Alexander Historical Auctions: Historic Militaria & Autographs Auction 2026, Day 2, 116b, Chesapeake City

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 27, 2026 - March 27, 2026

Page Size: 631 items in 26 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1185	(UNION NAVY) USS MONTGOMERY ENSIGN ROBERT M. WILEY, K.I.A. AT FORT FISHER	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1186	(UNION NAVY) USS MOUND CITY COMMANDER BYRON WILSON	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1187	(UNION NAVY) USS OWASCO COMMANDER HENRY WILSON, COURT-MARTIALED FOR LOSING GALVESTON	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1188	(UNION NAVY) WILLIAM W. MCKEAN	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
1189	(USS KEARSARGE) JOHN A. WINSLOW AND JAMES S. THORNTON	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1190	LAFAYETTE MCLAWS RECOMMENDS PROMOTION FOR A LIEUTENANT OF ENGINEERS	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1191	FURLOUGH PASS FOR PAROLED CONFEDERATE PRISONERS	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1192	CONFEDERATE AGENT REPORTS ON RIFLES PURCHASED FROM ENGLAND BY THE UNION	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1193	CHASING THE MERRIMAC ON THE JAMES RIVER	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
1194	BENJAMIN F. BUTLER ORDERS FOOD FOR THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF NEW ORLEANS	USD 140.00 - 200.00	Unknown
1195	AN ENGLISH SOLDIER OFFERS ROBERT E. LEE HIS SERVICES AS INSTRUCTOR OF PIKEMEN	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
1196	(UNION NAVY) USS WACHUSETT ACTING MASTER WRITES HIS ATTORNEY	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
1197	(UNION NAVY) USS SAGINAW COMMANDER THREATENS AN OFFICER WITH PROSECUTION FOR THEFT	USD 160.00 - 200.00	Unknown
1198	(UNION NAVY) USS RESTLESS COMMANDER ORDERS A RAID ON SALT WORKS	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
1199	(UNION NAVY) USS RELEASE DESERTER WRITES TO A COMRADE	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1200	(UNION NAVY) USS RATTLER COMMANDER BEMOANS HIS OFFICERS' RESIGNATION REQUESTS	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1201	(UNION NAVY) USS MERCEDITA FIREMAN'S PATRIOTIC POEMS IN PRAISE OF HIS SHIP	USD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
1202	(UNION NAVY) USS LEXINGTON COMMANDER GEORGE M. BACHE CAPTURES CONFEDERATE COTTON	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1203	(UNION NAVY) USS JULIET CAPTURES CONFEDERATE COTTON ON THE RED RIVER	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1204	(UNION NAVY) USS JOHN ADAMS GUNNER LEARNS OF THE OUTBREAK OF WAR	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
1205	(UNION NAVY) USS GALENA PAYMASTER J. HENRY SELLMAN'S CORRESPONDENCE ARCHIVE	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
1206	(UNION NAVY) USS BARON DE KALB SEAMAN PREPARES TO 'GIVE THEM REBELS THE DEVIL'	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
1207	(UNION NAVY) SURGEON'S APPLICATION FOR SERVICE AND MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
1208	(UNION NAVY) DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE FOR A USS MARATANZA GUNNER	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
1209	(UNION NAVY) BUREAU OF ORDNANCE CHIEF HENRY A. WISE PURCHASES REMINGTON PISTOLS	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.