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Alexander Historical Auctions: "No Surrender to Coronavirus" Military Autographs

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Auction Name "No Surrender to Coronavirus" Military Autographs Total Sales (USD) 100,217.00
Auction Date June 09, 2020 - June 09, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 99,000.00
Sale Number #8063 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 99,000.00
Total Lots 60
Sold Lots 27 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,273,250.00
% of Lots Sold 45.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,273,250.00
Unsold Lots 33 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 7.87%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
28 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

GENERAL EISENHOWER ANNOUNCES THE END OF WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE

 1945 USD 40,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 32,500.00
2 WINSTON CHURCHILL

A WINSTON CHURCHILL SIGNED QUOTATION PRAISING THE R.A.F. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

 USD 20,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,800.00
4 CEDRIC WALLIS

THE LAST STAND OF THE BRITISH IN HONG KONG, DECEMBER, 1941

 1941 USD 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,150.00
49

SHEET OF IWO JIMA STAMPS SIGNED BY 'FLAG RAISERS' AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ALLIED LEADERS OF WORLD WAR II

 1945 USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,850.00
50 CHESTER W. NIMITZ

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI, SIGNED BY ADM. CHESTER W. NIMITZ

 1945 USD 800.00 - 800.00 USD 5,850.00
10 DR. MARTIN HAMMITZSCH

THE SUICIDE LETTER OF ADOLF HITLER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, DR. MARTIN HAMMITZSCH

 1945 USD 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,225.00
17 TERENCE CUNEO

A LARGE COLOR PRINT OF THE GERMAN SURRENDER AT LUNEBURG HEATH, SIGNED BY FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD MONTGOMERY

 after 1946 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,340.00
15 Bernard Law Montgomery

THE BEGINNING OF THE END: MONTGOMERY ISSUES GERMANS A PASS THROUGH THE LINES TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER OF THEIR ARMIES IN NORTHERN EUROPE

 1945 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,210.00
32 ALFRED JODL

FIELD MARSHAL ALFRED JODL SEEKS THE RELEASE OF A WAFFEN-SS COMMANDER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GERMAN SURRENDER

 1945 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,210.00
37 Bernard Law Montgomery

FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY SIGNED VICTORY MESSAGE TO THE 21ST ARMY GROUP

 1945 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,950.00
38 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

ON V-E DAY, EISENHOWER CELEBRATES WITH A GIFT OF FOOD SENT FROM THE STATES

 1945 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,690.00
20 BERNARD MONTGOMERY

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GERMAN SURRENDER SIGNING AT LUNEBERG HEATH, SIGNED BY FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY

 after 1946 USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,300.00
21 BERNARD MONTGOMERY

A SIGNED MENU FROM FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD MONTGOMERY'S DINNER CELEBRATING THE GERMAN SURRENDER

 1945 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,300.00
41

EISENHOWER, TEDDER, AND SHAEF HEADQUARTERS STAFF CELEBRATE THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY

 1945 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,170.00
40 WALTER BEDELL SMITH

GEN. WALTER BEDELL SMITH REFLECTS ON THE GERMAN SURRENDER, THE DEATH OF F.D.R., AND HARRY TRUMAN'S NEW PRESIDENCY

 1945 USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
52 MACARTHUR, NIMITZ, WAINWRIGHT AND PERCIVAL

JAPANESE SURRENDER PHOTO SIGNED BY MACARTHUR, NIMITZ, WAINWRIGHT AND PERCIVAL

 1945 USD 800.00 - 800.00 USD 1,105.00
11 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER'S PRIVATE TESTAMENT, SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY WHO TYPED IT

 1945 USD 700.00 - 700.00 USD 1,040.00
56 LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN

A COPY OF THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, SIGNED BY LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN

 USD 750.00 - 750.00 USD 1,040.00
42 MARK W. CLARK

GEN. MARK W. CLARK CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 15TH ARMY GROUP UPON THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY

 1945 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 975.00
53 WILLIAM F. HALSEY

ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY NAMES ONE OF HIS 'GREATEST EXPERIENCES'

 1945 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 910.00
59 KING GEORGE VI

KING GEORGE VI VICTORY MESSAGE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

 c. 1945 USD 750.00 - 750.00 USD 910.00
12 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER'S POLITICAL TESTAMENT, SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY WHO TYPED IT

 1945 USD 700.00 - 700.00 USD 715.00
30 ALFRED JODL

A TYPED COPY OF ALFRED JODL'S CREDENTIALS TO NEGOTIATE PEACE WITH THE ALLIES, SIGNED BY KARL DONITZ

 1945 USD 700.00 - 700.00 USD 598.00
55

A CONTEMPORARY FACSIMILE COPY OF THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN'S RYUKYU ISLANDS

 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 572.00
58

BRITISH ARMY COUNCIL SPECIAL ORDER ISSUED UPON THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN

 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 338.00
  • Sotheby’s
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  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
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