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Alexander Historical Auctions: Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023 - DAY 2

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Auction Name Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023 - DAY 2 Total Sales (USD) 222,750.00
Auction Date January 26, 2023 - January 26, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 122,870.00
Sale Number #12623 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 178,080.00
Total Lots 576
Sold Lots 454 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 155,690.00
% of Lots Sold 78.82% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 224,490.00
Unsold Lots 122 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1030 MARTIN BORMANN

MARTIN BORMANN'S GAULEITER EDITION OF ADOLF HITLER'S 'MEIN KAMPF'

1930s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 34,375.00
1096

AMBER AND SILVER-BOUND PRESENTATION WEDDING EDITION OF 'MEIN KAMPF'

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 13,750.00
1045 ERWIN ROMMEL

ERWIN ROMMEL 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION

1941 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
1192 LOTHAR VON ARNAUD DE LA PERIERE

LOTHAR VON ARNAUD DE LA PERIERE Very rare I.S.P.

Sep. 25, 1930 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,687.50
1412

DOCUMENT BY A KIA UNION GENERAL, ENDORSED BY FIVE OTHER GENERALS

Sep. 14, 1864 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,062.50
1338

GERMAN-OCCUPIED TIANJIN, CHINA PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,750.00
1227

MILITARY TELEGRAM ANNOUNCING THE ARMISTICE

1918 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 3,125.00
901

1936 BERLIN WINTER OLYMPICS POSTER

1936 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,812.50
1018

WEDDING PROGRAM FOR HERMANN FEGELEIN AND GRETL BRAUN

1944 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,250.00
1485 JOHN C. FREMONT

JOHN C. FREMONT War-date A.L.S.

Feb. 17, 1862 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,125.00
1027

WORLD WAR II U.S. UNIT HISTORIES (40)

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,000.00
1127

‘ADOLF HITLER STRASSE’ STREET SIGN

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
1210

'COLORED MAN IS NO SLACKER' POSTER

1918 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,750.00
991

REINHARD HEYDRICH ASSASSINATION REWARD POSTER

1942 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,625.00
1211

'OUR COLORED HEROES' POSTER

1918 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
885

CUSTOM-BOUND EDITION OF 'MEIN KAMPF'

1940 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
992

REINHARD HEYDRICH ASSASSINATION REWARD POSTER

1942 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
1335

GERMAN SOLDIER'S PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM FROM CHINA

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
1342

S.M.S. ILTIS BOXER REBELLION PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,375.00
1666 PATRICK HENRY

PATRICK HENRY SIGNATURE AND RELIC

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,375.00
1212

'OUR COLORED SOLDIERS IN ACTION' POSTER

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,250.00
940

D-DAY ORDER OF THE DAY

1944 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,187.50
986

ORIGINAL THIRD REICH VOLKSWAGEN BROCHURE

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,187.50
1076 ERWIN ROMMEL

ERWIN ROMMEL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM HIS DESK

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,187.50
1609 WILLIAM T. WOFFORD

WILLIAM T. WOFFORD Rare war-date manuscript L.S.

Mar. 31, 1865 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
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