Mar 31, 2001, The B. H. Manuscript/Collectible/Philatelic Sale, Sale 9
Lot 252
Army & Air Force
Leaders. Lot of seventeen signed business and visiting cards from
military men including C.W. Nimitz, Carl Andrew Spaatz,
William Childs Westmoreland, Arleigh Burke, Curtis
LeMay, Maxwell Taylor, Admiral Moffett, Chuck
Yeager, Lauris Norstad, Elmo Russell Zumwalt, W.F.
Raborn, A.W. Radford, and William Lealy. Includes
duplicates of Nimitz, Burke, and Norstad. Several cards are toned, a few
with surface abrasions. Still, the group is in good to very good condition
overall.
Estimated Value $350-500.
Lot 253
Asian, Italian, and
Miscellaneous Military Leaders. Collection of visiting cards from
Asian, Italian, Prussian, and Czech military leaders, including such names
as Florenzio Aliprindi, Y. Fukushima, Baron T. Kuroki,
General Oyama, Lung Chi Kwang, Prince Bade, Graf
Moltke, and General Ludvik Svoboda. All signed and inscribed but
for the Kwang. Two cards have remnants of an adhesive on the recto which
does not affect signatures, light toning to several. Still, in very good
condition overall.
Estimated Value $450-UP.
Lot 254
British and German
Military Leaders. Lot of eight signed visiting cards from both British
and German military leaders including George William Cambridge of
the Crimean War, Sir John Anderson, Viscount Kitchener of
Khartoum, Franz Halder, Hasso von Manteuffel,
Grossadmiral von Koester, Karl Bodenschatz, and Hans
Zenker from World War II. Seven of the cards are inscribed as well as
signed. Light surface loss to the verso of the Cambridge, light folds on
Zenker's card, and light toning to others. In good condition overall.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Lot 255
French Military
Generals. Group of thirteen visiting cards from French military
generals and marshals including such figures as Georges Ernest
Boulanger, M. Gamelin, General Gallieni, J.
Joffre, Marshall Lyautey, General Weygand, General
Humbert, Marshall Foch, and Marshall Canrobert. Each card
is signed and inscribed, but for the Gamelin. A few are toned with light
staining. Otherwise the group is very good.
Estimated Value $450-UP.
Lot 256
Israeli Military
Leaders. Group of three signed visiting cards from Israeli Army General
and Statesman Moshe Dayan, Israeli Defense Minister Mordechai
Zipori, and Israeli Air Force General Aluf Mordechay Hod. Dayan
card is also inscribed "Thanks you [sic] for your congratulations
15-1-54". Two of the cards are lightly toned. Otherwise, the group is
in very good condition.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Lot 257
Miscellaneous Military
Figures. Lot of thirty-four business and visiting cards from a variety
of military leaders including Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., S.D.
Sturgis, John Lawrence Sullivan, Albert Cushing Read,
Hannah D. Rosenberg, General Mahone, Walter Krueger,
Admiral Kalbfus, Ernest J. King, Daniel James, Jr.,
General David Charles Jones, William Irvine, F.J.
Herron, Carl Adolphus Hardigg, Roger Hugh Donlon,
George Henry Decker, Maxine Conder, George Scratchley
Brown, George Whelan Anderson, Leonard Wood, A.A.
Vandergrift, and several others. Each of the aforementioned cards has
been signed, and several inscribed. Accompanying these cards, two unsigned
cards from Andrew Summers Rowan and Arthur MacArthur. Also included are
several duplicates. Several cards are toned, a few with folds. Still, the
group is in good to very good condition overall.
Estimated Value
$350-500.
Lot 258
War & Peace - Military
Men. Group of fifteen business and visiting cards from a range of
military men from the Civil War, Spanish American War and World War I
including W.T. Sherman, General John J. Pershing, George
Dewey, Alexander Haig, Jr., Vice Admiral Farragut,
General Butler, Fitz John Porter, Lewis Wallace,
General Schurz, Albert Woolson, Oliver North, and
others. Several cards are toned and lightly soiled. Otherwise, the group is
in fine condition.
Estimated Value $350-450.
Lot 259
World War II Army Men.
Lot of twenty signed business, visiting, and correspondence cards from
World War Two army leaders including Maxwell Davenport Taylor,
Earle Gilmore Wheeler, Carl Andrew Spaatz, Lucius Dubignon
Clay, William Childs Westmoreland, Jonathan M.
Wainwright, Mark W. Clark, L.L. Lemnitzer, Omar
Bradley and others. Includes duplicates. Several cards are toned but
the group remains in very good condition overall.
Estimated Value
$300-400.
Lot 260
First Ladies. Large
grouping of seventeen visiting cards from a variety of First Ladies
including an inscribed card by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, an inscribed
card signed by Mrs. Grover Cleveland, a card signed by Miss
Elizabeth Cleveland (sister of Grover Cleveland), a card signed by
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, a "Stonewall, Texas" card signed by Lady
Bird Johnson, three "White House Washington" cards signed by Lou
Henry Hoover, a "White House Washington" card signed by Mamie Doud
Eisenhower, a pair of cards signed by Pat Nixon, a card signed
by Mrs. Francis Nixon (the President's mother), and four cards
signed by Bess Truman. Accompanying the group is an unsigned card of
Mrs. Millard Fillmore. Several cards are lightly toned, a few with
minor stains. Overall, the group is in good to very good condition.
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Lot 261
First Ladies and Family
Members. Group of eleven signed business and calling cards of the 20th
century's First Ladies and family members, including an inscribed card
signed by Edith Roosevelt with original envelope, an inscribed card
signed with initials by Lou Henry Hoover, a White House card signed
by Eleanor Roosevelt, an inscribed card signed by FDR's mother
Sara Roosevelt, a signed and dated card by Bess Truman, a
White House card signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower, an inscribed card
signed by JFK's mother Rose Kennedy, a White House card signed by
Lady Bird Johnson, an inscribed card signed by Pat Nixon, a
signed card by Nancy Reagan, and finally a card signed by Barbara
Bush. Eleanor Roosevelt's card has a small punch hole at the upper
left, with light toning. Otherwise the group is in very good condition.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Lot 262
First Ladies of the
Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Group of seven visiting cards from
the First Ladies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries including an
unsigned card of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, an inscribed card of
Mrs. Garfield, an unsigned card of Mrs. McElroy, sister of
Chester Arthur, an "Executive Mansion" card signed by Frances
Cleveland, an "Executive Mansion" card signed by Rose Elizabeth
Cleveland (the sister of Grover Cleveland), a card signed by Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison and an inscribed card of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. A
few cards lightly toned, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt's card has one small fold.
Otherwise, the group is in very good condition.
Estimated Value
$450-UP.
Lot 263
First Ladies of the
Twentieth Century. Group of eight signed visiting cards from twentieth
century First Ladies including two inscribed cards by Edith
Roosevelt, a signed card by Ellen Wilson, a card signed by
Pat Nixon, a Stonewall, Texas card signed by Lady Bird
Johnson, a White House card signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower, a
card signed by Bess Truman, and a card signed by Lou Henry
Hoover. Roosevelt and Wilson cards are lightly toned. Otherwise the
group is in very good condition.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Lot 264
Roosevelt Women.
Collection of six visiting cards from the women of the Roosevelt family
including two inscribed cards by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, three
cards signed by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (one with lengthy
inscription), and a final card signed by Sara Roosevelt, mother of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. One of Eleanor's cards is labeled "State of New
York Executive Mansion Albany" and features an embossed crest. Cards are
lightly toned, with a few minor stains or abrasions. Still, in very good
condition overall.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Lot 265
Roosevelt, Eleanor.
Group of Eleanor Roosevelt's calling cards. Of the six cards
offered, three are simply signed with the First Lady's name on "The White
House Washington" cards. Two cards are printed "Mrs. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt", and the final card is that of the President. Foxing to one
printed card, toning to a few. Overall, the group is in very good
condition.
Estimated Value $400-500.