RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring World War II, 719, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 11, 2025 - June 11, 2025
Page Size: 840 items in 34 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
333 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Autograph Letter Signed

1836 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
334 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher (4) Letters on Comprehensive Education

1969 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 446.00
335 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Signature

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
336 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Signed Commemorative Cover

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
337 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Signed Book - The Downing Street Years

1993 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
340 Transistor: Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain

Transistor: Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain

1947 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,894.00
341 William Gibbs McAdoo, David F. Houston, and William H. Woodin

Treasury Department: William Gibbs McAdoo, David F. Houston, and William H. Woodin (3) Signed Photographs

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
342 Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu Signed Book - God Has a Dream

NY 2004 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
343 Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa (4) Signed Photographs

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
344 Robert Walpole and Henry Pelham

Robert Walpole and Henry Pelham Document Signed

1721/2 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 656.00
345 Nixon, Woodward, and Bernstein

Watergate (9) Signatures with Nixon, Woodward, and Bernstein

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 334.00
346 Carl Bernstein

Watergate: Carl Bernstein Signed Book - All the President's Men

NY 1974 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 185.00
347 Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina

Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia Signatures

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
353 Henry Knox

Henry Knox Letter Signed

1790 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,654.00
354 Lucien Jonas

Lucien Jonas (8) Original WWI Drawings in Limited Edition Book Set

1915-1919 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
355 Ernst Udet

Ernst Udet Autograph Letter Signed with Critical Post-WWI Content and (2) Vintage Photographs

1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,251.00
356

World War I 'Subscribe to the Victory Loan' Canadian Poster

circa 1916 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
357

World War I (6) British Recruitment Posters

circa 1914-1915 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
361 Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Hand-Illuminated Signed Quotation: "This was their finest hour"

1940 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
362 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower Historic WWII-Dated Typed Letter Signed on D-Day Success, Looking Forward to the "destruction of the Nazi military machine" (June 13, 1944)

1944 USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 37,809.00
363 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed 'Top Secret' SHAEF Message, Announcing Allied Victory in Europe (May 7, 1945)

1945 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 41,023.00
364

World War II Book Message: Eisenhower's SHAEF Forward Total Ceasefire Order (May 7, 1945): "All offensive operations by Allied Expeditionary Force will cease"

1945 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,980.00
365 Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1944 'D-Day Prayer' Broadside, Given to White House Staff at Christmas

1944 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
366 President Harry S. Truman

President Harry S. Truman Signed 1945 WWII Victory Proclamation Broadside

1945 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,120.00
367 Alfred Jodl

Alfred Jodl Signed Manuscript Radiotelegram Drafts to Reich President Karl Donitz, on German Surrender Negotiations with Eisenhower: "I see no alternativeaEU"chaos or signature" (May 6, 1945)

1945 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 75,000.00
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