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Alexander Historical Auctions: Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023 - DAY 3

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Auction Name Winter Historical Militaria & Autographs Live Auction 2023 - DAY 3 Total Sales (USD) 168,487.50
Auction Date January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 108,250.00
Sale Number #12723 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 154,450.00
Total Lots 437
Sold Lots 324 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 286,180.00
% of Lots Sold 74.14% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 466,530.00
Unsold Lots 113 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1967 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Rare, superb content A.L.S.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
1998 KEITH HARING

KEITH HARING A.L.S.

n.d. USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 10,000.00
1823

THE CREATION OF MODERN GERMANY'S FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

1949-05-06 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
1818

A BOOK FROM NAPOLEON'S LIBRARY AT ST. HELENA 'The Art of Verifying the Dates of Historical Facts, Charters, Chronicles, and Other Ancient Monuments, Since the Birth of Our Lord'

1818 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,125.00
2038 JIMI HENDRIX

JIMI HENDRIX Wonderful association A.N.S.

1968 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,625.00
1735 ABIGAIL ADAMS

ABIGAIL ADAMS Rare fine content A.L.S.

1814 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,312.50
1832

DIGNITARY'S 1907 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM FROM CHINA

1907 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 4,375.00
2114

AL CAPONE'S FIRST PRISON SENTENCE, PHILADELPHIA, 1929

1929 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,062.50
1826 LEON TROTSKY AND CHRISTIAN RAKOVSKY

LEON TROTSKY Rare and important typed D.S. AND CHRISTIAN RAKOVSKY countersigned

Dec. 20, 1919 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,437.50
1824 CHARLES III AND DIANA

CHARLES III AND DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES

1987 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
2113 REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Signature

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,812.50
1840 GEORGE VI

GEORGE VI APPROVES A NAZI APPOINTMENT

Sept. 12, 1933 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,500.00
2023 THOMAS NAST

THOMAS NAST A fine Nast item, an original inscribed self-portrait

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,500.00
2168 JEFFREY DAHMER

JEFFREY DAHMER Very rare signature and return address

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
2083 HUMPHREY BOGART

HUMPHREY BOGART Fine I.S.P.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
1838 GABRIEL BETHLEN

GABRIEL BETHLEN D.S.

1627 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,000.00
2041A BOB DYLAN

BOB DYLAN S.P.

2004 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,000.00
2070 CHARLIE CHAPLIN

CHARLIE CHAPLIN Fine I.S.P.

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,000.00
1996 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR Amusing A.L.S. signed

Dec. 31, 1899 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,875.00
2068 BRIGITTE BARDOT

BRIGITTE BARDOT Signed poster

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 1,625.00
1845

LOUIS XVI IS TO BE JUDGED BY THE CONVENTION NATIONAL

Dec. 3, 1792 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
1999 RICHARD F. OUTCAULT

RICHARD F. OUTCAULT Fabulous original sketch of his iconic character Buster Brown, incorporated in an A.L.S. sent to an admirer

1911-05-13 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
1852 PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH

PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH print

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,250.00
1957

HINDENBURG ZEPPELIN TICKET MENU CERTIFICATE NAMED GROUPING

1936 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,250.00
1948 NEIL ARMSTRONG, GENE CERNAN, AND GEORGE H. BUSH

NEIL ARMSTRONG, GENE CERNAN, AND GEORGE H. BUSH Color satin-finish 10 x 8 in. matted photo

USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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