The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 726
[French Painters].
Lot of Four
Autograph Letters Signed by French Painters. Four letters, each in French,
described as follows:
A. Autograph Letter Signed by Millet. One
page, Octavo, Batignolles, February 26, 1894. To the art dealer M.Myer
concerning two of Millet's pastels being offered for sale. Signed "F.
Millet."
B. Autograph Letter Signed by Post-Impressionist Maxime
Maufra . One page, Octavo, on black bordered mourning stationery, April 30,
1912. Playful letter asking for advance money for paintings he will certainly
forward soon.
C. Autograph Letter Signed by Post-Impressionist
Gustave Loiseau. One page, Octavo, St. Cyr du Vaudreuil, August 29, 1913.
Another starving artist letter asking for 500 francs. Signed "G.
Loiseau."
D. Autograph Letter Signed by Dutch Impressionist
Johann Jongkind. One page, Octavo, Paris, April 17, 1851. Interesting
letter to a potential patron. Signed, "Jongkind."
Estimated Value
$200-400.
Lot 727
[French Painters].
Three
Autograph Letters Signed by 19th Century French Painters. Includes the
following items:
A. Autograph Letter Signed by George d'Espagnat.
French neoimpressionist. Three pages, recto/verso, Octavo, in French,
Vernouillet, Seine et Oise, April 21, 1900. Interesting letter making
arrangements "to see you and take measurements," probably for a portrait
sitting.
B. Two Autograph Letters Signed by Jean Louis Forain.
French artist and illustrator; an associate of Manet and Degas, with whom he
exhibited in four of the Impressionist exhibitions between 1879-86. Each letter
is One page, Octavo, in French, one n.d., the other dated Paris, July 29, 1888.
Two intriguing letters concerning a forgery that has appeared in a rival
periodical, which Forain vehemently denounces. Fine. Some foxing on the
d'Espagnat letter, the rest in fine condition.
Estimated Value $150-250.
Lot 728 
Gagarin, Yuri. (1934-68) Russian cosmonaut.
He joined the Soviet air force in 1957, and in 1961 became the first man to
travel in space.
Color Picture Postcard Signed. 4 x 6", Color
portrait of the famous cosmonaut on a picture postcard. Signed on the front,
besides Gagarin's smiling visage. Fine.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 729 
Garfield, James A. (1831-1881) 20th
President of the United States, 1881.
Autographed Letter Signed as
Congressman. Three full pages, Quarto, on green-ruled bond with a
Congressional blind stamp, Washington, May 5, 1866. Fascinating letter to H.Y.
Beebe, a trusted confidante and political ally of the young Congressman,
concerning a massive Internal Revenue Bill before Congress and the young
Congressman's prospects for re-election. Garfield writes:
"Dear Sir,
I sent you yesterday a copy of our Internal Revenue Bill which has cost more
work than any bill ever introduced into Congress since I have been a member. We
have worked three days on it since it was printed and last evening sent it to
be reprinted with about sixty sections added - on Beer Distilled Spirits &
miscellaneous subjects. We also made many changes in the bill as now printed
and I will send you a new copy as soon as it comes out. I have not answered all
your letters in regard to the Revenue, but I have laid all your suggestions
before the Committee, and have succeeded in getting many of them adopted. The
discussion of the bill will probably occupy much of the coming two weeks, and I
shall be glad to have you send me any criticisms - for I can make use of your
suggestions during the debate."
Garfield then changes tack, and
begins a frank discussion of his upcoming campaign for re-election to
Congress:
"I understand that Hutchins, Caldwell, and possibly Tod and
Glidden will be candidates for the next Congress before the convention. They
have the advantage of having the field all to themselves for the next two or
three weeks & I wish you would write me your impressions of the probabilities
and prospects in the case. I ask nothing more than to secure a fair Expression
of the people, but I know that will not be likely to be had without some work
on the part of my friends. I do not know what your own preference is in the
matter - but supposing you would be willing to assist me I have taken the
liberty to write you - and hope you will tell me your impressions - and do what
you can to aid me. I know of no one who has so full a knowledge of the leading
men of the District - or who would be able [to] aid me more than you.
The
following persons have voluntarily written me - expressing their desire that I
should be returned - W.C. Howells, Judge Chaffe, S.A. Northway, ...and several
others. Please let me hear from you seen, and oblige Very Truly Yours - JA
Garfield."
Garfield demonstrates a remarkable frankness about his
belief in the practical necessity of using his allies for political support - a
pragmatism which was to serve him well and secure him a lengthy tenure in
Congress. Garfield had first been elected to Congress in 1863 and was returned
every election including that of 1880, when he was also elected to the
Presidency. Equally fascinating is the fact that Congress should be so absorbed
with an Internal Revenue Bill this early in the process of instituting the
policies of Reconstruction. In an effort to get the states out of the business
of issuing their own currency, Congress was attempting to impose a tax on all
State bank notes, a measure which took effect later that year on July 1, 1866.
This move dried up state money and was responsible for bringing about a
stabilizing national currency.
Estimated Value $1,500-2,000.
Lot 730
[Garfield, James A.].
Printed Speech
& Program - Hiram College Twenty-two pages, Octavo, Cleveland, published
by Fairbanks, Benedict and Co., June 14, 1867. Printed transcript outlining
Garfield's views on education. Garfield attended Hiram College (then known as
the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute), graduated from Williams College, then
returned to the academy at Hiram as a teacher and later as its President.
In part: "... In brief, the student should study himself, his
relations to society, to nature, and to art - and above all, in all through all
these, he should study the relations of himself, society, nature and art, to
God, the Author of them all... And finally Young Gentlemen, learn to cultivate
a wise self-reliance, based not on what you hope, but on what you perform...
".
Very Good. Enlightened writing, interesting reading.
Estimated Value $125-200.
Lot 731
[Garfield, James A.].
Printed Offset
of Speech. Eight pages, Octavo, Washington DC, January 28, 1864. Being one
of Garfield's earliest speeches, delivered as a Member of Congress, on the
floor of the House of Representatives.
In it, Garfield argues for
confiscation of the property of rebels. Appealing to British Common Law, as
well as precedents set by the American government during and since the
Revolutionary War, he argues that the rebels have forfeited certain property
rights.
Very Good. Documents of this type were rarely published
in large numbers, as the cost in time and overhead to manually copy the tracts
was prohibitive. Even today, in the age of word processors and photocopiers,
Members of Congress rarely produce speech transcripts for public consumption -
rather they are made available primarily to key constituents as proof of their
activity and productivity. Yellowing due to age, with some foxing and small
tears along edges.
Estimated Value $125-200.
Lot 732 
George III. (1738-1820) King of Great
Britain (1760-1820). In 1760 succeeded his grandfather, George II, as King of
Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover. It was during George's
administration, on July 4, 1776, that the American colonies, exasperated by
renewed attempts at taxation, proclaimed their independence, and, after a
Revolutionary War, eventually achieved it. A treaty of peace with Great Britain
was signed in February 1783.
Document Signed. One page,
two-sided, Folio, Court of St. James, March 28, 1783. Important document,
addressed to Henry Walter Esq., Major Commandant of the British infantry corps
being an order to disband a portion of the English army issued just after
the treaty of peace with the colonies was signed, most likely related to the
British troops in India rather than in America. Document states:
"Whereas we have thought fit to order Our Corps of Infantry under
your Command to be forthwith disbanded... immediately repair to the Quarters of
Our said Corps and disband them accordingly..." The document goes on to
spell out the rules to be observed in the disbanding of the said military
corps, including the taking of an exact muster of the several companies of the
corps, pay off the non-commissioned officers and private men of the corps, arms
to be accounted for and returned, fourteen days' subsistence to each Sergeant,
Corporal, Drummer and Private Man to carry him home and a list of names of all
the men so disbanded.
Fine. This document is weak at the folds,
having once been taped, and there is natural age discoloration. Signed boldly
by George III at the upper left corner of the recto. Magnificently matted and
framed (with the verso also visible) along with a hand colored print of George
III and a bronze inscribed plaque, all against a dark green crushed velvet
background within a burl frame. Overall size 23 x 29".
Estimated Value
$700-900.
Lot 733
Getty, J. Paul. (1892-1976) Oil billionaire
and art collector.
Personal Check Signed. Approximately 8 x 3",
Los Angeles, April 9, 1943. An imprinted check made out to "cash" for the
amount of $100. Boldly signed in blue ink. Fine.
Estimated Value
$150-200.
Lot 734 
Gibson, Charles Dana. (1867-1944) American
illustrator and cartoonist, a brilliant black-and-white artist, he drew society
cartoons for such periodicals as Life, Scribner's, and
Harpers. In his celebrated "Gibson Girl" drawings, he created an
idealized prototype of the fashionable American woman.
Printed Menu
Signed with Original Drawings. Four pages, recto/verso, [New York, NY],
October 17, 1893. Being a signed and profusely illustrated printed menu for a
farewell dinner for the famous illustrator held at "The Aldine," in New York on
October 17, 1893. With an imprinted illustrated cover featuring a weeping
"Gibson Girl" standing on a dock as a ship recedes into the horizon. On the
inside cover, Gibson has drawn a small pencil study of a "Gibson Girl," and
inscribed it "To Dan from his friend C.D. Gibson," and signed the menu again on
the facing page. The menu has also been signed on the inside back cover by
about a dozen others, and has four additional original drawings. Among those
who have signed are several notable American artists and authors of the day,
including Dan Beard, Robert Bridges, Richard Harding Davis, R. W.
Gilder, and W.S. Ransford. Some age-toning, with a small stain on
front cover, and minor chipping at edges of last page.
Estimated Value
$600-800.
Lot 735 
Gibson, Charles Dana.
Autograph
Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, on imprinted personal letterhead, n.p.,
n.d. Interesting promotional letter for an exhibit of pencil drawings by the
popular American illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, the graphic artist who
designed the "I Want You!" Uncle Sam recruiting posters for the US Army circa
WWII. Gibson writes, in full:
"Its an important artistic event when
James Montgomery Flagg fills a gallery with his remarkable pencil portraits.
They speak for themselves -- Flagg's insight into Character and his brilliant
Technique makes this latest display of his gifts a delight. I am glad of the
opportunity to congratulate him [ ? ] Brothers and in public. C.D. Gibson"
.
Fine. Creamy age-toning otherwise fine.
Estimated
Value $250-350.
Lot 736
Gish, Lillian. Widely considered the
quintessential silent screen heroine. Discovered in her teens by film pioneer,
D.W. Griffith. Star of countless films including, Broken Blossoms and
Sweet Heart Susie.
The story of this collection began in 1919,
when Joseph Assante was taken by the nuns of his orphanage to see Broken
Blossoms in a converted church. It is a touching story of a gentle
"Chinaman" who befriends a young girl (Gish) who is brutally beaten by her
sadistic prize fighter father. Assante was so moved by the sad tale that he
cried himself to sleep in the choir loft. He was found the next morning by the
theater manager and returned to the nuns who never even missed him. Some years
later, Assante wrote to Miss Gish about his childhood experience. She seemed
genuinely touched by the note and a pen-pal relationship began which lasted for
over 50 years. In addition to writing, he would buy her little gifts and leave
them with her doorman or at the theater. He eventually introduced himself to
Ms.Gish at a testimonial dinner in 1964. She was so overjoyed to meet him that
she introduced him to Katherine Hepburn as the friend who wrote her constantly
and brought her gifts.
Archive of 27 Letters. (3 ALS, 1 ACS, 4
TCS, 19 TLS) Dated between 1966-1993. A very touching run of letters.
"Dear Assantes: Sorry an early business deal kept me from seeing you
on March 4th. We are working again on this beautiful ship. [QE2] Have just
passed through that miracle the Panama Canal. Took 10 hours to get this big
lady across and not an inch to spare. Hope to be home for Easter. Happy Spring
time. Lillian G-".
Very Good.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 737
Gish, Lillian.
Inscribed Photograph
Signed. 10 x 14", Black and white, matted and framed to an overall size of
14 x 18".
A classic, bust portrait in profile. Choice condition, albeit
minor surface blemishes.
Estimated Value $100-150.
Lot 738 
[Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von]. Faust
(London, 1877). Huge Folio, Approximately 15 x 20 ", Limited Edition,
London, Frederick Bruckmann, 1877, Elzevir Press. 140 pp., Translated by
Theodore Martin, with Exquisite Steel Engravings by A. Von Kreling. Burgundy
Morocco, Gilt-embossed covers. Worn at corners, with hinges split and cover
missing from spine. Still, text and engravings within are fine. The many
engravings are truly marvelous.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
From the
Gerald Burg collection.
Lot 739 
Grey, Zane. (1875-1939) Novelist, born in
Zanesville, OH. He first worked as a dentist, but after a trip out West in 1904
began to write Westerns. Best known of his 54 books was Riders of the Purple
Sage (1912), which sold nearly two million copies.
Check Signed.
3 x 6", October 30, 1929. Altadena, Ca. Made out to Hellman Hardware Co. for
$46.63 and signed in his trademark purple ink. Matted along with a vintage
lobby card for the movie Bad Men of Nevada which was adapted from Grey's
"Knights of the Range." Fine.
Estimated Value $100-125.
Lot 740 
Gross, Chaim. (1904-91) Sculptor and
teacher. He taught at many institutions and was known for his wood and stone
Expressionist figures and drawings. Book Signed. Fantasy
Drawings, by Chaim Gross, with an elaborate Original Sketch in ink on the
first blank endpaper. New York: Beechurst Press, 1956, Black Cloth, 116 pages.
A very clean copy of Gross' book of fantastic drawings, inscribed on the
endpaper below his original sketch:
" To my dear friends -
[ ? ]
and Helen Cohn
Feb. 1960
Chaim Gross. ". Fine.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 741
Hall, Asaph. (1829-1907) Astronomer. In 1877
he discovered the two satellites of Mars, calculated their orbits, and named
them Deimos and Phobos.
Signed Check. Approximately 7½ x
3" printed beige check, Washington, DC, November 15, 1895. Drawn on The Farmers
& Mechanics National Bank, made out to "Percival Hall," in the amount of
$15.00. Delicately signed on the face, "Asaph Hall." Fine.
Cancelled by a blue line made with a grease pencil running across the face,
not affecting signature. Endorsed "Percival Hall" on verso.
Estimated Value
$100-UP.
Lot 742 
Hammarskjöld, Dag. (1905-61) Swedish
statesman, and Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953-61). At the UN, he
helped to set up an Emergency Force in Sinai and Gaza (1956), and worked for
conciliation in the Middle East (1957-8). Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after
his death.
Inscribed Photograph Signed. Black & White, 8 x 10 "
studio portrait of the UN Secretary with a warm, quizzical look on his mellow
brow. Inscribed to Robert Gros, former Vice President of Public Relations at
Pacific Gas & Electric and Chairman of the San Francisco Host Committee for the
United Nations 10th Anniversary (1955). Mr. Hammarskjöld writes:
"To Bob Gros
With renewed thanks for your splendid service to
the United Nations
June 20 - 26, 1955
Best wishes and sincere
regards.
Dag Hammarskjöld."
Very Fine.
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 743 
Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923) 29th
President of the United States, 1921-1923.
Typed Letter Signed as
President. One page, Octavo, on imprinted White House letterhead,
Washington, September 16, 1922. To Rollins Lewis, an avowed supporter of
Harding's policies, which have been coming under increasing attack. The
president writes:
"My dear Mr. Lewis: It was very good of you to
write so thoughtful a letter as that which you addressed to me under date of
September 16th. I gratefully appreciate all the kindly things you say therein.
In these days when there are so many cross-currents in the public opinion of
the country it is good to be assured that there are thoughtful people who are
in accord with the purposes of those who must bear the burden of authority and
responsibility...Warren G. Harding."
With the collapse of the war
boom, with wage cuts, unemployment, growing farm distress, and urban resentment
of prohibition, Harding by midterm found that much of his popularity had
slipped away. Here the President voices a relieved gratitude for the outspoken
support of one member of his endangered constituency.
Very slight clip
stain at top right, otherwise fine.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Lot 744
Harding, Warren G.
Document Signed as
Editor of the Marion Star. One page, Oblong Octavo, partially printed
accomplished in manuscript, Marion, Ohio, March 1, 1895. Being a Proof of
Publication.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 745 
Hardy, Oliver. (1892-1957) The corpulent
half of the enormously popular Hollywood comedy team known for their
contrasting personalities, general clumsiness, and disaster-packed
predicaments.
Inscribed Photograph Signed. Large B&W, 11x14,
n.p., 1943, by "Stax." Scowling headshot of an unrepentant Oliver Hardy, in
bowtie and boater, sardonically inscribed: "To Ella & Jean I will never
smile until I see you two again I like you both. Babe." Loosely matted, in
Fine condition. We note that the photograph is signed, "Babe," an
unusual variant of Hardy's traditional signature.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Lot 746 
Harrison, Benjamin. (1833-1901) 23rd
President of the United States, 1889-1893.
Signed Check.
Approximately 8 x 3", rose-toned printed check, Indianapolis, Indiana, January
25, 1888. Drawn on Fletcher's Bank in the amount of $25.00, Harrison has
written this check to himself. With a "Paid" stamp on recto, not affecting
signature, which is quite bold, "Benjamin Harrison." Fine.
Strikingly framed in gilt, with an attractive portrait of President
Harrison in his library, and a bronze plaque that reads: "Benjamin Harrison
Twenty-Third President." .
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 747 
Harrison, William Henry. (1773-1841) 9th
President of the United States, 1841.
Rare War of 1812 Autograph
Document Written by William Henry Harrison and Signed by his wife Anna
Harrison. One page, Octavo, Cincinnati, September 29, 1812. Addressed and
docketed on verso, to General James Taylor.
A fine War of 1812 document
written in the hand of General William Henry Harrison and signed by his wife
and future first lady Anna Harrison, acknowledging the receipt from General
James Taylor of part of one month's salary for Harrison's services as
Major-General in the War of 1812. The document also acknowledges an order for
part of Harrison's salary to be paid to Charles Wilkins. William Henry Harrison
had asked General Taylor to make this distribution of his salary, and he
formalizes the arrangement in this receipt. The document reads:
"Received of Jas.Taylor an order in favor of Chs. Wilkins Esqr. on
Messrs. J&P Dudley on the requisition with in favor of sd. Wilkins also has
paid me the sum of Two hundred & Thirteen dollars the balance of the Pay &
Subsistence account mentioned within. Cincinnati September 29th, 1812. Anna
Harrison."
During the War of 1812, General Harrison used his own
money and credit to pay his troops. He took to the field as Brigadier General
of the Kentucky Militia, and acted as Quartermaster of the Northwestern Army
under General Hull. Harrison's military fame during the war proved lasting: it
made him a war hero and brought about his subsequent election to the
Presidency. Anna Harrison's autograph is rare, and this is a unique association
between the future President and his first lady.
Fine.
Estimated Value $2,000-2,500.
Lot 748 
Harrison, William Henry.
Autograph
Letter Signed. One page, Quarto, Cincinnati, 16 July, 1833. Written during
a period in Harrison's life when he was devoting most of his energies to
running his farm in North Bend, and attempting to repair his financial
position, damaged by his assuming responsibility for the unpaid debts of his
sons William and Symmes and of Cincinnati friends. Harrison had returned three
years earlier from Bogata, Columbia, where he had served as Minister
Plenipotentiary, an appointment he had sought largely for financial reasons. He
was stopped-short, soon after arriving, when President Jackson, coming into
office, had him recalled. This letter was written in the quiet turmoil before
the Presidential storm that would catapult him into office three years later,
during Harrison's brief return to private life, and is concerned with
agricultural and financial matters. Addressed, "My dear sir," the letter
reads, in part:
"I delayed sending my wool to you to forward to
Phil[adelphia] in consequence of my meeting with Mr. Walker (of the house of
Clifton & Walker) who told me that he was authorized to purchase the article
for a friend & that he would pay the cash for it. I sent up the sample & it is
only a few days ago that he informed me that his friend would take the two
[ ? ] parcels only for himself but would send on the [?] he sold on my a/c in
Philadelphia. This I of course declined. I missed sending it up in a keel boat
last week & will certainly send it to you in all this
week..."
Letter bears moderate age-toning throughout, with two tiny
areas of paper loss at left edge and one at right center, and occasional stains
on its margins. Boldly penned and signed.
Estimated Value $2,000-3,000.
Lot 749 
[Hawaiian Royalty]. Two Documents of
Hawaiian History. Lot consisting of the following items:
A.
Partially Printed Document Signed by King Kamehameha IV. Accomplished in
manuscript. Two pages, in Hawaiian, tall Folio, Oahu, August 7, 1855.
Illustrated Royal Patent of Land granting "Taro Patches" in fee simple
"unto the said NUUANU (for KANAINA), heirs and assigns forever..." Illustrated
on the first page with a map of the territory granted. With the Royal Seal of
the Hawaiian Islands. Although the document names Kamehameha the Third as
Sovereign, the document is undoubtedly signed by Kamehameha the Fourth, whose
father the previous king had died one year before this land grant was
issued.
B. Printed Hawaiian Broadside. One page, in Hawaiian,
Folio, with engraved illustration, Oahu, Mission Press, n.d. Being an excerpt
of the Bible, from Luke: Chapter 10: Verses 30 - 37. Matted to an overall size
of 10 x 13". Fine. Each document is accompanied by an English
translation.
Estimated Value $1,000-1,500.
Lot 750
Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822-1893). 19th
president of the United States (1877-81).
Autograph Letter
Signed. Two pages, octavo. Fremont, Ohio. November 29, 1885. It reads in
part, "... my impression is that by the Loyal Legion Constitution & rules
the secrecy forbids the exposure of rejections."... Also included are two
boldly signed cards by the former leader and one by his wife, "Lucy W.
Hayes" (1831- 1889) along with two different plate blocks of commemorative
postage stamps; a 3" bronze medallion in honor of the President and a black &
white, oval bust-length engraved portrait. Fine. Nicely framed and
matted with gold marbled accents, overall 19 x 28." .
Estimated Value
$600-800.