Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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ROBERT BADEN-POWELL1788 - ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1857 - 1941) English soldier and the savior of Mafeking who later founded the Boy Scouts. Fine bold signature on a small card. Mounting traces to ver
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 80.00
 
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ROBERT WADLOW1789 - ROBERT WADLOW
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1918 - 1940) The tallest person in medical history, the "Alton Giant" stood 8 feet 11.1 inches tall with hands 12 3/4" long. Signed ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
 
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PAIR OF NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTERS1790 - PAIR OF NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTERS
Alexander Historical Auctions
Two fine small Torah pointers. The first, 7 1/2" long, bears a lion rampant at the top with a blue stone cabochon within a Star of David below,...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTER1791 - NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTER
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A fine Torah pointed measuring over 11" long, topped with a crown and filigree motif, a small turquoise cabochon below and scrolled rope decora...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTER1792 - NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTER
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A fine Torah pointer from the late nineteenth-century Torah pointer, measuring 10 1/2" long, bears a lion at top beneath which are filigree dec...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 420.00
 
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"SEVEN DIALS" LONDON MURDER BROADSIDE1793 - "SEVEN DIALS" LONDON MURDER BROADSIDE
Alexander Historical Auctions
In the early nineteenth century, much of the news of England's murders and executions was brought to the masses through penny and half-penny bro...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
 
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GREGOR MACGREGOR AND THE MOSQUITO COAST SCAM1794 - GREGOR MACGREGOR AND THE MOSQUITO COAST SCAM
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A brilliant land scam that took in hundreds of dupes… Certificate evidencing one of the greatest scams of all time, an engraved land grant of 400 acr
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 280.00
 
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FRANK CANTON1795 - FRANK CANTON
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1849 - 1927) Born "Joe Horner", Canton was a frontier bank robber-turned-lawman and the top enforcer of the Wyoming Stock Grower's As...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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LINCOLN COUNTY WAR1796 - LINCOLN COUNTY WAR
Alexander Historical Auctions
Interesting manuscript D.S. 1p. legal folio, Lincoln County, N.M., July 10, 1878 a bond for the O. Roberts estate, in part: "...Know all men......
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 180.00
 
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JESSE JAMES GOES TO THE MOVIES1797 - JESSE JAMES GOES TO THE MOVIES
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JESSE JAMES, JR. (1875-1951) "Tim", the only son of noted outlaw Jesse James born in Nashville during the height of his father's care...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
 
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