The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 26 
Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on white card stock. Aldrin's card as Research Consultant,
boldly signed "Buzz Aldrin" above his printed name.
Estimated Value
$200-300.
Lot 27 
Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on white card stock. Aldrin's card as President of "Recon," a
research consultancy, signed "Buzz Aldrin" below his printed name.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 28 
Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on white card stock. Aldrin's card as President of "Recon," a
research consultancy. Signed "Buzz Aldrin" below his printed name.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 29 
Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on white card stock. Aldrin's card as Research consultant,
signed "Buzz Aldrin" above his printed name.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 30 
Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on white card stock. Aldrin's card as President of a research
consultancy. Signed "Buzz Aldrin" on verso.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 31 
Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on off-white card stock. Signed "Buzz Aldrin" in black ink on
his wife's card.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 32 
Aldrin, Buzz. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on white card stock. Signed "Buzz Aldrin" above his printed
name on his research consultancy business card.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 33 
Alger Jr, Horatio. (1834-1899) American
Novelist, author of popular Rag-to-Riches fiction. Inscribed Calling Card
Signed. 4¼ x 2¾", on cream card stock. New York, March 26 1883.
Signed in full below the inscription, "Accept my best wishes." An
embossed stamp of a message carrying bird adorns the upper left.
Estimated
Value $250-375.
Lot 34 
Amundsen, Roald. (1872-1928) Norwegian
Explorer, author of North West Passage. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x
1½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed on verso.
Estimated Value
$120-180.
Lot 35 
Armstrong, Neil. (1930- ) American Astronaut
aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the first man to set foot on the moon.
Business Card Signed. Approximately 3½ x 2", on white card stock.
A bold signature in black ink on his Cardwell International, Ltd. business
card. Armstrong's title is listed as "Chairman of the Board." .
Estimated
Value $300-450.
Lot 36 
Armstrong, Neil. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2¼", on a unique balsa wood business card, University of
Cincinnati, Professor of Aerospace. Signed in blue ink above his printed name.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 37 
Armstrong, Neil. Business Card Signed.
3½ x 2¼", on balsa wood. On his "University of Cincinnati,
Professor of Aerospace Engineering" card, signed in blue ink above his printed
name.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 38 
Arthur, Chester Alan. (1830-1886) American
21st President. Executive Mansion Card Signed. Approximately 4 x
2½", on white card stock. Boldly signed in full in black ink. Mounting
traces on verso.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 39 
Arthur, Chester Alan. Visiting Card.
3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Printed "Mr. & Mrs. C.A. Arthur." .
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 40 
Asch, Sholem. (1880-1957) Polish author and
playwright. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. Approximately 4 x 2", on
cream card stock. Inscribed in Hebrew on verso, "Dear Madam: Unfortunately I
have promised to be today at 6 in the evening at my brother-in-law's. I
promised and I cannot break my word and I hope we will meet there. With
respect. SA - Friday March 7th." Moderate foxing, still attractive.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Acquired from Herman Darvick, 12/88.
Lot 41 
Audubon, John James. (1785-1851) American
Artist-Ornithologist. Inscribed Visiting Card Unsigned. 3½ x
2½", on cream card stock. With the address, "45 Bond Street"
penciled below Audubon's printed name. Minor foxing and slight crease at
center.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 42 
Auric, Georges. (1899-1983) French Composer.
Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¾ x 2½", on white card stock.
Inscribed in French below his printed name and title, "With his best wishes
for the New Year."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 43 
Barnum, Phineas Taylor. (1810-1891) American
Circus man, founder "Barnum & Bailey Circus." Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. Approximately 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock, with
Barnum's decorative blind embossed monogram at upper left. Interesting and
attractive card which finds the circus impresario wining-and-dining the
representative of the King of Siam. Barnum has inscribed the card above and
below his printed name: "Admit Consul General for Siam & friend -- (2) ...
including seats in Editorial Box P.T. Barnum." Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Acquired from Doris Harris, 10/75.
Lot 44 
Barnum, Phineas Taylor. Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock with Barnum's decorative
blind embossed monogram. Signed "P.T. Barnum" and dated "May 7th
1882" on verso and "Bridgeport Conn / U.S. America," below his
printed name.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 45 
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. (1834-1904)
French Sculptor, creator of the "Statue of Liberty." Inscribed Visiting Card
Initialed. 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Penned above his
printed name "I shall be pleased to see you tomorrow noon at 6 o'clock if
you can call at the hotel metropole/ AB". Some minor pink-hued staining,
not affecting text.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Acquired from Conway
Barker, 6/50.
Lot 46 
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste. Visiting Card
Signed. Approximately 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed
"Bartholdi" above his printed name. Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 47 
Bartok, Bela. (1881-1945) Hungarian Composer,
a challenging and influential modernist force. Inscribed Visiting Card.
Approximately 4 x 2", on cream card stock. With a lengthy inscription in
Hungarian on verso in dark black ink.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 48 
Baruch, Bernard. (1870-1965) American
Financier, Economist, Statesman, and Presidential Advisor. Inscribed
Visiting Card Signed. Large format, 5¼ x 3¾", on off-white card
stock with an imprinted address. Inscribed, "March 14th 1942/ My dear
Fiedler -- Thank you for the gloves which are fine/ Sincerely/ Bernard M
Baruch" .
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 49 
Baruch, Bernard. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 2¾ x 1½", on white card stock. Inscribed, "Thank you
so much for all your good wishes and for the Mezzuzah. / BM Baruch".
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 50 
Baruch, Bernard. Greeting Card Signed.
3¾ x 2½", on off-white card stock imprinted with the greeting, "With
the Compliments of Bernard M. Baruch." Signed "BM Baruch" in large black
script. Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $250-300.