Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

Auction Details

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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ALBERT EINSTEIN1324ALBERT EINSTEIN
Alexander Historical Auctions
Einstein admits to one of his few weaknesses… (1879-1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relationships
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,700.00
SAMUEL F. B. MORSE1325SAMUEL F. B. MORSE
Alexander Historical Auctions
A rare check made out and signed by Morse (1791 - 1872) American inventor credited with the invention of the telegraph, as well as a signaling alpha
Estimate : 700.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
CHARLES DARWIN1326CHARLES DARWIN
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1809 - 1882) English naturalist who proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection and determined man evolved from an anthropoid animal. Cut sig
Estimate : 700.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 1,100.00
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL1327ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Alexander Historical Auctions
Bell seeks to employ an ex-student to teach his "Visible Speech" to the deaf (1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL1328ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the Bell Telephone Company, and established the Volta Laboratory which produced numerous rela
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL1329ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1847 - 1922) American inventor of the telephone, formed the Bell Telephone Company, and established the Volta Laboratory which produced numerous rela
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 320.00
LUTHER BURBANK1330LUTHER BURBANK
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1849 - 1926) American scientist and horticulturist who developed new strains of fruits, berries and vegetables, and the Shasta daisy as well. Lot of
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to a*******y for 98.00
LUTHER BURBANK1331LUTHER BURBANK
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1849 - 1926) American scientist and horticulturist who developed new strains of fruits, berries and vegetables, and the Shasta daisy as well. A.L.S.
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 120.00
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS1332ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1802-1871) Scottish author and publisher who promulgated a theory of evolution in his work Vestiges of Creation, which deeply influenced Darwin and h
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 140.00
THOMAS A. EDISON1333THOMAS A. EDISON
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the greatest inventor
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
THOMAS EDISON1334THOMAS EDISON
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the greatest inventor
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 260.00
THOMAS AND MINA EDISON1335THOMAS AND MINA EDISON
Alexander Historical Auctions
MINA EDISON (1866-1947) Second wife of Thomas Edison, she was the daughter of the inventor Lewis Miller, co-founder of the Chautauqua Institution and
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
(THOMAS EDISON)1336(THOMAS EDISON)
Alexander Historical Auctions
A scarce Edison-related imprint, Addresses Delivered at the Presentation to Mr. Thomas Alva Edison of the Medal Bestowed Upon Him By the Congress of t
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
(THOMAS EDISON)1337(THOMAS EDISON)
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CHARLES LORENZO CLARKE (1853 - 1941) Longtime associate of Thomas Edison who began working for the inventor in his Menlo Park laboratories in 1880 and
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
GUSTAVE EIFFEL1338GUSTAVE EIFFEL
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1832 - 1923) French civil engineer whose construction of the Eiffel Tower proved his theories of the strength of metal framework in building construc
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 650.00
ALBERT EINSTEIN1339ALBERT EINSTEIN
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1879-1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relationships revolutionized the field of physics. Signature
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 700.00
ALEXANDER FLEMING1340ALEXANDER FLEMING
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1881 - 1955) Scottish bacteriologist who shared with Florey and Chain the 1945 Nobel prize for their discovery of penicillin. A.L.S. "Alec Fle...
Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 320.00
HENRY GANNETT1341HENRY GANNETT
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1846 - 1914) American geographer who is described as the "Father of the Quadrangle" which is the basis for topographical maps. T.L.S. a P...
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL1342FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL
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(1792-1871) English astronomer, the son of William Herschel who continued his father's studies of nebulae and double stars, named the seven moon...
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 220.00
(CARL JUNG)1343(CARL JUNG)
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(1875 - 1961) Swiss psychiatrist in association with Freud, a founder of analytic psychology who developed theories of the collective unconscious and
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 200.00