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Session Six - Tuesday, September 2, 2014 3:00 PM
2415
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich
. (1918-2008) Jewish
Russian novelist, historian, and critic of Soviet totalitarianism;
he helped raise global awareness of the gulag and the Soviet
Union's forced labour camp system; winner of Nobel Prize for
Literature (1970). Paperback copy of
One Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich
signed in black ink on the title page. Inscribed in
another hand. In German, published by Knaur Verlad, 144pp.
Age toning else fine.
Estimated Value ................................................... $200 - 300
The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills
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2416
Dayan, Moshe
. Photo signed in blue ink in the lower white
border, 5¼ x 3½", n.p., n.d. A head-and-shoulders shot of
Dayan wearing his usual eye patch. Glue remnant in upper left
corner and one paper clip impression, else fine.
Estimated Value ................................................... $150 - 200
The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills
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2417
Italian States - Ferrara. Testone, ND
. CNI-X-34
(pl.XXX,22). Alfonso I d'Este, 1505-1534. Obverse, bearded
portrait of the Duke left. Reverse, Samson holding the head
of a lion, with bees coming from the mouth. A snake is on
the ground. Nicely toned and in a high state of preservation
for this rare coin. Bought from Seaby of London in March of
1971.
NGC graded EF-45
.
* Alfonso I, an engineer and patron of the arts, was born in
1476, the son of Ercole d'Este and Eleanor of Naples. Soon
after becoming ruler he found that his brothers Ferrante
and Giulio d'Este were plotting against him, and in 1506
they were tried for treason and sentenced to death. Just as
they mounted the gallows Alfonso announced that their
sentences would be commuted to life imprisonment. Fer-
rante died in prison after 34 years, but Giulio was pardoned
in 1559 after 53 years in jail.
In these brutal times Alfonso was a cunning politician. He
fortified Ferrara and wisely picked his allies during an era of
complex European conflicts. He remained an ally of Louis
XII of France, but became an enemy of Pope Julius, who in
1510 excommunicated him and declared his fiefs forfeit,
adding Ferrara to the Papal States. Alfonso fought with suc-
cess against the Papal and Venetian armies and played a
major part in the French victory at the battle of Ravenna
1512. Alfonso's first wife was Anna Sforza. His second wife
was the famous femme fatale and member of the notorious
Borgia family, Lucrezia Borgia.
Estimated Value ........................................ $8,000 - 9,000
2418
Italian States - Genoa. Scudo, 1665-AB
. Dav-3901; KM-79.
Cross with stars in angles.
Reverse
: Virgin and child on cloud.
NGC graded VF-30
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $250 - 300
