The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 351 
Kipling, Rudyard. (1865-1936) British author
of The Jungle Book, awarded 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Inscribed Visiting Card. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Mr Kipling
has inscribed "With" and "compliments" on either side of his printed name.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 352 
Kossuth, Lajos. (1802-1894) Hungarian
Statesman, leader of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock with black border (signifying
mourning). Penned in black ink "Turin April 12th 1883 / Louis
Kossuth"below his printed name.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 353 
Kubelik, Jan. (1880-1940) Czech Violinist
and Composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed. 3 x 1½", on
manilla card stock. Penned on verso, "yours very sincerely" and signed in full.
Mounting traces evident, with some soiling.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 354 
Lafayette, Marquis de. (1757-1834) French
Army General, entered American service in Revolutionary War. Visiting
Card. 2¾ x 1¾", on off-white card stock. Slightly discolored.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 355 
Langley, Samuel Pierpont. (1834-1906)
American Astronomer and Airplane Pioneer, the first to build a heavier-than-air
flying machine, a steam-powered model aircraft. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. Approximately 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Penned in red
ink "Aug 25 / Daniel Canal, Please pardon me for leaving my note books so
long with you. I have now taken them. SP Langley" on verso. Mounting traces
on recto.
Estimated Value $375-500.
Lot 356 
Lawrence, D. H. (1885-1930) British
Novelist, author of Sons and Lovers (1913) and Lady Chatterley's
Lover (1928). Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 3½ x 2", on
cream card stock. Inscribed on recto/verso in pencil to art dealer Albert
Stoppard "The Hon. Albert Stoppard / Dear Stoppard - Benediciti - addio- I
shall see you again one day. This is Carmela whose photograph we promised her
should be taken. Dear Stoppard, if it is a nuisance, say the camera is broken.
addio D.H.L.".
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 357 
Lawrence, James. (1781-1813) American Naval
commander,whose famous appeal "Don't give up the ship!" became a rallying cry
for U.S. sailors. Visiting Card Signed. 2¼ x 1½", on cream
card stock. Signed, "Capt Lawrence / U.S. Navy" in dark ink on recto.
Mounting traces along left edge, not affecting signature.
Estimated Value
$500-750.
Lot 358 
Lee, Fitzhugh. (1835-1905) Confederate
States of America Major General, Virginia Governor. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. With a small drawing of a hand
and the word "over" written below his printed name, and the inscription,
"Fitzhugh Lee/ Governor of Virginia" on verso. Some age toning.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 359 
Lee, Fitzhugh. Governor's Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated "October 9th
1886".
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 360 
Lee, Fitzhugh. Governor's Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full and dated
"March 14 1887." Some age toning.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 361 
Lee, Fitzhugh. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. With the word, "over"
inscribed below his printed name, and a full signature on verso.
Estimated
Value $120-180.
Lot 362 
Lehar, Franz. (1870-1948) Hungarian Composer
of The Merry Widow. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed With Autograph
Music Quotation Signed. Approximately 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock.
Inscribed on recto above his printed name, signed and dated "Berlin, 7/5
1929" below.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 363 
Lehar, Franz. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. Approximately 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in
German and boldly signed beneath his printed name, with the date
"3.10.1928."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 364 
Lehar, Franz. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 4½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in Hungarian and
signed in full. Dated, "3.16.1903" on verso in dark ink. Mounting traces
on verso not affecting text.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 365 
Lehar, Franz. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4 x 2¼", on off-white card stock. With a lengthy inscription in
German to the popular novelist Anita Loos, written in pencil on
recto/verso.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 366 
Leoncavallo, Ruggero. (1858-1919) Italian
Composer, best known for Pagliacci. Autograph Musical Quotation
Signed. Approximately 4 x 2¾", on cream card stock. Inscribed on verso
of calling card. Signed "R. Leoncavallo" and dated "Berlin 17. XII.
1904".
Estimated Value $600-900.
Lot 367 
Lewis, Sinclair. (1885-1951) American
Novelist, author of Main Street (1920) and Babbitt (1922),
awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. Inscribed Visiting Card
Initialed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. With a humorous inscription
which reads: "Dear S.P.B. Gee wot a dirty card -- last I have in my wallet.
We're camped, mid-caravan, in a field of Mr. Upton, just to the left of the
Ship Inn." Beneath this is a tiny sketched map and in the lower right
"SL Fri evening June 15 7:45 pm."
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 368 
Lincoln, Abraham. (1809-1865) 16th President
of the United States. Visiting Card. 3½x 2", on manila card
stock. A simple, facsimile rendering of the President's signature made up
Lincoln's old-fashioned visiting card.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 369 
Lincoln, Mary Todd. (1818-1882) American
Wife of 16th President. Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card
stock with black mourning border. Miniscule foxing.
Estimated Value
$300-450.
Lot 370 
Liszt, Franz. (1811-1866) Hungarian Composer
and Pianist. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 3", on cream
card stock. Inscribed in French and signed, "F. Liszt" beneath the
printed name. Archivally framed to an overall size of 14 x 17¼".
Estimated Value $750-1,000.
Lot 371 
Liszt, Franz. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French
below the composer's printed name.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 372 
Lockwood, Belva Ann. (1830-1917) American
Attorney and Feminist, first woman to practice before the Supreme Court and a
Presidential Nominee in 1884, '88. Business Card Signed. 3½ x 2",
on cream card stock. Signed in full on verso. Mounting traces on recto.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 373 
Lockwood, Belva Ann. Business Card. 4
x 2¼", on off-white card stock. An uncommon item! .
Estimated Value
$125-175.
Lot 374 
London, Jack. (1876-1916) American Author of
The Call of the Wild (1903). Visiting Card Signed. 3 x
1½", on off-white card stock. Signed in full on verso of his wife's
card.
Estimated Value $350-500.
Lot 375 
London, Jack. Visiting Card Signed.
3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Signed on verso of wife's card.
Estimated Value $350-500.