The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 51 
Baruch, Bernard. Greeting Card Signed.
3¾" x 2½", on off-white card stock imprinted with the greeting, "With
the Compliments of Bernard M. Baruch." Boldly signed in black ink, "BM
Baruch." Mountings traces on verso.
Estimated Value $250-300.
Lot 52 
Baruch, Bernard. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 2¾ x 1½", on white card stock. Inscribed "How nice of
you to send such good wishes! Thank you / BM Baruch" in black ink.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 53 
Batista, Fulgencio. (1901-1973) Cuban
Politician-President-Dictator-Army General. Presidential Autograph Card
Signed. Large engraved card, 3¾ x 4¾", on cream card stock adorned
with decorations of national regalia. Boldly signed. Some age toning, with
discoloration at lower margin.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 54 
Beckett, Samuel. (1906-1989) Irish Author,
playwright. Works include Waiting for Godot and Molloy. Awarded
the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed.
3¾ x 2¾", on white card stock. A short note in English beginning,
"Thank you for your kind note...", dated "Paris/ 11.6.73" by Beckett
above and signed in full.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 55 
Beckett, Samuel. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2½", on white card stock. Writing in English,
Beckett expresses regret that he cannot meet his correspondent in Paris but
wishes him a pleasant stay. Signed in full and dated 10.11.74.
Estimated
Value $150-225.
Lot 56 
Beckett, Samuel. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2½", on white card stock. A playful and curious
inscription which reads: "Hi namesake/ good bye/ + bon voyage/ Sam Beckett/
Paris 12.24.74."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 57 
Begin, Menachem. (1913-1992) Israeli Prime
Minister. Awarded 1978 Nobel Prize for Peace with Anwar Sadat. Calling Card
Signed. 3¾ x 2", on white linen card stock. Signed on verso, "M. Begin."
.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 58 
Begin, Menachem. Prime Minister Card
Signed. 2¾ x 4½", on white card stock with blind embossed stamp.
Signed in Hebrew and English "M. Begin." Tiny tear in upper corner.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 59 
Begin, Menachem. Prime Minister Card
Signed. 4 x 5½", on white card stock with blind embossed stamp.
Signed, "M. Begin." .
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 60 
Bell, Alexander Graham. (1847-1922) Scottish
inventor of the telephone. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x
1½", on glossy white card stock. Inscribed, "Mr. A. Graham Bell /2
Bulfinch Place" below the inventor's printed name. Edges exhibit minor
soiling and fingerprinting, not affecting text.
Estimated Value $450-650.
Acquired from Mary Benjamin, 3/62.
Lot 61 
Benny, Jack. (1894-1974) American Comedian.
Greeting Card Signed. 2¾ x 2", on off-white card stock. Boldly signed
in full in black ink. This card makes subtle reference to a time gone by. The
initials "L.S./ M.F.T." adorning the bottom left stand for slogan of his
corporate sponsorship, "Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco." . Lightly
soiled but not affecting signature.
Estimated Value $150-225.
For
many years I saved the LSMFT card until I had the opportunity to lunch with Mr.
Benny at Hillcrest Country Club. He laughed when he saw the card and, of
course, signed it. -- Gerry Burg.
Lot 62 
Berlin, Irving. (1888-1989) American
Composer-"God Bless America". Visiting Card Signed. 2¾ x 1½",
on off-white card stock. Signed in full on verso. Staple hole and miniscule
spotting on verso, not affecting signature.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Acquired from Milton Kronovet, 12/68.
Lot 63 
Bernhardt, Sarah. (1844-1923) French Actress.
Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3 x 2", on cream card stock with grey
border. Inscribed in French, "May God keep you/ Sarah Bernhardt 1913."
Some minor wear evident.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 64 
Bernhardt, Sarah. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 4¼ x 2", on cream card stock with grey border and grey
embossed stamp. Inscribed in French, "May happiness be with you/ Sarah
Bernhardt 1921."
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 65 
Bernhardt, Sarah. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock with black border.
Daintily inscribed, "Would you be so kind as to admit the person who
presents this card./ Sarah Bernhardt/ the 24th of April 1886." . Mounting
traces on verso.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Acquired at Altman's,
10/77.
Lot 66 
Bernstein, Leonard. (1918-1990) American
Conductor, composer of the popular classic Westside Story, and much
more. Calling Card Signed. 4¼ x 2½", on off-white card
stock with gilt printed name top center. Signed in full in black pen.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 67 
Bernstein, Leonard. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. Approximately 3¼ x 2", on white card stock. Inscribed
"Best Wishes" and signed in full in red ink.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 68 
Besant, Annie Wood. (1847-1933) British
Author, theosophist, political radical. Inscribed Calling Card Signed.
3½ x 2¼", on cream card stock with gilt name printed in upper
right. Signed in full in black ink and inscribed with the phrase that she made
famous: "There is no religion higher than truth." Mounting traces on
verso.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 69 
Bidault, Georges. (1899-1983) French
Statesman and Prime Minister. Member of the French Resistance movement during
World War II. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 5 x 4", on white card
stock. Inscribed in French, "Paris , January 23, 1975,/ Dear Mr. Alan Fox,/
This is a photograph that is roughly twenty years old. Today I have large
glasses and white hair and can't go outside to take a picture of those
embellishments. I ask you then to be content with the face of my first worries,
of my first conferences and my first hopes. I wish you to keep yourself from
the illusions that reigned and to stay nevertheless faithful to the idea of
Europe and our threatened civilization. The attitude of my country toward the
USA is unbearable for a French resistence [member] like me, who knew 1944
closely. May God protect you. Bidault."
Estimated Value $175-225.
Lot 70 
Bierstadt, Albert. (1830-1902) American
Landscape and Historical Painter. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3 x
1½", on cream card stock. In pencil, on recto "Dear Mr. Stefford - / I
will meet you at Beardy Studio tomorrow Saturday morning at 10 o'clock / Truly
yours, A. Bierstadt." Addressed on verso in same hand. Overall dark tone.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 71 
Bierstadt, Albert. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3¼ x 1¾", on cream card stock. Penned "Albert Bierstadt
/ Studio Building / 15 . 10th street / N.M." Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 72 
Bizet, Georges. (1838-1875) French Composer.
Inscribed Visiting Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed
above his printed name in pencil "Thousands of affectionate thanks to your
friend."
Estimated Value $350-525.
Acquired from Renaldo
Saggiori (Paris, France), 6/65.
Lot 73 
Blackmun, Harry A. (1908-1999) American
Supreme Court Justice. Authored "Roe vs. Wade" (1973). Supreme Court
Card Signed. 4½ x 2½, on off-white card stock. Signed in full
and dated "October 7, 1977." .
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 74 
Blackmun, Harry A. Supreme Court Card
Signed. 4½ x 3½", on cream card stock. Signed in full and
dated "February 14, 1938" on recto.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 75 
Blackmun, Harry A. Supreme Court Card
Signed. 4½ x 3½", on cream card stock. Signed in full and
dated "August 18, 1978" on recto.
Estimated Value $150-225.