…" Fine. General McAuliffe was acting commander of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division troops defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge when the commander of the much-larger German force demanded their surrender. The Germans received the following reply: "To the German Commander. NUTS! The American Commander." For his actions at Bastogne, McAuliffe was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Patton. Estimate Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 185		Nimitz, Chester W. - Twice Signed Photo of the Japanese Surrender on the U.S.S. Misouri. 1885-1966) Fleet admiral of the U.S. Navy. He accepted the formal Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Photo signed twice, one on the white area on the desk: "C.W. Nimitz / U.S. Representative" and inscribed and signed in the lower border: "To Lt. Comdr. Kenneth Messenger, USNR--with best wishes and great appreciation of your contribution to the war effort which made possible the above scene. C.W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN.," 11 x 14", no place, no date. Light toning; some creasing at lower right, one crease affecting a couple of letters of the inscription. Standing behind Nimitz are (from left to right): General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander; Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander, Third Fleet, and Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman, Deputy Chief of Staff to Admiral Nimitz. A historic photograph. Very good condition. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,625
Lot 186		Patton, George - Mama's Boy Writes a 1909 ALS From West Point About His Fiancée (1885-1945) American general and tank commander, known as "Old Blood and Guts"; considered one of the greatest military leaders in history. Autograph letter signed "George Patton" four months before graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 3 pages, on two adjoining sheets, with "West Point, New York" engraved at top of first sheet, 5½ x 4", Feb. 9, 1909. To "Dear Mama," regarding Beatrice Banning Ayer, the childhood friend whom Patton would marry on May 26, 1910. "I just got the inclosed [sic] from B. and she asked you to excuse it as she wrote it on the way to the train. Of course don't tell other people but I know you won't. She got up at seven o'clock to see me….She was pretty nice to get up though as she had no watch and had to stay awake from two o'clock on to do it. It is rather hard to express in writing how much she loves me really it scares me to death. I guess I love her just as much only I am not part Banning so don't show it so much. I suppose you may as well write to Mrs. Ayer if you think it is proper of course I don't know who should write first. Your devoted son…." Fine condition. With COA. George and Beatrice would have three children: Beatrice Smith (1911), Ruth Ellen (1915), and George Patton IV (1923). Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,500
Lot 187		Pulitzer Prize Winning AP Photo Autographed by Kim Phúc and Photographer Nick Ut. Hunh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut was a Vietnamese American photographer for the Associated Press and captured one of the most horrifying and iconic photos of the Vietnam War near Trang Bang after an accidental South Vietnamese Air Force napalm attack killing four villagers. Phan Thi Kim Phúc the child in photo was badly burned, tearing off her burning clothes while running to escape. Offered here is a carefully trimmed page from LIFE Magazine of the historic photo autographed by the photographer, Nick Ut, as well as by Kim Phúc, the subject of the biography The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phúc Story, the Photograph and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong. Phúc has signed and inscribed "With Love & Peace Kim Phúc" In excellent condition, page exhibits only faint toning from age. Estimate Value $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 188		Tibbets, Paul and Charles Sweeney - The Two Pilots Who Dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan. Group of four photos. Two are of the Enola Gay, which was piloted by Paul Tibbets on August 6, 1945, and dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima Japan. Both photos are inscribed and signed by Tibbets. A third photo is of Bockscar, the B-29 Superfortress named Bockscar which was piloted by Charles Sweeney on August 9, 1945, and dropped the atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan; it is signed, followed by "Aircraft Commander 8/9/45". The fourth photo, with signature only, is of Sweeney climbing into the cockpit of Bockscar. All in fine condition. Estimate Value $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 189		U.S. Navy - Collection of Matchbooks For U.S. Ships and Other Memorabilia. Collection of approximately 95 matchbook covers, primarily for U.S Navy ships, with a few for the U.S. Coast Guard. The name of a ship is on each cover. Twenty-five of the covers are for ships that were at Pearl Harbor. Also present are several U.S. Naval Academy items from the 1920s and 1930s, including holiday dinner menus, a 1926 windshield sticker for the Army/Navy football game at Soldier Field, Chicago, and a used ticket for that game. Very good to fine. Estimate Value $150 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $94
Lot 190		USS ARIZONA, Remarkable Collection of Ship-Related Ephemera, Including a Superb Gunnery's Notebook (Launched: June 19, 1915 - Destroyed December 7, 1941) Fantastic collection of vintage pieces all relating to the USS Arizona from the 1920s to the late 1930s. The signature piece is a 35 page gunnery's notebook and record from the 1935. About half the pages are exceptionally well hand printed including flow charts of the chain of command with respect to administration and battle. There are two pages extensively laying out damage to certain decks and repairs necessary. Also a comprehensive inventory and capability of the ship's armament, secondary battery and anti-aircraft battery. Another page outlines with some schematics battery controls and position, ammo supplies on port and starboard sides again exceptionally well rendered by hand. Also included is a tipped in blue print of four decks of the Arizona. Measures 14 x 8½" with the gunnery ensign's name on cover and several pages inside. Gunnery notebook is in very fine condition. Also included is a "Pictorial Log" of the USS Arizona which is actually printed on the cover of this string tied album from the early 20s. While the first pages are cruising records, and smooth log sheets, they are blank. But they were definitely printed for use between 1910-1919. Followed is a collection of tipped into album pages and loose, about 60 photo post cards of the Arizona, the crew, and the occasional port. Some were mailed and have dates from the late teens to early 1920s. Overall they have been exceptionally well maintained and show a lot of the day to day duties on board and some involving recreation on deck including boxing. Also included is an unused match cover and two early letter post marked with USS Arizona from crew members. Third is an oversized folio filled with USS Arizona ephemera including a dozen vintage photos, early crew invitations to dances on shore, holiday menus, commemorative stamp/covers, and several brochures of the USS Arizona Memorial that span decades. Finally a carefully assembled collection of 85+ commemorative covers and stamps that not only recognized the USS Arizona through the years, but also many of the other ships and destroyers of that era to the end of the 20th century Adding to their collectibility, virtually ever cover has a notation on the folio as to when scrapped, sold or destroyed. A history of America's Naval Fleet as seen through vintage commemorative stamps and covers. Some of the ships included are the Maryland, the Pennsylvania, the Perry, the San Francisco, the Shaw, the Whitney, the West Virginian and many more. This collection is in very fine condition given the 30 to 70 years of most of the pieces. We invite interested parties to view this collection in person to fully appreciate. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,520
Lot 191		World War II Generals: Arnold, Bradley, Clark, MacArthur, Wainwright. Henry "Hap" Arnold: Inscribed photo signed, "To Col. Carl H. McClure In appreciation of the splendid work that you have done for the Air Force and for the Aid Society. H H Arnold Commdg. G.A.F.", 14 x 11", no place, no date. smiling, chest-up portrait, in a thin, wood frame. Omar N. Bradley: two signatures, one on a 1943 cover celebrating the unconditional surrender of Italy, and one on a 2¼ x 5" piece of paper with a military pennant bearing four stars and "Joint Chiefs of Staff 1952". Mark W. Clark Envelope free franked at lower left, as commander of U.S. Forces in Austria (where he served from the end of WWII until Jan. 1947); Douglas MacArthur signed First Day Cover bearing the three stamps issued on Feb. 3, 1948 by the Philippines to honor MacArthur. Mounted with two commemorative coins and a stamp; dampstain affects signature. Jonathan Wainwright signed cover of the Sept. 1945 issue of The Presidio Sun; the chest-up image is signed "J M Wainwright General USA." Overall very good. Estimate Value $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 192		WWII German and Japanese Propaganda - Collection of Five Airborne Leaflets. Airborne leaflet propaganda was a form of psychological warfare. Military forces used aircraft to drop leaflets in order to alter the behavior of combatants and non-combatants in enemy-controlled territory, sometimes in conjunction with air strikes. One leaflet is Japanese; it warns Aussies that while they are away fighting, "the Blacks and the Yanks are raping your wives, your daughters, your sweethearts…." The German leaflets include one that warns the English against the Americans who have flooded England and are seducing their wives. Another warns of the futility of trying to defend against the V 1 flying bomb, saying "The best defence…is to raise both arms in the shape of a large 'V'". Two others warn of "Death from the unknown…Nothing can be seen - Nothing can be heard - But It's There: V2." Fine condition. Estimate Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240