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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HENRY CRAICK1785 - HENRY CRAICK
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1805-1866) Scottish Hebrew scholar and theologian. Fine religious content A.Ms.S. 2pp. 8vo., Bristol, April 18, 1862, in small part: "...And P...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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CLERGY1786 - CLERGY
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A group of more than 25 signatures of clergymen from the nineteenth to early twentieth-centuries, most on small cards mounted, includes: J. CARDINAL G
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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CLERGY AND REFORMERS1787 - CLERGY AND REFORMERS
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A group of nine signatures on small sheets, mounted. Includes: ELBERT HUBBARD, ALMON GUNNISON, FANNY CROSBY, EDWARD HOWARD GRIGGS, BERTHA C. HUBBARD,
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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ROBERT BADEN-POWELL1788 - ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
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(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) = 80.00
 
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ROBERT WADLOW1789 - ROBERT WADLOW
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(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) = 50.00
 
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PAIR OF NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTERS1790 - PAIR OF NINETEENTH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TORAH POINTERS
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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) = 420.00
 
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"SEVEN DIALS" LONDON MURDER BROADSIDE1793 - "SEVEN DIALS" LONDON MURDER BROADSIDE
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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) = 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) = 280.00
 
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FRANK CANTON1795 - FRANK CANTON
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(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
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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) = 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) = 800.00
 
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EARLY WANTED POSTER FROM A CHARLESTON DETECTIVE AGENCY1798 - EARLY WANTED POSTER FROM A CHARLESTON DETECTIVE AGENCY
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Early printed "Wanted" broadside measuring 6" x 9", issued on May 1, 1886 by the Eureka Detective Agency of Charleston, West Vir...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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(SIRHAN SIRHAN)1799 - (SIRHAN SIRHAN)
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(b. 1944) Jordanian citizen who was convicted for the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Prisononer's complaint made against Sirhan, 1p. l...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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BARROW GANG CAPTURED MAGAZINES, AMMUNITION, AND OTHER RELICS OF THE SOWERS, TEXAS RAID1800 - BARROW GANG CAPTURED MAGAZINES, AMMUNITION, AND OTHER RELICS OF THE SOWERS, TEXAS RAID
Alexander Historical Auctions
Estimate: $10,000 - 12,000. Download Our Current PDF Auction Catalog Part I: Lots 1-979 - September 27th, 2012 Part II: Lots 980-1845 - Septemb
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for (9,500.00) = 9,500.00
 
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MAFIA, CRIME AND OUTLAW ORIGINAL WIRE PHOTO GROUPING1801 - MAFIA, CRIME AND OUTLAW ORIGINAL WIRE PHOTO GROUPING
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Excellent group of 43 original wire photographs of criminals, Mafiosi, crime scenes and mayhem spanning the years from the Twenties to the Sixties, sh
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (360.00) = 360.00
 
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BONNIE & CLYDE GANG CAPTURED AMMUNITION1802 - BONNIE & CLYDE GANG CAPTURED AMMUNITION
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BONNIE PARKER AND CLYDE BARROW (d. 1934) American outlaw lovers, robbers and murderers who terrorized the Southwest for two years before meeting their
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (360.00) = 360.00
 
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JOHN DILLINGER WANTED POSTER1803 - JOHN DILLINGER WANTED POSTER
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(1903-1934) American bank robber and murderer, in 1933 and 1934, he and his gangs undertook a string of bank robberies in the Midwest, with narrow esc
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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ALVIN KARPIS1804 - ALVIN KARPIS
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1907 - 1979) American bank robber and kidnapper captured by J. Edgar Hoover in 1936. His bail was the highest ever at the time, and he escaped the el
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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ALVIN KARPIS1805 - ALVIN KARPIS
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1907 - 1979) American bank robber and kidnapper captured by J. Edgar Hoover in 1936. His bail was the highest ever at the time, and he escaped the el
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WILLIE SUTTON1806 - WILLIE SUTTON
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1901 - 1980) "Willie the Actor", American bank robber of dozens of banks. When asked why he robbed banks, he replied: "Because that&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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(JOE GALLO)1807 - (JOE GALLO)
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SINA GALLO Widow of "Crazy" Joe Gallo, the infamous organized crime figure whose assassination she witnessed in 1972. Uncirculated, never ...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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MEYER LANSKY1808 - MEYER LANSKY
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1902 - 1983) Mafia "founding father" and accounting genius, close friend and associate of "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Adonis, "Bu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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MEYER LANSKY HORSE RACING RESULTS1809 - MEYER LANSKY HORSE RACING RESULTS
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MEYER LANSKY (1902 - 1983) Mafia "founding father" and accounting genius, close friend and associate of "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Ado...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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MICKEY COHEN`S NECKTIE1810 - MICKEY COHEN`S NECKTIE
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(1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at Siegel's death on orders...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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ROY DEMEO'S SHOEHORN1811 - ROY DEMEO'S SHOEHORN
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ROY DEMEO (1942-1983) Captain of the Gambino crime family "DeMeo crew", a gang suspected by the FBI of somewhere between 75-200 murders fr...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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HARRY BRIDGES1812 - HARRY BRIDGES
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1901 - 1990) Australia-American union leader organizing longshoremen on the West Coast, Hawaii and Alaska in into the International Longshore and War
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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CHARLES MANSON1813 - CHARLES MANSON
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(b.1934) Drifter whose "family" committed the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. So far has eluded the gas chamber. A very rare priso...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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CHARLES MANSON1814 - CHARLES MANSON
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(b.1934) Drifter whose "family" committed the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. So far has eluded the gas chamber. A very rare priso...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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CHARLES MANSON1815 - CHARLES MANSON
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(b.1934) Drifter whose "family" committed the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. So far has eluded the gas chamber. Early S.P. 3"...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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CHARLES MANSON1816 - CHARLES MANSON
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(b.1934) Drifter whose "family" committed the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. So far has eluded the gas chamber. D.S. 4pp. 4to., L...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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CHARLES MANSON1817 - CHARLES MANSON
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(b.1934) Drifter whose "family" committed the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. So far has eluded the gas chamber. Annotated copy of...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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CHARLES MANSON1818 - CHARLES MANSON
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(b.1934) Drifter whose "family" committed the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. So far has eluded the gas chamber. D.S. 1p. 4to., a ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME1819 - LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME
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Squeaky on Manson: "He is humble, he is grand, he is all things..." (b. 1948) "Squeaky", follower of Charles Manson, later atte...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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THEODORE "TED" BUNDY1820 - THEODORE "TED" BUNDY
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Ted Bundy goes to court. His treatment is "cruel and unusual" (1946 - 1989) American serial killer who left up to 28 women dead across th...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (460.00) = 460.00
 
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THEODORE "TED" BUNDY1821 - THEODORE "TED" BUNDY
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(1946 - 1989) American serial killer who left up to 28 women dead across the states of Washington, Utah, Colorado, and finally Florida where he was co
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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THEODORE "TED" BUNDY1822 - THEODORE "TED" BUNDY
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(1946 - 1989) American serial killer who left up to 28 women dead across the states of Washington, Utah, Colorado, and finally Florida where he was co
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (480.00) = 480.00
 
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THEODORE "TED" BUNDY1823 - THEODORE "TED" BUNDY
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(1946 - 1989) American serial killer who left up to 28 women dead across the states of Washington, Utah, Colorado, and finally Florida where he was co
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (340.00) = 340.00
 
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JOHN WAYNE GACY1824 - JOHN WAYNE GACY
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(1942 - 1994) Notorious mass murderer of over thirty young men whom he buried beneath his home, executed after many appeals and postponements. Origina
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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JOHN WAYNE GACY1825 - JOHN WAYNE GACY
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(1942 - 1994) Notorious mass murderer of over thirty young men whom he buried beneath his home, executed after many appeals and postponements. Origina
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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JOHN WAYNE GACY1826 - JOHN WAYNE GACY
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(1942 - 1994) Notorious mass murderer of over thirty young men whom he buried beneath his home, executed after many appeals and postponements. Origina
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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SERIAL KILLERS1827 - SERIAL KILLERS
Alexander Historical Auctions
Lot of six signatures of serial killers on individual note cards, includes JEFFREY DAHMER who adds his fingerprint, OTTIS TOOLE adding his prison addr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to a*******y for (240.00 + 54.00BP) = 294.00
 
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SAM SHEPPARD1828 - SAM SHEPPARD
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American neurosurgeon convicted in the 1954 murder of his wife despite his continual denial of any culpability. With the help of F. Lee Bailey, Sheppa
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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OTTIS TOOLE1829 - OTTIS TOOLE
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(1947 - 1996) American serial killer, arsonist and cannibal, an accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Toole and Lucas admitted to hun
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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OTTIS TOOLE1830 - OTTIS TOOLE
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(1947 - 1996) American serial killer, arsonist and cannibal, an accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Toole and Lucas admitted to hun
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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J. EDGAR HOOVER1831 - J. EDGAR HOOVER
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1895 - 1972) Controversial Director of the F.B.I. who built the organization into the world's finest investigative agency. T.L.S. "J.E. Hoo...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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J. EDGAR HOOVER1832 - J. EDGAR HOOVER
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(1895 - 1972) Controversial Director of the F.B.I. who built the organization into the world's finest investigative agency. Fine lot of two item...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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1817 BRITISH INDENTURE SELLING A MANOR1833 - 1817 BRITISH INDENTURE SELLING A MANOR
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ARTHUR HOWE HOLDSWORTH (1780 - 1860) Devon merchant and the last Governor of Dartmouth, an enormously wealthy merchant with vast landholdings. Enormou
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION1834 - AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION
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Mixed bag of various autographs from different fields of collecting. Includes: DESMOND TUTU S.P. 4" x 6" color; JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG, bo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to a*******y for (120.00 + 27.00BP) = 147.00
 
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