The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 151 
Coolidge, Calvin. Governor's Card
Signed. Approximately 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed
below his printed title.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 152 
Coolidge, Calvin. Vice President Card
Signed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Boldly signed in full. Mounting
traces on verso.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 153 
Coolidge, Calvin. Governor's Card
Signed. 3¾ x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed in full by
Coolidge above his printed title as "The Governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts." .
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 154 
Coolidge, Calvin. Inscribed Governor's
Card Signed. 3¾ x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed by
Governor Coolidge above the printed title, and dated "June 1920" below.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 155 
Coolidge, Grace. (1879-1957) Wife of Calvin
Coolidge-30th President. White House Card Signed. 4½ x
2½", on cream card stock. Signed in full on recto.
Estimated Value
$150-225.
Lot 156 
Coolidge, Grace. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3¾ x 2¼", on cream card stock with gold embossed federal
stamp. Inscribed, "A little vanity to go with you on your maiden voyage to
Europe. It brings with it much love and my wishes for a delightful summer. /
Grace Coolidge."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 157 
Coolidge, Grace. White House Card
Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed in full on
recto.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 158 
Coolidge, Grace. White House Card
Signed. 4½ x 2¾", on white card stock (age toned). Signed in
full.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 159 
Coolidge, Grace. Visiting Card
Signed. 3¼ x 2", on off-white card stock. Signed in full above her
printed name in pencil.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 160 
Coolidge, Grace. Visiting Card
Signed. 2¾ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full below the printed
"Mrs. Calvin Coolidge." .
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 161 
Coward, Sir Noel. (1899-1973) British
Playwright, Actor and Composer known for his blithe wit and sophisticated
style. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 3½", on
off-white card stock. Coward pens a blithe note of thanks for a book he has
just received as a seventieth birthday present: "What a lovely 70th birthday
present. I have always maintained as you know that you are a lovely user of the
English language. It is an endearing book. Thank you dearly for it. All my love
and Happy Everything. Noel." Small stain at top right, not affecting text.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 162 
Coward, Sir Noel. Visiting Card Signed.
4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed on recto.
Estimated Value $175-250.
Lot 163 
Cui, Cesar Antonovich. (1835-1918) Russian
Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2¾", on cream card
stock. Delicately penned on verso "My dear friend, I'm sorry that I couldn't
present my sympathetic homage to [?], and give my warm wishes for your prompt
and complete recovery. Well to you, dear friend, and be courageous./ C.
Cui."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 164 
Curie, Marie. (1867-1934) Polish Physicist.
Discovered Radium and won the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Inscribed
Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. With a lengthy
inscription in French, beginning on the front and continuing on verso,
concerning current research: "Ask Professor Mourea to agree to go on giving
his assistance to Professor Czeruy (University of Lurro), to allow him to
acquire information on a University level that is needed to him... ". Minor
mounting traces on verso. Stamped lettering on the front identifies the card as
being formerly from the "Autograph Collection of Dr. Max Thorek Chicago." .
Estimated Value $1,500-2,500.
Lot 165 
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon. (1814-1922)
American Author and wife of General Custer. Inscribed Visiting Card
Initialed. 3 x 2", on white card stock with transmittal envelope. Inscribed
with a long, heartfelt message.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 166 
Daudet, Alphonse. (1845-1897) French
Novelist and Poet. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2¼", on
cream card stock. "Would you, my dearest Campbell Clarke, transmit to Mister
Courtenay Boyle, the proud thanks from the famous Tartarin... for the
invitation and showing his new pages and pretty verse./ A. Daudet."
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 167 
Davis, Jefferson. (1808-1889) President of
the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Inscribed Visiting
Card Initialed. 3¼ x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed on
verso in pencil, "Thanks for the copy of the spirited poem. J.D."
Estimated Value $750-1,250.
Lot 168 
Davis, Jefferson. Visiting Card.
3½ x 2", on off-white card stock. With an attractive facsimile of Davis'
signature. Moderately soiled, otherwise fine.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 169 
Davis, Varina Howell. Inscribed Visiting
Card Initialed. 3½ x 2½", on cream card stock with black
mourning border. Penned on recto, "My dear Mr Solomons, I am too weak to do
more than thank you for your kind note of remembrance and assure you that it is
fully reciprocated. Should I recover my [?...] I hope I may see you in
Washington later in the year. Very sincerely yours./ V.H.D./ Aug 22nd
1901."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 170 
Davis, Varina Howell. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 3¾ x 2½", on cream card stock. Penned on verso
"For Mr Geo. M.D. Bose/ yours truly/ Varina Jefferson Davis." Two
creases, some age toning.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 171
Davis, Varina Howell. (1826-1906) American
Author-Wife of Jefferson Davis. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x
2½", on cream card stock with black border. Inscribed on recto "My
loving wishes for you dear Miss [?] I must send you a word at least. I send
Jeannette a little calendar with my love."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 172 
De Forest, Lee. (1873-1961) American
Inventor, holder of more than 300 patents, known as the "Father of Radio" and
"Grandfather of Television." Inscribed Business Card Signed. 3½ x
2", on cream card stock. Penned on verso "To John D. Libby Jr./ from Lee de
Forest./ Oct. 14 '39."
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 173 
De Forest, Lee. Calling Card Signed.
4½ x 2¾", on cream card stock. Signed and dated "April 21 '58'' on
recto.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 174 
De Gaulle, Charles. (1890-1970) French
general and first President of the Fifth Republic. Inscribed Visiting Card
Initialed. 3¾ x 2¾ ", on manilla card stock. Penned on recto/verso
(in French) "Thank you, Dear Master, for the shilling that you sent me ... I
ask you to accept my most distinguished and hearty feelings./ C. G."
Soiled, with mounting traces and two corners missing.
Estimated Value
$200-300.
Lot 175 
De Gaulle, Charles. Visiting Card.
3¾ x 2¾", on white card stock.
Estimated Value $125-175.