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Alexander Historical Auctions: Winter Timed Auction 2025

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Auction Name Winter Timed Auction 2025 Total Sales (USD) 33,722.00
Auction Date February 02, 2025 - February 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 27,930.00
Sale Number #20225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 38,705.00
Total Lots 637
Sold Lots 373 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 47,630.00
% of Lots Sold 58.56% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 66,365.00
Unsold Lots 264 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 50.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
162

REICHSTAG ELECTION BALLOT

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 975.00
316

ANTI-AXIS BATHROOM PROPAGANDA (2)

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 715.00
415

BENJAMIN M. PRENTISS

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 598.00
272

DEUTSCHES OPERNHAUS BOOK

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 546.00
620

DIOR 'EAU SAUVAGE' POSTER

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 494.00
678

DALAI LAMA

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 416.00
159

GERMAN DOCUMENTS (6)

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 364.00
152

1937 NSDAP MAP OF NUREMBERG

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 338.00
400

(OSAMA BIN LADEN) ROBERT J. O'NEILL (b.1975)

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 338.00
1

'BAND OF BROTHERS'

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 312.00
65

HEINRICH HIMMLER

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 312.00
470

WILLIAM R. COX

USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 312.00
247

'FIGHT FOR THE THIRD REICH'

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 286.00
261

ALLIED 'SAFE CONDUCT' PASS

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 286.00
530

HENRY L. STIMSON

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 286.00
561

CHARLES X

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 286.00
19

D-DAY: 101ST AIRBORNE

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 260.00
185

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 260.00
204

NSDAP ARMBAND

USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 234.00
221

JAPANESE TYPE 97 HAND GRENADE

USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 234.00
333

RECORDING OF SS SONGS

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 234.00
492

1934A $20.00 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE, INVERTED REVERSE

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 234.00
48

GEORG VON KUCHLER

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 208.00
160

LITZMANNSTADT GESTAPO AWARDED MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

USD 100.00 - 140.00 USD 208.00
183

FOOD RATIONS FROM THE TSCHENSTOCHAU GHETTO

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 208.00
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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