The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 576 
Truman, Harry & Bess. (1884-1972) American
33rd President & his wife. White House Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on
white card stock. Boldly signed in full by both Truman's.
Estimated Value
$350-500.
Lot 577 
Verdi, Giuseppe. (1813-1901) Italian Opera
Composer, father of Riggoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata
. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2¼", on manilla card
stock. Inscribed in Italian and signed, "G. Verdi" below the composer's
printed name. Some age toning.
Estimated Value $1,250-1,750.
Acquired from Paul Richards, 3/68.
Lot 578 
Verdi, Giuseppe. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3½ x 2", on glossy white card stock mounted to a piece of
heavier board. Verdi has inscribed the card in Italian beneath his elaborately
cursive printed name. The card is dated, probably in another hand, "May 30,
1862," in English above the inscription. With a darkened rim, on unevenly
trimmed stock.
Estimated Value $800-1,200.
Lot 579 
Verdi, Giuseppe. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. With a brief salutation in
Italian penned above the composer's printed name. Some spotting and one smudged
word.
Estimated Value $800-1,200.
Lot 580 
Verne, Jules. (1828-1905) French Novelist,
author of the popular adventure tales Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1864), and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870). Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Dated "March 9,
97," and inscribed in French, "In response to your letter, Dear Sir,
would you recieve the assurance of all my sympathy and all my esteem Your
devoted Jules Verne."
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 581 
Verne, Jules. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3¾ x 2¼", on off-white card stock. A visiting card for
"Mr. & Mrs. Jules Verne," with a hand-written metric conversion chart
inscribed on the verso in the author's hand. Miniscule spotting on recto.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 582 
Villa, Pancho. (1877-1923) Mexican
Revolutionary and General. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¾ x 2¼",
on manilla card stock. Dated "April 7, 1909" beneath the printed
address, "Cumpas, Son.[ora]" with an intriguing inscription in Spanish
which begins on the verso and continues onto the recto above and below Pancho
Villa's printed name, "Francisco F. Villa." The Generalissimo's note reads:
(translated from Spanish)"The three doormen are on their way over with the
objective of looking at properties... I was permitted to send them to you...
Have them provide you with an example of the necessary information./ to Mr.
Manuel B. Quiroga/ April 7, 1909". Exhibits several creases, with the
extreme upper right tip being lost, probably where this corner had once been
folded.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 583 
Vinson, Frederic M[oore]. (1890-1953)
American Chief Supreme Court Justice. Typed Supreme Court Card Signed.
4¼ x 2½", on cream card stock. With the typed inscription,
"November 13, 1947 / Dear Mr. Smith : I am happy to send you my autograph."
Signed, "Fred M. Vinson."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 584 
Wagner, Richard. (1813-1883) German Opera
Composer whose massive influential works were based on Germanic legends, such
as Tannhäuser (1845), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie, 1856),
and the enormous Ring Cycle. Visiting Card. 4½ x 2¾",
on cream card stock, with the composer's name printed in elegant cursive
script.
Estimated Value $225-375.
Lot 585 
Wallace, Alfred. (1823-1913) British
Naturalist, who propounded a Theory of Evolution independently of Darwin which
strongly influenced the more famous scientist. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on blank cream card stock. Inscribed in pencil
above the naturalist's signature, "I leave Washington Thursday Morning."
Signed, "Alfred R. Wallace / Godaling, England", and "The Hamilton ,
Washington" below.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 586 
Wallace, Lewis. (1827-1905) American Army
General, author of Ben Hur (1880). Visiting Card Signed. 4 x
2¼", on cream card stock. Signed, "Lew. Wallace" below his printed
name and title. Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 587 
Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) American
Author and Educator, a former plantation slave. Founded the "Tuskegee
Institute" (1881). Inscribed Calling Card Signed. 4 x 3", on cream card
stock. Signed in full and inscribed, "Tuskegee Alabama Mar. 23, 1908."
Minuscule tear at right edge, not affecting signature.
Estimated Value
$350-500.
Lot 588 
Weber, Karl Maria von. (1786-1826) German
Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. Approximately 3¼ x 2", on
textured card stock with decorative shading. Inscribed with an address below
the printed name. Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 589 
Webster, Noah. (1758-1843) American
Lexicographer. Founder of Amherst College. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on blank off-white card stock. Inscribed "Admit
the Bearer/ N. Webster." Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value
$600-900.
Acquired from Robert Batchelder, 12/77.
Lot 590 
Welles, H. G. (1866-1946) English Author,
creator of classic science-fiction tales such as The Time Machine (1895)
and War of the Worlds (1898). Inscribed Visiting Card Signed.
4½ x 3½", on cream card stock with embossed imprinted address.
With a curious note concerning an intellectual argument, "Dear Eugene/ Prof
Baker makes a good case in an [underpopulated country ?]. Thanks for this.
Yours very sincerely/ H.G. Wells."
Estimated Value $350-525.
Lot 591 
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of.
(1769-1852) British Army General and Statesman. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. Approximately 3 x 1¾", on cream card stock. With a Free Frank
post mark, "19 December, 1829." Wellington evidently used this card as an
invitation, sent by post, to pay a social call. Inscribed and dated "Dec. 18
, 1924," in Wellington's hand, and signed "Wellington." Includes a
very unusual leather carrying case that was originally used to house this
charming card.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 592 
West, Benjamin. (1738-1820) American
Portrait Painter. A founder and President of the Royal Academy (1768).
Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 3 x 1½", on cream
card stock. Boldly signed, "Mr. West Newman Street," with the numeral
"14" being written in the bottom right corner.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 593 
Wharton, Edith. (1862-1937) American
Novelist and Short Story writer, author of the Age of Innocence (1920)
for which she received the Pulitzer Prize. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed.
3 x 2", on cream card stock. Penned in blue ink recto/verso "Dear Miss
Bartol, / my friend Mrs. Reyall Tyler, Vice Prest & honorary treasurer of my
war charities, & my valiant collaborator since 1915, is sailing immediately to
see our committees in America & explain what we have done.-- She knows of your
interest & sympathy, & I was to have given her a letter to you, but there is no
time to do more than this. I do hope she will see you/ yours E Wharton."
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 594 
Wheeler, Joseph. (1836-1906) American
Confederate States Army General. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed on verso, "Yours truly/
Joseph Wheeler." Mounting traces on recto.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 595 
Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3¼ x 1¾", on cream card stock. Signed, "Jos Wheeler/
Major Gen."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 596 
Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3¼ x 1¾", on cream card stock. Signed, "Jos Wheeler/
May 1898." .
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 597 
Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock. Inscribed on verso,
"With respect/ J Wheeler."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 598 
Wheeler, Joseph. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Inscribed on verso,
"Sincerely yours/ Joseph Wheeler./ March 4th 1903."
Estimated Value
$150-225.
Lot 599 
Whistler, James Mc Neill. (1834-1903)
American Artist. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. Approximately 2½
x 1¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "Dear Stein -- We want you to
come if you can and dine with us tonight - will you? - 8 o'clock- ." The
inscription is signed with Whistler's famed butterfly signature.
Estimated
Value $400-600.
Lot 600 
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. (1856-1923) American
Author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1908). Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock. Inscribed, "Yours very
sincerely / Kate Douglas Wiggin."
Estimated Value $150-225.