Alexander Historical Auctions: Autographs & Historical Militaria 2026 - Day 1, 117b, Chesapeake City
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1364 | Ford Gerald R. | Swearing-in presentation piece |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 175.00 | |
| 1366 | Cleveland Grover | Naval Appointment of Charles C. Carpenter |
Washington | 1893 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 1367 | Cleveland Grover | Naval Appointment of Charles C. Carpenter |
Washington | 1894 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 1368 | Cleveland Grover | Military Promotion of James M. Bell |
Washington | 1896 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 1369 | Cleveland Grover | Naval Appointment of Charles C. Carpenter |
Washington | 1893 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 1370 | Cleveland Frances | Autograph Letter Signed; Cabinet Card Photograph |
Washington | N/A | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | USD 425.00 |
| 1371 | Cleveland Frances | Autograph Letter Signed; Calling Card |
1897 | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | USD 175.00 | |
| 1372 | Cleveland Rose E. | Autograph Letter Signed |
1886 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 350.00 | |
| 1373 | Johnston Harriet Lane | Signed Greeting Card |
Washington | 1894 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 1374 | Truman Harry S. | Typed Letter Signed |
1951 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 1374A | Truman Harry S. | Signed Photograph |
ca. 1955 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 1375 | Truman Bess | Autograph Letters Signed; Typed Letter Signed |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 1376 | Hoover Herbert | Appointment of Harvey D. Klingensmith as Postmaster |
Washington | 1929 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 1377 | Hoover Herbert; Hoover Lou Henry; Curtis Charles; Good James W; Davis James J; Summerall Charles P; Wilbur Raymond | Signatures of Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, and Cabinet Officers |
1932 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 1378 | Hoover Herbert | American Individualism |
New York | 1923 | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 1379 | Hoover Herbert | The Challenge to Liberty |
New York | 1935 | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 1380 | Buchanan James | Naval Appointment of Charles C. Carpenter |
Washington | 1858 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 550.00 |
| 1381 | Buchanan James | Naval Appointment of Charles C. Carpenter |
Washington | 1858 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 1382 | Buchanan James | Naval Appointment of Charles C. Carpenter |
Washington | 1858 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 350.00 |
| 1383 | Carter James E | James E. Carter Inscribed Photograph |
N/A | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 1384 | Madison James | Grant of Land in Ohio |
Washington | 1809 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 1385 | Monroe James | Autograph Letter Signed |
Paris | 1796 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 1386 | Kennedy John F; Kennedy Jacqueline | 1963 Presidential Staff Christmas Gift Print |
1963 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 1387 | Texas Welcome Program for John F. Kennedy |
Dallas | 1963 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 1388 | Presidential limousine leather swatch |
N/A | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
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Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Fine restoration binding in the style of the Queen’s binders.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Magnus Hundt, the elder. First edition of one of the earliest printed books with anatomical illustrations.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. First edition.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, first printing.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. First edition, presentation copy.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Geneva-Tomson-Junius. London: Robert Barker, [colophon 1612]/1611. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000. -
Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000.