Mar 31, 2001, The B. H. Manuscript/Collectible/Philatelic Sale, Sale 9
Lot 145
American and Modern
Artists. Lot of eight signed business and calling cards of American
painters and modern artists. Amercian artists include Partridge,
Albert Bierstadt, Millet, and Joseph Urban. Modern
artists include Max Band, Vasa, and Leonardo Nierman.
Five of the cards are inscribed. Urban, Millet and Partridge cards have
light surface abrasions. Overall, the group is in very good condition.
Estimated Value $325-UP.
Lot 146
Architects. Lot of
four signed calling cards of American and German architects and designers
including Josef Pelzig, William Pereira, Charles
Luckman, and Friedrich Adler. Adler adds a lengthy inscription
in German that continues on verso, and there is faint residue on the card
which does not affect the signature. Else, the group is in very good
condition overall.
Estimated Value $225-UP.
Lot 147
Architects, Designers,
Etc. Lot of fifteen signed business cards from a range of architects,
designers, landscape engineers, stylists, and fashion designers including
Antoine Cano, Paul Conrad, Cleo Baldon, Sascha
Brastoff, Hedden A. Johnson, John Galbraith, Rose
Farber, Ted Egri, Christophe, Adolfo, and
Pierre Cardin. Several cards are inscribed. Each is in excellent
condition.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Lot 148
Artist Extravaganza.
Lot of six business and calling cards from such painterly masters as
Bernard Buffet, William Bougureau, George Wharton
Edwards, George Inness, Jr., A. Granchi Taylor, and
Francisco Pradilla. All are signed but the Pradilla. Most are
lightly stained, otherwise the group is in good condition overall.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Lot 149
Artists and Jewish
Notables. Lot of ten signed business and calling cards of artists and
Jewish notables including: Yaacov Agam, Youssef Benjelloun,
Hermann Kaulbach, Eric Ray, Joe Karbank, Philip
Ratner, and Adeline Peter-Raboff. Kaulbach card is inscribed.
Each is in excellent condition.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Lot 150
Artists and Sculptors.
Group of eight signed visiting and business cards from artists
including sculptors Eli Harvey, and T. Buchanan Read, as well
as artists Elihu Vedder, James Carroll Beckwith, Albert
Bierstadt, George Flagg, and Flavia. Each card is also
inscribed, many with lengthy personal notes. Flagg pens the phrase, "The
greatest of these is charity." A few cards are lightly toned, the recto
of the Flagg card has staining towards the lower edge, and a fold at one
corner, none of which affects the signature. The group is in good to very
good condition overall.
Estimated Value $450-UP.
Lot 151
Artist's Calling Cards.
Group of five business and calling cards of influential artists such as
Frank Dicksee, allegorical master William Bouguereau,
historical and portrait painter August Kaulbach, Felix
Moscheles, and Ignar Marcel Gaugengigl. Each is inscribed (three
in pencil), all in French but for the Dicksee. Bouguereau is lightly
stained. Overall, the group is in very good condition.
Estimated Value
$250-UP.
Lot 152
Artists From Around the
Globe. Lot of five business and calling cards from such international
artists as Saul Rabino, Francisco Pradilla, Frank
Rosen, Chauah Thean Teng, and Tsui-Pai Yeh. Each is
signed but for the Tsui-Pai Yeh. Rabino card is lightly soiled, else the
group is in very good condition overall.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Lot 153
British Masters.
Group of four signed calling cards from such British painters as Sir
Lawrence Alma Tadema, pre-Raphaelite William Homan Hunt, and
landscape artist Vicat Cole. Includes a duplicate Hunt card. The
Alma Tadema card is slightly smeared, and one Hunt card has a pinhole at
top center. Otherwise, the group is in good condition.
Estimated Value
$350-UP.
Lot 154
Caricaturists,
Illustrators, and Animators. Group of six signed business and calling
cards of charicaturists, illustrators and animators including: Charles
Léandre, Adolf Adam Oberländer, David
Rose, John McCutcheon, Jean Gigoux and Phil May.
May signs in pencil, others all in pen. Three cards are inscribed at
length. May and McCutcheon cards have remnants of an adhesive on recto.
Otherwise the group is in fine condition overall.
Estimated Value
$325-UP.
Lot 155
Cartoonists and
Artists. Lot of thirteen business cards from several cartoonists,
caricaturists, and other artists, including several cards from Matt
Groening, and Jack Rosen (each featuring a sketch), with
individual cards from Larry Garf, Bill Mack, and George B.
Luttrell (featuring a sketch). Includes duplicates of Groening and
Rosen. All are signed but for the Groening cards. Each is in excellent
condition.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Lot 156
Designers and
Architects. Collection of five business and calling cards of
architects, designers, and fashion moguls including Philip Johnson,
Jean Klein, Paul Cret, Christian Dior and Jean
Worth. Each signed but for the Dior and Worth. Dior has two pinholes,
Worth is lightly soiled. Otherwise, in fine condition.
Estimated Value
$250-UP.
Lot 157
Designers, Architects
and a Photographer. Six pieces. Group of signed visiting and business
cards from an eclectic array of artists including architects Frank O.
Gehry and R. Buckminster Fuller, photographer Margaret
Bourke-White, flag designer Joseph Vitel, decorator John
LaFarge, and fashion critic Mr. Blackwell. There is a small
abrasion to the edge of the LaFarge card. Otherwise, the group is in very
good condition overall.
Estimated Value $550-UP.
Lot 158
French & Contemporary
Artists. This lot of nineteen business and calling cards includes a
variety of French painters, modern artists, and sculptors including such
names as: Eugene Feyene, Albert Durant, Leon Comerre,
Paul Baudry, Albert Wein, Latchezar Boyadjiev, Sam
Bernardi, Joe Karbank, Ernest Raboff, and Elizabeth C.
Falk. Fourteen of the cards are signed, several inscribed. The group in
excellent condition overall.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Lot 159
French Artists.
Group of seven business and calling cards featuring such French artists
as: Gustave Moreau, Louis Auguste Girardot, Ernest
Herbert, Albert Besnard, Theobald Chartran, Antonin
Carles, and Madame Virginie Demont-Breton. Each card is signed
and inscribed in French. A few are lightly soiled. Otherwise, the lot is in
fine condition.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Lot 160
French Artists. Lot
of seven signed business and calling cards from French artists Gustave
Moreau, E. Meissonier, Jules Breton, Marcel
Baschel, Rosa Bonheur, Gaston Guignard, and Albert
Maignon. Each is inscribed at length in French. Maignon's personal card
measures a bit larger than the standard card size, and the artist has
written an extensive note that continues on verso. The group is in fine
condition overall.
Estimated Value $350-UP.
Lot 161
French Artists. Lot
of seven business and calling cards of French artists Andre
Devambez, Brispot, Gustave Moreau, A. Guillemet,
Eugene Lami and Madame Jean Monet. Each features an
inscription in French. Devambez is accompanied by its original transmittal
envelope. Two with handwritten notations in pencil. Else the lot is in very
good condition.
Estimated Value $350-UP.
Lot 162
French Artists.
Group of seven signed business and calling cards from a plethora of
French artists including Othon Friesz, Petar Jovanovic,
Felix Barrias, genre painter Leon Lhermitte, Jan
Monchablon, Puvis de Chavannes, and Desire Lucas. Each is
inscribed at length but for the Jovanovic, which is simply signed. Lucas'
card has a small hole punch at the upper left. Else, the group is in very
good condition.
Estimated Value $350-UP.
Lot 163
French Artists. Lot
of six signed business and calling cards of French artists including
Emile Renard, Felix Barrias, Benjamin Constant,
Leon Lhermitte, Lobrichon, and Chalas. Most are
inscribed at length. Barrias and Renard sign in purple ink. Edges are
lightly folded and there are light stains on the Lobrichon card, a few
cards have handwritten notations in pencil. Otherwise, the group is in very
good condition.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Lot 164
French Artists.
Group of six signed business and calling cards from a range of French
artists and craftsmen including Paul Leon, Puvis de
Chavannes, Jean Beraud, Francis Tattergrain, Paul
Maurou, and Fernand Cormone. Each is signed and all are
inscribed, most at length. Several have handwritten pencil notations, and
light soiling. Overall, the group is in good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Lot 165
French Artists. Lot
of five signed calling and business cards from French painters Jean
Baptiste Carpeaux, Charles Carpeaux, Eugene Bellange,
Madame Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, and Andre Castaigne. Each is
inscribed in French. Charles Carpeaux signs in pencil, Madame Carpeaux in
purple ink. Two of the cards are lightly stained, the Castaigne is folded
and ink has smeared a bit. In good condition overall.
Estimated Value
$250-UP.
Lot 166
French Masters.
Group of sixteen signed visiting and correspondence cards from a
variety of French artists including Frederic Lauth, Leon
Bonnat, portraitist Jacques Emile Blanche, Fernand
Cormon, Jean-Paul Laurens, Jean-Francois Raffaêlli,
Didier-Pouget, Benjamin Constant, Anne Judic, G.
Iwill, Edouard Sain, G. Dubufe, A. Dechenaud, and
P. Franc Lamy. Many cards also feature inscriptions. Lauth and
Dechenaud correspondence cards are accompanied by original transmittal
envelopes. Lot includes duplicates of Raffaêlli and Bonnat. Most
cards toned, a few with light stains or folds. Overall, the group is in
very good condition.
Estimated Value $800-UP.
Lot 167
French Masters. Lot
of sixteen inscribed business and visiting cards signed by a variety of
French artists including P. Franc Lamy, J.B. Duffaud, Jean
Jacques Henner, Benjamin Constant, Albert Bartholome,
Emile Friant, Abel Faivre, Leon Bonnat, Henri
Chapu, Francis Tattegrain, Georges Clairin, Jules
LeFebvre, Odilon Redon and Leon Dambeza. Includes
duplicates of Henner. Most cards are lightly toned, with minor stains or
folds. Still, the group is in good condition overall.
Estimated Value
$800-UP.
Lot 168
German Painters &
Architects. Group of five signed visiting cards from such German
artists and architects as Louis Maurer, Carl von Piloty,
portraitist Hans Thoma, architect Paul Wallot, and historical
painter Eduard Grützner. Each card is inscribed but for the
Maurer, which is simply signed and dated. Cards are lightly toned, the
Thoma with a bit of foxing. Still, the group is in good to very good
condition overall.
Estimated Value $550-UP.
Lot 169
Illustrators. Lot
of nine signed business and visiting cards from illustrators,
charicaturists, and cartoonists including Alberto Vargas,
Harrison Fisher, Daniel Carter Beard, Theo Davis,
Charles Dana Gibson, Al Capp, Palmer Cox, and
George McManus. Several cards are inscribed: McManus draws a
character next to his caption: "Well -- where the hell is the
drink!", Palmer Cox adds "Brownieland" with his autograph, and
Capp uses a pink crayon to pen his name. Most cards are toned, several with
stains or residue remnants. Still, the group is in good condition overall.
Estimated Value $450-UP.