The June 24, 2000, Gerald Burg & Dr. Kardatzke Collections, Sale 6
Lot 376 
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. (1807-1882)
American Poet, author of numerous works such as Hiawatha (1855).
Inscribed Visiting Card. Approximately 3¼ x 2½", on manilla
card stock. Inscribed "For Mr. Graham" in pencil above his printed name.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 377 
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Inscribed
Visiting Card. Approximately 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Inscribed
in German above and below the printed name.
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 378 
Longstreet, James. (1821-1904) American
Soldier, resigned from U.S. Army to join Confederates, fought at Battle of Bull
Run and Gettysburg. Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¼ x 2", on cream
card stock. Printed calligraphic version of his name on recto and inscribed on
verso. "The Narrative cannot be finished until I can have ... the War
Records from the War Department."
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 379 
Lubitsch, Ernst. (1892-1947) Film Director,
known for his sparkling comedies, awarded an honorary Academy Award in 1947.
Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 3½ x 2", on off-white card stock.
Penned in black ink "Dear ... and Harold. Many thanks for your lovely
picture. Best wishes for 1935!" Signed "Ernst" below his printed
name.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 380 
Lumiere, Auguste. (1862-1954) French Motion
Picture Pioneer, exhibited first motion pictures in 1895. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 3¾ x 2¼", on cream card stock, in French. A thank you note
inscribed beginning on recto and ending on verso of Lumiere's "Correspondant
de l'Institut Académie des Sciences" card.
Estimated Value
$250-375.
Lot 381 
Mack, Connie. (1862-1956) American Baseball
Player and Manager. Elected to Hall of Fame in 1937. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock with red stamp in upper left.
Penned "Sincerely yours/ Connie Mack".
Estimated Value $225-350.
Lot 382 
Maeterlinck, Maurice. (1862-1949) Belgian
Dramatist, Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911. Inscribed
Visiting Card Initialed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Penned on
recto/verso "Sincere thanks to Mameroth for the lines so kind and cordial
... would you be so kind as to accept my most devoted feelings."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 383 
Mahone, William. (1826-1895) Confederate
States Army General and Virginia Senator. Inscribed Visiting Card
Signed. 3½ x 2", on cream card stock. Signed "Wm Mahone / 1884
Virginia" on verso.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 384 
Mallarme, Stephane. (1842-1898) French
Symbolist poet, author of The Afternoon of the Faun (1876) and Vers
et Prose (1893). Inscribed Visiting Card Initialed. 4 x 2½",
on cream card stock. Inscribed in French above his printed name, loosely
translated: "Thursday evening / ... a powder to kill; but may be used only
with the approbation of Cabelle. Good bye, Dear Madam." The inscription is
capped with a lovely monogram signature, SM."
Estimated Value $500-750.
Lot 385 
Mallarme, Stephane. Inscribed Visiting
Card Initialed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock, in French. A friendly
greeting in French in which the poet arranges to meet a friend at the theater
the following day. Signed with his trademark monogram signature.
Estimated
Value $500-750.
Lot 386 
Malraux, André. (1901-1976) French
Novelist, author of Man's Fate (1933). Autograph Quote on a Visiting
Card Signed. 4¾ x 2¾", on white card stock, in French. "... the
highest purpose of art may be to give consciousness to those who ignore the
greatness in themselves...1934" Signed in full and dated 1976.
Estimated Value $300-450.
Lot 387 
Mann, Thomas. (1875-1955) German Novelist,
awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature. Visiting Card Signed.
4¼ x 2¾", on paneled cream card stock with blue border. Signed in full
on one side, typed "Thank you Mr. Mann/ George D. Norris" on the other.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 388 
Marconi, Guglielmo. (1874-1937) Italian
Physicist, inventor of the telegraph. Awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Inscribed Visiting Card. 3¾ x 2½", on cream card stock.
Inscribed in English below the printed name and title "Many thanks for kind
wishes."
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 389 
Marshall, George C. (1880-1959) American War
& State Secretary under Truman. Awarded 1953 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Inscribed Visiting Card Signed. 5 x 4", on cream card stock. An
extensive thank-you note penned on recto and verso.
Estimated Value
$150-250.
Lot 390 
Marshall, George C. Defense Department
Card Signed. 4¼ x 2½", on cream card stock with blue seal.
Signed "G. Marshall."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 391 
Marshall, George C. War Department
Signed. 4 x 2¾", on cream card stock. Signed "G. Marshall."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 392 
Marshall, George C. Defense Department
Card Signed. 3½ x 2¾", on cream card stock. Signed "G.
Marshall."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 393 
Marshall, George C. War Department Card
Signed. 4½ x 2½", on cream card stock. Signed
"G.Marshall."
Estimated Value $120-180.
Lot 394 
Marshall, James William. (1810-1885)
Discovered Gold in California in January of 1848. Visiting Card Signed.
5¼ x 2¾", on cream card stock. Signed "Ja's, W. Marshall" in
dark ink. Some minor foxing and soiling. Scarce.
Estimated Value
$1,500-2,250.
Lot 395 
Massenet, Jules. (1842-1912) French Composer
of Manon (1884) and Le Cid (1885). Inscribed Visiting Card
Initialed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed on recto/verso
"Paris- April / 86 / The commandant Bourat (from the artillery) who
will be promoted imminently to Lt. Colonel asks for the Commandant of the
Officers School in Versailles. The present holder of this title requests a
regiment for himself in Vincennes or in Versailles. J.M." . Significant
center crease.
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 396 
Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting Card
Initialed. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French,
"There are two seats, as it was arranged. / Thank you for remembering
and good wishes to you. / JM" A post-script of sorts dons the left edge
"the numbers 1 & 3 are very good-- placed in the center-- close to an
entry."
Estimated Value $150-225.
Lot 397 
Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting Card
Initialed. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French,
"With the expression of my best wishes / J. M."
Estimated Value
$150-225.
Lot 398 
Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4 x 2½", on cream card stock. Inscribed in French, "I
thank you my dear friend, and think about you... All my wishes!!!".
Estimated Value $125-175.
Lot 399 
Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting Card.
3¼ x 2¼", on cream card stock. "To Miss Hammerstein / in
profound homage. / month - 2 Mar".
Estimated Value $125-175.
Lot 400 
Massenet, Jules. Inscribed Visiting
Card. 4 x 2¼", on cream card stock. "Mr.:" has been
added in front of his printed name and "46 rue du général Foy
à Paris" has been penned below. Mounting traces on verso.
Estimated Value $125-175.