The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 501 
Rossini, Gioacchino. (1792-1868) Italian
Composer, author of the enduring operas The Barber of Seville (1816)
and William Tell (1829), among many others. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3¼ x 1¾", on blank cream card stock . Signed, "G.
Rossini" and addressed "24 Rue de la Pompe / Passy." Slightly
age-toned and moderately worn, otherwise fine.
Estimated Value $600-900.
Lot 502 
Rouault, Georges. (1871-1958) French Artist.
Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock.
Inscribed in French, "These days I only know of your article on the
collections 'du Petit Palais' in 'L'art et les artistes', thank you dear sir
for reproducing my drawing 'Etude de tête' and believe my sympathy,
yours/ G.R."
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 503 
Ruby, Jack. (1911-1967) American Assassin of
John F. Kennedy assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Inscribed Business Card
Signed. 4 x 2¼", on canary yellow, textured card stock. Inscribed,
"Admit 4/ Vegas Club/ Jack Ruby" in blue ink on verso. A most
interesting card. Edges slightly worn.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 504 
Russell, Lillian. (1861-1922) American
Actress and Singer. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on cream
card stock. Inscribed on verso, "Chestnut St. Jan 7th, 1907/ Pass two (2)/
Lillian Russell." . Slight crease along center, some soiling.
Estimated
Value $120-180.
Lot 505 
Ryder, Albert Pinkham. (1847-1917) American
Artist, works include Death of the Pale Horse. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. A long, heartfelt note of
thanks inscription on recto/verso.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 506 
Saint-Saens, Camille. (1835-1921) French
Composer of Dance Macabre. Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x
2½", on cream card stock. With a penciled inscription in French on recto
.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 507 
Sarasate, Pablo de. (1844-1908) Spanish
Violinist and Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2",
on cream card stock. Inscribed in French on recto/verso, "Dear Mr. Manus, /
Listen to Mr. [Richard] / Violinist and I'm sure that you will have him play at
one of your concerts [illegible] He has a lot of talent. / Thousands of
affections. / P.d. Sarasate." Severe surface damage affecting three or
fours words on verso.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 508
Sardou, Victorien. (1831-1908) French
Playwright of sparkling, popular farces and expertly crafted social comedies.
Many of Sardou's plays were written expressly for Sarah Bernhardt. Inscribed
Visiting Card Signed. 3¾ x 2¼", on smooth white card stock. With
a lengthy note in French inscribed above and below the playwright's printed
name: "Worn out and 'sickly' tired. I can't find a moment to go into
Paris... My dear master comes to see me tonight. I pray for your
indulgence...".
Estimated Value $150-250.
Lot 509
Sardou, Victorien. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 4 x 3½", on light grey card stock. Inscribed in French,
"I will not get out all day tomorrow. You are now sure that you will find me
in the afternoon... I am looking forward to seeing you again, in better
conditions that last year. I send you a kiss from the bottom of my heart."
.
Estimated Value $150-250.
Lot 510 
Sargent, John Singer. (1856-1925) American
Artist. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4½ x 3½", on grey
card stock. With a lengthy inscription concerning the painter's busy social
life. Signed in full.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 511 
Sargent, John Singer. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 3 x 1¾", on cream card stock. With a note about social
plans on recto and verso, signed "J. Sargent." .
Estimated Value
$120-180.
Lot 512 
Schoenberg, Arnold. (1874-1951) Austrian
Composer, a modernist whose search for a personal style led him to abandon the
traditional structure of tonality and adopt his concept of the 12-tone scale.
Inscribed Visiting Card. 4 x 1¾", on cream card stock. An especially
attractive card with an asymmetrical design. The composer has penned a lengthy
inscription on the back of the card in German and dated the note "March 10,
1913."
Estimated Value $750-1,200.
Lot 513 
Schoenberg, Arnold. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. With a three line
inscription in German penned below the composer's printed name.
Estimated
Value $750-1,250.
Lot 514 
Schopenhauer, Arthur. (1788-1860) German
Philosopher, a major influence on 19th century artists and writers. Visiting
Card. 2¼ x 1¾", on cream card stock.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 515 
Schumann, Clara. (1819-1896) German Pianist
and Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¾ x 2¼", on cream card
stock. Inscribed in German on verso. Slight crease along right edge.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 516 
Schuyler, Philip John. (1733-1804) American
Continental Army General and New York Senator. Visiting Card. An
elaborate, Large format card, 6 x 4½", on cream card stock, with a
detailed raised medal relief, colored blue, white, gold and green. Features a
facsimile signature as a printed name. An unusual and highly decorative card.
Estimated Value $150-225.
This card was found in a box of
miscellaneous post cards at a junk store. -- Gerry Burg.
Lot 517 
Scott, Sir Walter. (1771-1832) Scottish
Novelist, whose works include the popular romances, The Lady of the Lake
(1810), and Ivanhoe (1819). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3
x 1½", on cream card stock. With the author's name imprinted in gilt in
the upper left corner, and signed: "Sir Walter Scott" below, with the
author's address "96 Piccadilly" also inscribed in Scott's hand. Mounting
traces on verso, and moderately worn from handling, otherwise fine.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 518 
Scott, Sir Walter. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on blank cream card stock. Signed, "Sir
Walter Scott 39 Carlyle Street" by Scott on the recto. Moderate wear and
mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $450-650.
Lot 519 
Shackleton, Sir Ernest. (1874-1922) British
Explorer. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card
stock. Signed in full and dated "Jan 1913" on verso.
Estimated Value
$150-225.
Lot 520 
Shaw, George Bernard. (1856-1950) British
Playwright, awarded 1935 Nobel Prize for Literature. Autograph Card
Initialled. A note card which Shaw sent through the mail like a postcard.
The card is 4½ x 3½", on heavy grey card stock, postmarked
"London, W.C.," and bears Shaw's printed address at top right, "10 Adelphi
Terrace W.C." The author has dated his note, "November 6, 1904" in the same
black ink with which he writes his missive to Henry Holiday. Shaw
writes:
"The date you gave me was this evening. I shall not be able
to come tomorrow, worse luck! Perhaps you will be repeating the lecture
sometime, somewhere. G.B.S." Moderately soiled from handling. Addressed in
Shaw's hand.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 521 
Shaw, George Bernard. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 4½ x 2", on off-white card stock. A playful note penned
in black ink on Shaw's personal imprinted visiting card, "I'll halve deficit
with you. But I call it blackmail, nothing less. Drunken ruffians! G.B.S."
Dated 12/6/07 by the mock-cantankerous dramatist. Moderately worn, otherwise
fine. With holograph annotations on the verso in the hand of the card's
recipient.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 522 
Shaw, George Bernard. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "American stamps
are not current in England. / 18/4/1947" in red ink on recto.
Estimated
Value $200-300.
Lot 523 
Shearer, Norma [Irving Thalberg]. (1900-
1983) American Actress, wife of motion picture producer Irving Thalberg.
Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock.
Inscribed on the verso in Norma Shearer's hand, "Just a little something we
picked up on our honeymoon, that we though you might enjoy./ Irving & Norma."
.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 524 
Sheridan, Philip Henry. (1831-1888) American
Army General, Commander in Chief of Union Army. Visiting Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed, "P.H. Sheridan/ Lieut.
General" in large bold letters on verso.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 525 
Sheridan, Philip Henry. Military Calling
Card Signed. 3 x 1¼", on off-white card stock. An unusual military
card used to identify a Commanding General of the US Army. The card features a
dotted line at the bottom for a signature, below which there is the printed
legend, "Major General Commanding." General Sheridan has signed his name on the
printed line, "P.H, Sheridan," identifying himself as commanding officer.
Moderate soiling on recto, with mounting traces on verso. Still, an unusual and
attractive specimen.
Estimated Value $250-375.