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Alexander Historical Auctions: Summer Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction - Day 2

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Auction Name Summer Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction - Day 2 Total Sales (USD) 283,525.00
Auction Date July 29, 2022 - July 29, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 166,710.00
Sale Number #72922 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 231,020.00
Total Lots 632
Sold Lots 521 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 191,930.00
% of Lots Sold 82.44% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 266,480.00
Unsold Lots 111 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 106.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1519

RADIO SCRIPT DRAFT FOR ORSON WELLES' 1938 'WAR OF THE WORLDS' rare printed radio script draft used in preparing the historic broadcast, 39pp. 4to.,

 1938 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,500.00
1520 ALFRED HITCHCOCK ATTRIBUTED

ALFRED HITCHCOCK ATTRIBUTED SCRIPT FOR HIS 'STRANGERS ON A TRAIN' (1899 - 1980)

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,500.00
1472 THOMAS E. LAWRENCE (1888 - 1935)

THOMAS E. LAWRENCE (1888 - 1935) Superb content A.L.S. with his pseudonym 'T. E. Shaw', 2pp. 8vo.,

 1925 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,312.50
1473 THOMAS E. LAWRENCE (1888 - 1935)

THOMAS E. LAWRENCE (1888 - 1935) Fine content A.L.S. with his pseudonym 'T E Shaw', 1p. 4to.,

 1930 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,312.50
1618 CHARLES MANSON (1934 - 2017)

CHARLES MANSON (1934 - 2017) Original signed painting

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,375.00
1224 CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON (1737 - 1832)

CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON (1737 - 1832) Historic content draft A.L. (unsigned), 4pp. 4to.,

1775 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
1449

WERNER VON BRAUN SIGNED DRAWING AND PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE (800+)

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
1057 GEORGE E. PICKETT AND WILLIAM R. TERRY

GEORGE E. PICKETT AND WILLIAM R. TERRY . The endorsements appear on the verso of an A.L.S. by Lt. Col. F. H. LANGLEY of the 1st Virginia

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,437.50
1121 LINCOLN ASSASSINATION TRIAL COMMISSION

LINCOLN ASSASSINATION TRIAL COMMISSION A fine grouping of twelve signatures

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,437.50
988 DANIEL SMITH DONELSON (1801 - 1863)

DANIEL SMITH DONELSON (1801 - 1863) A.L.S. as brigadier general, 1p. 4to.,

 1861 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,125.00
1329 JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917 - 1963)

JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917 - 1963) five items, all of which relate to a memo Kennedy sent to Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara.

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
1359 WOODROW WILSON (1856 - 1924)

'Guarantees of Peace Messages and Addresses to the Congress and the People, Jan. 31, 1918, to Dec. 2, 1918. Together with the Peace Notes to Germany and Austria'

1919 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,125.00
1450 NEIL ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL COLLINS and BUZZ ALDRIN

APOLLO 11 CREW-SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
1305

ABRAHAM LINCOLN PORTRAIT BY HESSLER / AYRES

ca.1881 - 1899, USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,812.50
1593 REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929 - 1968)

REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929 - 1968) His signature on a 5.5 x 4 in. card.

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,812.50
986

ALBUM OF PRISONERS AT FORT WARREN, BOSTON 1861-1862

1861-1862 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,500.00
989 JOHN MILTON (1807 - 1865)

JOHN MILTON (1807 - 1865) A.L.S. on official letterhead, 1p. large 8vo.,

1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
1053 GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN (1826 - 1885)

GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN (1826 - 1885) Fine content war-date A.D.S. penned at the conclusion of the text of a military telegram sent to him by Major Gen. JOHN A. DIX (1798-1879), 2pp. 8vo.,

 1861 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,500.00
1008 BASIL DUKE (1838-1916)

BASIL DUKE (1838-1916) War-date A.L.S., 1p. 4to.,

1864 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,125.00
1497 WALT DISNEY (1901 - 1966)

WALT DISNEY (1901 - 1966) Printed D.S., 3.5 x 2.5 in., a ticket stub from the Club House of the Hollywood Turf Club at the Hollywood Park horse race track, June 5, 1940

 1940 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,125.00
992 JAMES B. TERRILL (1838 - 1864)

JAMES B. TERRILL (1838 - 1864) A.L.S., 1p. 7.75 x 5 in., [n.p., n.d.],

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,000.00
1011 CARTER L. STEVENSON (1817-1888)

CARTER L. STEVENSON (1817-1888) War-date D.S. in the form of a circular, 1p. 4to.,

 1861 USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 2,000.00
1164

FOUR UNION GENERALS Fine grouping of four A.E.S.'s of Union generals on a single document

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,750.00
1171 WILLIAM D. SMITH (1825 - 1862)

WILLIAM D. SMITH (1825 - 1862) Rare pre-war cut signature

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,750.00
1330 JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917 - 1963)

JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917 - 1963) A fine signed piece of memorabilia from Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,750.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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