Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 1

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<p>Dozens of lots shall include prominent figures and events of the Civil War, including rare war-date documents signed by Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, George E. Picket, Hiram B. Granby, John Hunt Morgan and numerous others, as well as several fine correspondences including an 1863 soldier's diary with Gettysburg content. We are also pleased to feature a fine archive of material which include letters of Diego Rivera and Freda Kahlo relative to the painting and installation of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Other fine properties include an original house plan by Frank Lloyd Wright; two triple signed checks, one by Theodore Roosevelt and the other by Richard Nixon; a rare A.L.S. of John A. Sutter; a circular letter singed by Thomas Jefferson defending his oft-criticized embargo; a superb and rare British cavalry officers' account of the battle of Waterloo; original drawings by Jack Kerouac, Bugsy Siegel's green velour fedora; and many other fine properties.
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We will hold public viewings for lots offered at our Greenwich offices on Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Monday, June 24. Hours for the public viewings will be from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Viewings at our offices may be also be arranged by appointment.
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Our offices are located at 100 Melrose Avenue, Suite 100 which is just off West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, Connecticut. If you are unable to attend for any reason, phone lines will also be available for bidding. You may also bid over the Internet through ebayliveauctions.com. Registration for this service should be available by June 14 at the latest.
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We hope you can join us for this important and exciting event!
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HITLER, ADOLF282 - HITLER, ADOLF
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa a...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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ROMMEL, ERWIN J.283 - ROMMEL, ERWIN J.
Alexander Autographs
(1891 - 1944) German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defended Normandy a
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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GOEBBELS, JOSEF284 - GOEBBELS, JOSEF
Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1945) Nazi Minister of Propoganda with Hitler from the earliest days, a master of manipulation of the masses who tokk his life and those of h
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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BUERKNER, LEOPOLD285 - BUERKNER, LEOPOLD
Alexander Autographs
German vice admiral, head of the Foreign Affairs and Intelligence section of the German armed forces intelligence (Abwehr), the number two man to Cana
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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KALTENBRUNNER, ERNST286 - KALTENBRUNNER, ERNST
Alexander Autographs
(1903 - 1946) Chief of the S.D. who replaced Heydrich, he was a rabid anti-Semite who greatly increased efforts to round-up Jews, and also urged the
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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WILHELM KEITEL AND ALFRED JODL287 - WILHELM KEITEL AND ALFRED JODL
Alexander Autographs
ALFRED JODL (1890 - 1946) Hitler's Chief of Operations who signed the act of military surrender, tried at Nuremburg for war crimes and executed...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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HIMMLER, HEINRICH288 - HIMMLER, HEINRICH
Alexander Autographs
(1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination ca...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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MANTEUFFEL, HASSO VON289 - MANTEUFFEL, HASSO VON
Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1978) Commander of the 5th. Panzer Army which spearheaded the ill-fated Ardennes offensive of January 1945. After vainly requesting more help
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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VON RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM290 - VON RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM
Alexander Autographs
(1893 - 1946) Nazi foreign minister. First of the Nurenberg defendants to hang on October 16, 1946. Rare, fine content war-date T.L.S. on Foreign Mini
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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TOJO, HIDEKI291 - TOJO, HIDEKI
Alexander Autographs
(1884 - 1948) Japanese political and military leader, as Premier he ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, remained militaristic for the entire
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(JAPANESE WAR CRIMES TRIAL ARCHIVE)292 - (JAPANESE WAR CRIMES TRIAL ARCHIVE)
Alexander Autographs
An extraordinary archive of material pertaining to the 1946-1948 International Military Trial for the Far East, the trial of the major Japanese war cr
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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(JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS SIGNED FLG)293 - (JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS SIGNED FLG)
Alexander Autographs
Superb signed relic from the 1946 Japanese War Crimes trials held in Tokyo, a silk 16 1/4" x 11" "meatball" Japanese flag boldly...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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(RUSSIAN WAR HERO GROUPING)294 - (RUSSIAN WAR HERO GROUPING)
Alexander Autographs
Personnel file of Hero of the Soviet Union, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Matveevick Tkachenko, housed in a thick, red cloth bound file with gold lettering and a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH295 - BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH
Alexander Autographs
(1899 - 1953) Russian politician, the dreaded head of Stalin's security agency, the NKVD, who oversaw the Great Purge of 1934-38 and ordered th...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.296 - ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.
Alexander Autographs
(1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's purges to command ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.297 - ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.
Alexander Autographs
(1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's purges to command ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MONOGRAMED HANDKERCHIEF298 - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MONOGRAMED HANDKERCHIEF
Alexander Autographs
A neat presidential relic, a fine quality white patterned linen handkerchief measuring 17" x 16" bearing the initials "FDR" stit...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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WORLD WAR I 2ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN BATTALION NATIONAL FLAG299 - WORLD WAR I 2ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN BATTALION NATIONAL FLAG
Alexander Autographs
An important and unusual World War I relic, a original U.S. issue National Flag measuring 72" x 50", made of wool bunting with applied st...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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BENTEEN, FREDERICK W.300 - BENTEEN, FREDERICK W.
Alexander Autographs
(1834 - 1898) American army officer, a captain in Custer's 7th Cavalry who was ordered by Custer to patrol an area near the Indian's villag...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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KITCHENER, HORATIO H.301 - KITCHENER, HORATIO H.
Alexander Autographs
(1850-1916) British general who invaded Sudan, annihilated al-Mahdi' s army at Omdurman, and reoccupied Khartoum. He later fought the Boers in S...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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