The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 226 
Elgar, Sir Edward. (1857-1934) British
Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3 x 1½", on cream card stock.
Penned on recto/verso "To Profess. Julius Baths / To introduce my dear
friends/ Mr. & Mrs. Kilburn".
Estimated Value $275-400.
Lot 227 
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. (1803-1882) American
Poet, Essayist and Philosopher. Bold advocate of spiritual individualism and
influential writer who helped shaped the transcendental movement which
redefined 19th Century American literature. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3 x 1¾", on blank cream card stock. Inscribed, "Mr Emerson /
142 Strand."
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 228 
Fairbanks Sr, Douglas. (1883-1939) American
Actor, swashbuckling star of Robin Hood (1922), and many other popular
silents. Co-founder of United Artists Pictures. Visiting Card Signed. 2
3/4 x 1½", signed in full in black ink on verso. Mounting traces on
recto.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 229 
Fairbanks Sr, Douglas. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 2¾ x 1½", on cream card stock. Boldly signed,
"Sincerely Douglas Fairbanks" in black ink on recto.
Estimated Value
$120-180.
Lot 230 
Falla, Manuel de. (1876-1946) Spanish
Composer. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2¼", on manilla card
stock. A six line note penned in Spanish on recto/verso and dated "1929." .
Estimated Value $350-500.
Lot 231 
Fesch, Joseph. (1763-1839) Corsican Cardinal
of Lyons (1803). Half-brother of Napoleon's mother. Visiting Card
Signed. 2¼ x 1½", on intricately blind embossed card stock.
Signed "J Cardinal Fesch." Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value
$120-180.
Lot 232 
Feydeau, Georges. (1862-1921) French
Playwright. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2½", on
manilla card stock. Penned on recto, "Mister, Bisson wrote me and said that
talked with you about Chamignol for Italy and you told him that if you didn't
sell his piece, it's because you hadn't seen it. There are two pieces we are
sending you... when you have seen the piece, come to see me and we will talk.
Recieve my distinguished salutations/ Georges Feydeau."
Estimated Value
$120-180.
Lot 233 
Fitzsimmons, Bob. (1862-1917) British
Pugilist, Heavyweight Champion of the World. (1897). Visiting Card
Signed. 3¾ x 2¼", on off-white card stock. A large, extravagant
signature adorns the verso. Mounting traces and penciled notes on recto, not
affecting signature.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 234 
Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard. (1890-1939)
Aircraft Designer. Established Fokker Aircraft Corp in Germany in 1913 and
manufactured German warplanes for WWI. Visiting Card Signed. 4 x 2", on
cream stock. Signed above his printed name.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 235 
Ford, Gerald R. (1913-) 38th President of
the United States. Vice President Card Signed. 3¾ x 2½", on
white card stock with gold embossed federal stamp. Signed in full in black ink.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 236 
Ford, Gerald R. White House Card
Signed. 4 x 2½", on white card stock. Signed in full in black ink on
recto.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 237 
Ford, Gerald R. White House Card
Signed. 4 x 2½", on white card stock. Signed in full in blue ink on
recto.
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 238 
Fortas, Abe. (1910-1982) American Supreme
Court Justice. Supreme Court Card Signed. 4½ x 2½", on
cream card stock. Signed in full in black ink on recto.
Estimated Value
$150-225.
Lot 239 
Fortas, Abe. Visiting Card Signed.
3½ x 2", on white card stock. Signed in full above the printed name.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 240 
Franck, Cesar. (1822-1890) Belgian Composer.
Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 3¾ x 2¼", on cream card
stock. "My dear friend/ Come tomorrow around 4h½ I will make you work
and give you P.A.F."
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 241 
Frankfurter, Felix. (1882-1965) American
Supreme Court Justice and educator. Supreme Court Card Signed. 4½
x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed and signed on recto.
Estimated
Value $150-225.
Lot 242 
Freud, Sigmund. (1856-1939) Austrian
Neurologist, Founder of Psychoanalysis. Authored "The Interpretation of Dreams"
(1900), and many other works of human psychology now considered classics. One
of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock with mourning border. Being the
visiting card of Dr. Sigmund Freud and his wife, inscribed in German and
dated "8.2.20." Substantial tear out of upper left corner.
Estimated
Value $1,000-1,500.
Lot 243 
Garfield, James A. (1831-1881) 20th
President of the United States. Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3¼
x 2", on off-white card stock. Inscribed "Gen. Walker- / The bearer Isaac
Lumbard is the proposed messenger of whom I spoke to you - I have asked him to
call to see you Yours, J.A. Garfield."
Estimated Value $600-900.
Lot 244 
German, Sir Edward. (1862-1936) British
Composer of Tom Jones (1907), among others. Inscribed Visiting Card
With Autograph Musical Quotation Signed. 3 x 1½", on cream card
stock. Penned on recto.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 245 
Getty, J. Paul. (1892-1976) American
Industrialist, philanthropist and art collector. Visiting Card Signed. 3
x 1½", on white card stock. Signed in blue ink on verso.
Estimated
Value $300-450.
I met Mr. Getty at the private luncheon club atop the
Union Bank Building at Wilshire and Western Avenues. He turned down my first
request to sign his card and when I asked him why he said he never signed his
name where someone could write "I owe you one zillion dollars. I showed him
samples of about twenty cards signed by Rockefeller, Mellon and other heavy
hitters. He signed! -- Gerry Burg.
Lot 246 
Glenn, John H. (1921-) Astronaut, first
American to orbit Earth. Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Inscribed United States Senate Card Signed. 3½ x 1¾", on white
card stock with a gold embossed Federal seal at upper left. Inscribed on
recto, "To Jack - John Glenn."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 247 
Goncourt, Edmond de. (1822-1896) French
Novelist. Endowed "Académie Goncourt." Inscribed Visiting Card. 4
x 2¼", on cream card stock. Intriguing note inscribed in French, "Yes,
in the 'Carcassière' encyclopedia, there is an image of the
L'accouchée. It is the seventh of the [?]... If you want to come by
Wednesday or Sunday morning, you will be able to see it."
Estimated
Value $250-375.
Lot 248 
Goncourt, Edmond de. Inscribed Visiting
Card Signed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Penned on recto/verso
"Well , send me the copy of "Le Matin" [The morning newspaper] that you
promised me. I just wrote a letter to Antoine in which I expressed my true and
sincere satisfaction that I felt during the presentation of his play. If you
see him, bring him on Sunday to my house, he will be with people like Daudet,
who I think could be useful to him."
Lot 249 
Goncourt, Edmond de. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. The author gives news of the
opening of a new play: "The opening of "The Attic" will be on Sunday
November 11th."
Estimated Value $250-375.
Lot 250 
Goncourt, Edmond de. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. An attractively penned note in
which he conveys that he's arranged two seats for the recipient.
Estimated
Value $120-180.