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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THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC633 - THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC
Alexander Historical Auctions
Contemporary oil painting of a Mexican War battle scene, likely the battle of Chapultepec, a rather naive 25" x 30" oil showing American c...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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(MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE)634 - (MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE)
Alexander Historical Auctions
A series of five A.L.S.s written by SERGEANT CLEMENTE DE LA GARZA, all 1p.-2pp., 8vo., Behar and Ciudad Altexas, Oct. 29, 1829-Jan. 1, 1832, in Spanis
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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FIELD-PRINTED MEXICAN WAR ORDERS635 - FIELD-PRINTED MEXICAN WAR ORDERS
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Rare field-printed general order, 2pp. 8vo., headed "HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY", Mexico, Oct. 26, 1847, the text of General Orders No. 324,...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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LETTER DETAILING MEXICO FIGHTING IN 1860s636 - LETTER DETAILING MEXICO FIGHTING IN 1860s
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A.L. , 2 pp., 8vo., [n.p., n.d. but 1866], in Spanish to Jesus de la Garza. This letter, written during Maximilian's reign as the doomed emp
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE637 - WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1744 - 1833) American naval officer captured at Tripoli, and later commanded the Constitution in her victory over the Java. A.L.S., "Wm. Bainb...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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INDIAN WARS OFFICER SHOT AND SCALPED638 - INDIAN WARS OFFICER SHOT AND SCALPED
Alexander Historical Auctions
carte de visite photograph showing an officer's corpse half-length in uniform, two bullet holes evident on the left side of his head, with his s...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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TREATY WITH THE KICKAPOO INDIANS639 - TREATY WITH THE KICKAPOO INDIANS
Alexander Historical Auctions
Scarce printed treaty, 8pp. legal folio, Washington, May 18, 1854, signed in type by Franklin Pierce, William L. Marcy, and five Kickapoo Indian deleg
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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BLACK SPANISH-AMERICAN SOLDIER PHOTO640 - BLACK SPANISH-AMERICAN SOLDIER PHOTO
Alexander Historical Auctions
A fine photograph showing a young soldier from the 9th Ohio Vols., the only all-black unit from Ohio, and also the only black unit serving in the Span
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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BLACK SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SOLDIER PHOTO641 - BLACK SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SOLDIER PHOTO
Alexander Historical Auctions
A fine cabinet card showing a Black soldier from the 9th Ohio Vols., an all-black unity, in a head and shoulders pose, ca. Spanish-American war. Backs
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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POST CIVIL WAR SHELLS*642 - POST CIVIL WAR SHELLS*
Alexander Historical Auctions
Good lot of two post-Civil War shells, includes a canister shell with brass sabot, crimped at one end with wood plug opposite, along with a much later
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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