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Alexander Autographs: World War II

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Auction Name World War II Total Sales (USD) 468,306.23
Auction Date September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 409,005.00
Sale Number #48 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 559,465.00
Total Lots 1840
Sold Lots 1118.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,063,720.00
% of Lots Sold 60.76% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,477,555.00
Unsold Lots 722 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 31.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2

THE PERSONAL ARCHIVES OF "THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN EUROPE", OTTO SKORZENY

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 26,290.00
1800

BARROW GANG CAPTURED MAGAZINES, AMMUNITION, AND OTHER RELICS OF THE SOWERS, TEXAS RAID

USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,352.50
453

PILOT CHARLES W. SWEENEY'S "BLOOD CHIT" - CARRIED BY HIM OVER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI ON THE DAYS OF THEIR DESTRUCTION

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 8,962.50
454

LARGE IRON WEHRMACHT "EAGLE" FROM AN ADMINISTRATION BUIDING

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,962.50
1521

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,170.00
352

PHOTO ALBUM DOCUMENTING THE FIRST MASS TRANSPORT TO AUSCHWITZ

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,572.50
456

HEDWIG LEY BUST OF ADOLF HITLER PURPORTEDLY OWNED BY JOSEPH GOEBBELS AND PRESENTED TO ONE OF HIS SPIES

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,572.50
1523

ANDY WARHOL'S PARTY-GOING POLAROID CAMERA

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,975.00
1661

KATHARINE HEPBURN

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,182.50
1171

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,883.75
1379

A SECTION OF FABRIC FROM THE WRIGHT FLYER

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,883.75
463

ADOLF HITLER TEAPOT

USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,883.75
1090

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,585.00
1214

BARACK H. OBAMA, JR.

USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,585.00
5

ADOLF HITLER

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,585.00
353

SS UNIFORM OF RAVENSBRUCK CAMP GUARD GERTRUD RABESTEIN

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,286.25
1207

WILLIAM J. CLINTON AND HILLARY CLINTON SETTLE A POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS LAWSUIT

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 2,987.50
358

GERMAN ANTI-SEMITIC RACE AND HEREDITY TEACHING AID

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,987.50
566

GERMAN CROSS IN GOLD WITH CASE

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,987.50
720

WILLIAM T. SHERMAN DEFIES A VICKSBURG HERO'S CLAIMS

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,987.50
790

JOHN HUNT MORGAN

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,987.50
1034

WHALING SHIP LOG BOOK

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,688.75
268

JULIUS STREICHER

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,688.75
1389

MOON WALKERS

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,390.00
1212

GEORGE W. BUSH

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,270.50
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
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    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.