Mar 31, 2001, The B. H. Manuscript/Collectible/Philatelic Sale, Sale 9

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Autographs - The Gerald William Burg Collection

Engineers and Scientists

Lot 208 Click on photo for enlarged version
British and Russian Scientists. Lot of nine business and calling cards from British and Russian scientists alike, including physicist John Cockroft, chemist Alexander Todd, Gennadij Kozlov, physicist Ilja M. Frank, physician Serge Voronoff, and Nobel Prize winner Nikolay Basov. Each of these cards are signed by their namesake. In addition, an unsigned business card from B. Balmukhanob accompanies the lot. Light toning to a few cards. Still, in very good condition overall.
Estimated Value $500-UP.

Lot 209 Click on photo for enlarged version
Chemists and Physicists. Group of ten signed business and visiting cards from important American chemists and physicists including Nobel Prize winners Albert Michelson, Glenn Seaborg, Tsung Dae Lee, and John Northrop, as well as Joseph Henry, Edward Teller, and David Lilienthal. Includes duplicates of Lilienthal, Lee, and Seaborg. A few cards toned with light stains or smears. Overall, in good condition.
Estimated Value $500-UP.

Lot 210 Click on photo for enlarged version
Famous Physicians. Lot of nine signed business and visiting cards from a range of medical men, including Surgeons General C. Everett Koop, C. de Duve, Denton Cooley, Nobel Prize winner Thomas Weller, Albert Sabin, and Nobel Prize winner Roger Guilleman. Includes duplicate Weller cards. Overall the group is in very good condition.
Estimated Value $450-600.

Lot 211 Click on photo for enlarged version
International Scientists. Lot of five signed visiting cards from science enthusiasts such as Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, German botanist Otto Warburg, Max von Pettenkofer, and Mt. Everest climber S. Tilman. Also included is a 4 x 2½" postcard picturing the dapper Tilman. Most cards are lightly toned. Overall, the group is in good condition.
Estimated Value $350-UP.

Lot 212 Click on photo for enlarged version
Miscellaneous Scientists. Lot of eight signed business cards from American scientists including NASA employees John Bull, George Stoner, and Robert Frosch, with mathematician Benjamin Osgood Pierce, engineer William Lear, anthropologist William Bascom, W.H. Pickering, and Richard Basler. Osgood card is toned. Otherwise the group is in very good condition overall.
Estimated Value $450-550.

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