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Alexander Historical Auctions: Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023

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Auction Name Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023 Total Sales (USD) 456,425.00
Auction Date January 25, 2023 - January 25, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 269,010.00
Sale Number #12523 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 378,240.00
Total Lots 633
Sold Lots 467 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 393,060.00
% of Lots Sold 73.78% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 548,350.00
Unsold Lots 166 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 83.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER'S FUHRER ORDER TO PREPARE DEFENSES FOR D-DAY D.S.,

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 68,750.00
5 PATTON

PATTON CALLS JEWS 'SUB-HUMAN' letter

USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 53,125.00
10 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER A.L.S.

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 25,000.00
4 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER WORLD WAR I SOLDIER'S PORTRAIT

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 23,750.00
3 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER WARTIME DRAWING GIVEN TO HIS PATRON AND SUPPORTER

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 21,250.00
8 ADOLF HITLER, BENITO MUSSOLINI...AND A HITLER ASSASSIN!

ADOLF HITLER, BENITO MUSSOLINI...AND A HITLER ASSASSIN! Photograph

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
36 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER A.L.S.

USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
40 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER A.L.S.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,125.00
42 ADOLF HITLER AND JOSEPH GOEBBELS

ADOLF HITLER AND JOSEPH GOEBBELS CONTROL GERMAN MUSIC D.S.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
14

NUREMBERG 'DOCTORS TRIALS' DEFENDANTS AND GUARD'S PASS

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,687.50
236 HEINRICH HIMMLER

HEINRICH HIMMLER I.S.P.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,687.50
463

HAND-DRAWN D-DAY MAP OF OMAHA BEACH UNDERWATER OBSTACLES

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,687.50
16 RUDOLF HOESS

RUDOLF HOESS FREES A PRISONER FROM AUSCHWITZ

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,375.00
38 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER T.L.S.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
41 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER D.S.,

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,062.50
459

(OMAHA BEACH) 'TOP SECRET' D-DAY MAPS AND ORDERS FOR THE 1ST ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
465

(D-DAY) JOURNAL OF THE 1ST ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,062.50
583 JULIUS STREICHER

JULIUS STREICHER'S ANTI-SEMITIC CHILDREN'S Book: 'DO NOT TRUST A FOX IN A GREEN PASTURE OR A JEW UPON HIS OATH!'

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,062.50
97 BATTLE OF MIDWAY AVIATORS

BATTLE OF MIDWAY AVIATORS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 3,750.00
344 MAGDA GOEBBELS

MAGDA GOEBBELS A.L.S.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
462

D-DAY 'TOP SECRET' MAPS OF OMAHA BEACH EXITS, INLAND ROADS, AND OBSTACLES (3)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,750.00
460

D-DAY 'TOP SECRET' ASSESSMENTS AND MAP OF GERMAN DEFENSES (3)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
37 ADOLF HITLER

ADOLF HITLER D.S.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,812.50
210 GUNTHER PRIEN

GUNTHER PRIEN S.P.

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,812.50
140 DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1880 - 1964) A printed copy of MacArthur's famous speech given before Congress on April 19, 1951

1951 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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