The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 451 
Pasteur, Louis. (1822-1895) French Chemist.
Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Inscribed in French, "With his
grateful thanks and his best memories/ L. Pasteur."
Estimated Value
$375-525.
Lot 452 
Pasteur, Louis. Visiting Card. 4 x
2½", on cream card stock. Slight crease along right edge.
Estimated
Value $120-180.
Lot 453 
Patton Jr, George S. (1885-1945) American
Army General. Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on off-white card
stock. Signed, "G.S. Patton" in black ink on his official US Army
General's card, which reads: "George Smith Patton Major General United
States Army."
Estimated Value $1,500-1,750.
Lot 454 
Penn, Irving. (1971-) American Artist,
fashion photographer. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 5¼ x
4¼", on blind embossed white card stock. Inscribed, "Greetings and
Congratulations to John Norbutt at this remarkable milestone./ All good wishes/
Irving Penn."
Estimated Value $125-175.
Lot 455 
Peron, Juan. (1895-1974) Argentinian
President/ Dictator. Husband of Eva, aka "Evita". Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "Cordialmente"
above he and his wife's printed name.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 456 
Pickford, Mary and Fairbanks, Douglas.
(1893-1979) American Actress, won Oscar for role in Coquette (1928).
Co-founder of United Artists Pictures with husband Douglas Fairbanks.
Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on off-white panel card stock. A conjugal
card, signed in full by both of the screen legends.
Estimated Value
$500-750.
Lot 457 
Picquart, Georges Marie. (1854-1914) French
Army General and Minister of War. Defender of Alfred Dreyfus. Inscribed
Visiting Card. 4 x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "With
his deep thanks and his good memories."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 458 
Picquart, Georges Marie [Dreyfus, Alfred].
Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x 2¾", on cream card stock.
Inscribed in French, "My best thanks and kind regards GP." Includes
transmittal envelope.
Estimated Value $175-250.
Lot 459 
Pierce, Franklin. (1804-1869) 14th President
of the United States. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2¼", on
cream card stock. Inscribed in pencil. "I am sorry not to find you.
Especially so as I leave for Anscona tomorrow [mor'g] / Can you call at the A-
at 8 Oclock this evening." Very light inscription.
Estimated Value
$120-180.
Lot 460 
Polk, Sarah Childress. (1803-1891) Wife of
11th President James Polk. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x
2", on cream card stock. Signed, "Mrs. James E. Polk/ Polk Place./ April 7,
1882."
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 461 
Pope Paul VI. (1897-? ) Italian Roman
Catholic, real name Montini, Giovani Battista. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 5½ x 4¼", on cream card stock. With both a typed and
holograph inscription in Italian. Signed in full and dated "26 September,
1957."
Estimated Value $450-650.
Lot 462 
Pope Pius X, Sarto Giuseppe Melchiorre.
(1835-1914) Italian Pope, interested in social questions, and aid to the
poor. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4½ x 3½", on cream card
stock. With a lengthy inscription in Italian, dated "September 14,
1897."
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 463 
Pope Pius XI, Ratti Achille. (1857-1939)
Italian Cardinal, Bishop, and Pope. Inscribed Visiting Card. 4¼ x
2¾", on cream card stock. A long inscribed note in Italian on recto/verso,
dated "12/4/1919." Slight mounting traces.
Estimated Value
$1,000-1,500.
Acquired from Winifred Meyers (London), 3/79.
Lot 464 
Priestley, Joseph. (1733-1804) British
Chemist and Clergyman who discovered the element oxygen. Visiting Card
Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Signed, "Mr.
Priestly".
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 465 
Puccini, Giacomo. (1858-1924) Italian
Composer, master of the Opera, including La Bohème,
Tosca, and Madame Butterfly. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed.
4¼ x 2¾", on cream card stock. Inscribed in Italian next to the
composer's printed name, "I will come to play on the 15th of October 1920.
Deep thanks, G. Puccini".
Estimated Value $1,000-1,500.
Lot 466 
Puccini, Giacomo. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 4 x 2¾", on cream card stock. A short note, in Italian, boldly
penned on recto and signed "G Puccini." Matted and framed with an
attractive portrait of the maestro to an overall 10 x 16". Two tiny holes.
Estimated Value $800-1,250.
Lot 467 
Puccini, Giacomo. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 4 x 2½, on cream card stock. With a four line inscription in
Italian, in pencil, on the front of the card beside his printed name.
Estimated Value $600-800.
Lot 468 
Puccini, Giacomo. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3 x 1¾", on cream card stock. With a genial note in Italian penned
below his printed name, "Torre del Lago 4.23.99/ With the most sincere
thanks and distinguished salutations."
Estimated Value $350-500.
Lot 469 
Rackham, Arthur. (1867-1939) British Artist
and Illustrator. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3 x 1½", on cream card
stock. Inscribed, "With many thanks for very pleased memories of
Oxford." in pencil.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 470 
Reagan, Ronald Wilson. (1911-) 40th
President of the United States. Government Card Signed as Governor.
3½ x 2", on cream card stock with a gold embossed seal. Signed in full
in blue ink below the printed name.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Rabbi
Magnin was also a close friend of the Reagan family and he obtained these cards
for my collection. -- Gerry Burg.
Lot 471 
Reagan, Ronald Wilson. Governor's Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on white card stock with an embossed image of the
capital building imprinted in mint green. Boldly signed in black ink below his
printed name.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 472 
Remington, Frederic. (1861-1909) American
Artist and illustrator, known especially for his western themes. Visiting
Card Signed. 3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. Signed,
"Frederic Remington" in black ink on verso of wife's visiting card.
Mounting traces on recto and verso, not affecting signature.
Estimated
Value $350-500.
Lot 473 
Renoir, Pierre Auguste. (1841-1919) French
Impressionist Artist, father of filmmaker Jean Renoir. Inscribed Visiting
Card Initialed. 4 x 2", on cream card stock, inscribed in French above and
below his printed name, "Let me thank you for your more than flattering
column regarding my exposition. A.R." Slightly torn at crease along left
edge, which has been expertly strengthened.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 474 
Rhee, Syngman. (1875-1965) Korean President.
Republic of Korea Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock.
Signed in full below his printed name.
Estimated Value $175-250.
Lot 475 
Richepin, Jean. (1849-1930) French Poet.
Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¾ x 2", on cream card stock. A
marvelous, hurriedly written inscription, in French, thanking the recipient for
a painting of his fellow poet Paul Verlaine: "Accept, Sir, all my thanks for
the beautiful original portrait of Verlaine and excuse me if, l am forced to
leave... " Signed in full.
Estimated Value $150-225.