Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 2

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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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(RUSSIAN PRISONERS REBEL AT DACHAU)1001 - (RUSSIAN PRISONERS REBEL AT DACHAU)
Alexander Autographs
Fine content T.L.S. "Al" on "Raiders" (2nd Batt., 47th Inf.), Dachau, Feb. 24 [1946]. This soldier, part of the American force...
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(NKVD OFFICER`S IDENTIFICATION BOOK)1002 - (NKVD OFFICER`S IDENTIFICATION BOOK)
Alexander Autographs
Rare D.S. signed with printed signature by the feared head of the NKVD, Lavrety Beria, issued to an officer under his command. The document is leather
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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DONITZ, KARL1003 - DONITZ, KARL
Alexander Autographs
(1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide. Boldly sig...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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KESSELRING, ALBERT1004 - KESSELRING, ALBERT
Alexander Autographs
1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremburg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health. Rare war-date typed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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KESSELRING, ALBERT1005 - KESSELRING, ALBERT
Alexander Autographs
(1885 - 1960) Field Marshal in the Luftwaffe and at Nuremburg was tried for war crimes. Death sentence commuted due to ill health. Bold signature, ra
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MANTEUFFEL, HASSO VON1006 - 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 hel
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MANTEUFFEL, HASSO VON1007 - 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 hel
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MARSEILLE, HANS JOACHIM1008 - MARSEILLE, HANS JOACHIM
Alexander Autographs
(1920 - 1942) German ace serving principally in North Africa, he had 158 kills in 482 sorties. Marseille was awarded a Knights Cross with diamonds, r
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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U-BOAT COMMANDERS1009 - U-BOAT COMMANDERS
Alexander Autographs
Excellent poster portraying a U-Boat commander peering through a telescope, 19" x 24", signed by 26 U-Boat captains, half of whom were awa...
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(AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP LETTER)1010 - (AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP LETTER)
Alexander Autographs
Scarce, late A.L.S. of an Auschwitz Concentration Camp inmate, 2pp. 8vo. on official Auschwitz stationery, Dec. 12, 1943, in which Johann Szafrauski w
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(NAZI PARTY MEMBERSHIP BOOK)1011 - (NAZI PARTY MEMBERSHIP BOOK)
Alexander Autographs
Early Nazi Party membership book issued in Munich on February 10, 1936 to one Dr. Wilhelm Knop. Bears Knop's photo attached within, with a Hitle...
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(HOLOCAUST)1012 - (HOLOCAUST)
Alexander Autographs
Scarce Deutsches Reich "kennkarte", or identity card bearing a large "J" on the front and within as well, issued to Jakob Meyer ...
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(HOLOCAUST)1013 - (HOLOCAUST)
Alexander Autographs
Very rare German passport issued to a German Jew who fled to Palestine in 1936, and bearing all official seals and stamps. The passport was issued in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(HOLOCAUST)1014 - (HOLOCAUST)
Alexander Autographs
A scarce Saxony (Germany) identity card issued to a Jew who had emigrated from Poland. The card was issued in Liepzig on Feb. 1, 1936 to one Nachman
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(HOLOCAUST)1015 - (HOLOCAUST)
Alexander Autographs
Very rare German passport issued to a German Jew who fled to England in 1939, and bearing all official seals and stamps. The passport, stamped with a
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(HOLOCAUST)1016 - (HOLOCAUST)
Alexander Autographs
Rare post-war identity card issued to a "Victim of Fascism" and so marked on the front, issued in Sachsen Province to Carola Rudolph, 27 y...
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(HOLOCAUST)1017 - (HOLOCAUST)
Alexander Autographs
A Palestine Immigrant Certificate issued by the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, given to one Dora Friedmann, a 20 year old
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(HOLOCAUST)1018 - (HOLOCAUST)
Alexander Autographs
A scarce grouping of four documents issued to a Czech Jew, Kathe Goldstein. Included is Goldstein's work pass bearing "GHETTO THERESIENSTAD...
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON1019 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the most importa...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON1020 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the most importa...
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON1021 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the most importa...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY1022 - WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1852) British general and statesman, called the "Iron Duke", he crushed French forces under Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo. A...
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JOFFRE, JOSEPH-JACQUES1023 - JOFFRE, JOSEPH-JACQUES
Alexander Autographs
(1852 - 1931) French marshall and commander in chief of the French armies in World War I, victorious at the battle of the Marne. Excellent I.S.P. 4 1
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DAYAN, MOSHE1024 - DAYAN, MOSHE
Alexander Autographs
(1915 - 1981) Israeli general and politician who gained decisive victories in Sinai and Gaza during the Suez War, later planned and commanded the 196
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(THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE)1025 - (THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE)
Alexander Autographs
VICTOR R. GURNEY. Cavalrymen and one of 600 members of the Light Brigade who lost 40% of their men at Balaklava during the Crimean War and immortalize
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(WORLD WAR I)1026 - (WORLD WAR I)
Alexander Autographs
A great piece of German propaganda from World War I, attempting to foment French distrust of England by accusing the French President Raymond Poincar
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(CHINEESE REBELLION)1027 - (CHINEESE REBELLION)
Alexander Autographs
An interesting letter with period photographs from a Methodist missionary stationed in northern China in the early days of the short-lived Chinese Re
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(1830 FRENCH MILITIA SWORD)1028 - (1830 FRENCH MILITIA SWORD)
Alexander Autographs
A fine 1830's French militia sword with leather scabbard, measuring 34 1/2" from the pommel to the tip of the blade. No maker's marks ...
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(1850'S ENGLISH CAVALRY SABER)1029 - (1850'S ENGLISH CAVALRY SABER)
Alexander Autographs
A nice 1850 English cavalry saber without scabbard, measuring 35 1/2" from the pommel to the tip of the blade. No maker's marks are presen...
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LISTER, JOSEPH1030 - LISTER, JOSEPH
Alexander Autographs
(1827 - 1912) English surgeon and medical scientist greatly influenced by Pasteur, leading to his founding of antiseptic surgery. A.L.S. on mourning
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EDISON, THOMAS A.1031 - EDISON, THOMAS A.
Alexander Autographs
(1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the greatest invento
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SCHWEITZER, ALBERT1032 - SCHWEITZER, ALBERT
Alexander Autographs
(1875 - 1965) French physician and theologian, a Nobel Prize winner and specialist in tropical medicine. Good content, late L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Lambarene
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BODE, JOHANN1033 - BODE, JOHANN
Alexander Autographs
(1747 - 1826) German astronomer best known for his popularization of Bode's law, or the Titius-Bode rule, an empirical mathematical expressio...
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EDISON, THOMAS A.1034 - EDISON, THOMAS A.
Alexander Autographs
(1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the greatest invento
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FROUDE, WILLIAM1035 - FROUDE, WILLIAM
Alexander Autographs
(1810 - 1879) English engineer and naval architect, a close associate of Brunel who influenced ship design by developing the hull testing tank, also
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LANDAU, LEV1036 - LANDAU, LEV
Alexander Autographs
(1908 - 1968) Russian physicist who studied low-temperature physics, atomic and nuclear physics and plasma physics. His explanation as to why liquid
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LATROBE, BENJAMIN H.1037 - LATROBE, BENJAMIN H.
Alexander Autographs
(1806 - 1878) American engineer, served as chief engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio RR, laying out the line between Washington and Baltimore, ai...
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OBERTH, HERMANN1038 - OBERTH, HERMANN
Alexander Autographs
(1894 - 1989) German rocket pioneer who aided in the development of the V1 and V2, later brought to America by Von Braun. Good lot of three items, in
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PETRIE, FLINDERS1039 - PETRIE, FLINDERS
Alexander Autographs
(1853 - 1942) English Egyptologist who studied the ancient remains of Stonehenge, the pyramids at Giza, and excavated Tanis, founder of the British
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PROUT, WILLIAM1040 - PROUT, WILLIAM
Alexander Autographs
(1785 - 1850) English chemist and physician, studied the digestive system and determined that the stomach contained hydrochloric acid, postulated tha
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TELLER, EDWARD1041 - TELLER, EDWARD
Alexander Autographs
American physicist, the "father" of the hydrogen bomb. T.L.S. 1p. 4to. on University of California, Lawrence Radiaion Laboratory letterhea...
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WAKSMAN, SELMAN A.1042 - WAKSMAN, SELMAN A.
Alexander Autographs
(1888 - 1973) American physician and scientist, 1952 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective aga
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WRIGHT, ORVILLE1043 - WRIGHT, ORVILLE
Alexander Autographs
(1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first succesful flight of a motor-driven airplane.
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EARHART, AMELIA1044 - EARHART, AMELIA
Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1937) American aviator, the first woman to cross the Atlantic, first solo across the Atlantic and first Hawaii-Mainland solo; lost in an arou
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EARHART, AMELIA1045 - EARHART, AMELIA
Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1937) American aviator, the first woman to cross the Atlantic, first solo across the Atlantic and first Hawaii-Mainland solo; lost in an arou
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LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.1046 - LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.
Alexander Autographs
(1902 - 1974) American aviator who, in his "Spirit of St. Louis", was the first to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Bold sign...
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LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.1047 - LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.
Alexander Autographs
(1902 - 1974) American aviator who, in his "Spirit of St. Louis", was the first to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Bold sign...
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COUSTEAU, JACQUES1048 - COUSTEAU, JACQUES
Alexander Autographs
(1910 - 1997) French ocean explorer, inventor and film maker, he invented the aqualung and developed undersea structures to house divers for long per
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(FIRST DE HAVILLAND D.H. 4 RELIC)1049 - (FIRST DE HAVILLAND D.H. 4 RELIC)
Alexander Autographs
A fine relic a 2" x 2" inch section of fabric from what has been called the most important combat plane built in the United States during...
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(BLERIOT XI RELIC)1050 - (BLERIOT XI RELIC)
Alexander Autographs
A fine relic a 2" x 2" inch section of fabric from a Bleriot XI, modelled after the plane in which Louis Bleriot crossed the English Chan...
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