The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 426 
Nasser, Gamal Abdel. (1918-1970) United Arab
Republic President. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on
cream card stock. Inscribed in English, "with the compliments of Gamal Abdel
Nasser/ Cairo 1.5.1954." . Mounting traces.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 427 
Nasser, Gamal Abdel. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in English,
"with the compliments of Gamal Abdel Nasser/ Cairo 1953" . Mounting
traces.
Estimated Value $120-180.
A close friend, Sid Rogall, was
head of 20th Century Fox. Cleopatra was experiencing a troubled production and
he flew to Egypt to solve it. He met Nasser and had him sign the card for me.
-- Gerry Burg.
Lot 428 
Nast, Thomas. (1840-1902) American Civil War
illustrator, satirical cartoonist. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½",
on off-white card stock. Signed, "Th : Nast. / March-8- 1875" in dark
ink on verso.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 429 
Nast, Thomas. Visiting Card Signed. 3
x 1½", on off-white card stock. Signed, "Th : Nast. / Jan. 14.
1873" in dark ink on verso. The printed name and address have been
expunged.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 430 
Nation, Carry. (1846-1911) American
Temperance Activist, known for her memorable slogan, "Your Loving Home
Defender." Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card
stock. Inscribed on verso, "Carry A Nation/ Your loving/ Home Defender/ Dec
17 1903." .
Estimated Value $450-675.
Lot 431 
Nijinsky, Vaslav. (1890-1950) Russian
Dancer, attained huge acclaim for his performance in The Rite of Spring
(1913) but retired in 1917 after being diagnosed as a paranoid
schizophrenic. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream
card stock. Penned in dark ink and signed "W. Nijinsky Bordeaux
3.25.16." Miniscule rust stain and staple holes, not affecting signature.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 432 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. (1913-1994) 37th
President of the United States. Visiting Card Signed as President. 3¾
x 2¼, on off-white card stock. Boldly signed in full in black ink above
"The President." Two miniscule red lines near right edge, not affecting
signature.
Estimated Value $275-350.
Rabbi Edgar Fogel Magnin, my
boss, at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, was a close friend of the Nixon family and
he graciously had Mr. Nixon sign a number of these cards for me. -- Gerry Burg.
Lot 433 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Vice-President
Card Signed. 3¾ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Features the printed
title, "The Vice President" in black script with his signature below in
blue ink.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 434 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Inscribed
Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 4 x 2", on white card stock. Inscribed
"To Roger Always R. Nixon."
Estimated Value $200-300.
"Roger"
was Maitre de at the Union Bank private lunch room and gave me this card. --
Gerry Burg.
Lot 435 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed in full, with an
imprinted address at lower right.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 436 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 1¾", on cream card stock. Signed in full in black
ink below his printed name. Mounting traces on verso, with slight clip stain,
not affecting signature.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 437 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Government Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. A United States Senate Card
featuring a gold embossed stamp in the upper left. Signed in black below his
printed name.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 438 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock, with "20 Broad Street New York
5, NY" at lower left. Boldly signed in black ink below his printed name.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 439 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock. Boldly signed in black ink
below his printed name.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 440 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Vice-President
Card Signed. 3¾ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Nixon has signed below
the printed title, "The Vice President."
Estimated Value $175-250.
Lot 441 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Inscribed
Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock, with imprinted
address at lower left. Inscribed "Best Wishes from Richard Nixon" in
black ink below printed name.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 442 
Nixon, Richard Milhaus. Inscribed
Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in
blue ink, "Best wishes to Bill Lundblad / from Richard Nixon." Signature
slighhtly faded. Card bears a small hole at lower center.
Estimated Value
$120-180.
Lot 443 
Nobel, Alfred. (1833-1896) Swedish Chemist,
invented dynamite and established the "Nobel Prize" to reward human achievement
in the arts and sciences. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4½ x
3½", on cream card stock. With what amounts to a long letter inscribed
in Swedish on both sides of this oversized card, dated "Paris 21/10 95."
Estimated Value $850-1,250.
Lot 444 
Nordau, Max Simon. (1849-1923) German
Author, Physician and Zionist friend of Herzl's. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. A warm greeting penned in French
above the printed name.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 445 
Nordau, Max Simon. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. A brief note penned in German in
purple ink above the printed name.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 446 
Nordau, Max Simon. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3½ x 2", on manilla card stock. Inscribed in French, "Thank
you my dear colleague, regarding your invitation. It was a entertaining, very
original and of exceptional spirit. Your translation, as usual, was elegant and
as good as the original. I shake your hand, devotedly,/ M.Nordau."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 447 
Oakley, Annie. (1860-1926) American
Sharpshooter, part of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show". Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed Twice. 3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Signed "Annie
Oakley / Feb". 18" 1918" on the front, with the legend "Shot by Annie Oakley
February 18- 1918" also written by Annie Oakley on the verso. The card bears a
bullet hole in the upper right-hand corner, put there by Oakley as a souvenir
of her sharpshooting skills while her husband held up the card.
This
wonderful card has an immensely rich history, preserved in part by a letter
from the card's original owner describing a visit to the home of the famous
sharpshooter and the trick shot which left a bullet hole in the corner. This
letter (split at the folds) which is also included, reads as
follows:
"Feb. 23 1918 Dear Hartly: I have been down at Pinehurst and
there met 'Annie Oakley' and her husband. You remember her as the famous shot.
Her husband held the card and she shot a hole in the corner and she signed it.
Put it with your autograph collection. C.R.R." In an ironic postscript, the
author of the letter adds, "The Kaiser once offered to hold a cigarette and let
her shoot the ashes off. She says she would like that chance now." Mounting
traces on verso, not affecting signature.
Estimated Value $4,000-6,000.
Acquired from The Scriptorium, 3/77.
Lot 448 
Paderewski, Ignacy. (1860-1941) Polish
Composer and Pianist, author of many orchestral and piano pieces, including his
well-known minuet and symphony in B minor. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in Polish and signed
"I.J. Paderewski" on verso in pencil.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 449 
Paderewski, Ignacy. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in black ink below
his printed name, "Begs to offer the expression of his deep abiding
gratitude for your sympathy."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 450 
Pagnol, Marcel. (1895-1974) French Film
Director and Author. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼ x
2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "Thank you, dear
Master, Topaz and the merchant of Gloire owe a lot of money./ I send you my
devoted feelings. Marcel Pagnol."
Estimated Value $150-250.