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Alexander Historical Auctions: Special End of Summer Live Auction 2025

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Auction Name Special End of Summer Live Auction 2025 Total Sales (USD) 128,999.00
Auction Date September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 88,780.00
Sale Number #91025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 127,100.00
Total Lots 203
Sold Lots 143 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 167,560.00
% of Lots Sold 70.44% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 231,200.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
266

THE BEATLES ONLY EXISTING POSTER FROM THEIR 1964 AUSTRALIA CONCERT TOUR

1964 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,400.00
268 TUPAC SHAKUR

TUPAC SHAKUR personal check

1996 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,450.00
242

JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP, COMTE DE LA PEROUSE

1764[?], USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,500.00
267 TUPAC SHAKUR

TUPAC SHAKUR A.D.S.

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,875.00
58

'J'-STAMPED PASSPORT OF AN AUSTRIAN BANKER

1939 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 3,900.00
1 HIROHITO

HIROHITO SIGNED DOCUMENT AND AWARD OF THE SACRED TREASURE

1940 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,250.00
284 CHARLES MANSON

CHARLES MANSON'S CALIFORNIA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS I.D. CARD

1996 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,250.00
33

IKE'S D-DAY MESSAGE TO TROOPS -- FROM A LIEUTENANT WHO OVERSAW ITS DISTRIBUTION

1944 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,925.00
64

MEN, IT'S TIME!' German postcard

1938 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,600.00
162 JEFFERSON DAVIS

JEFFERSON DAVIS D.S.

1864 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,600.00
269

TUPAC SHAKUR'S 1993 N.Y.P.D. SEXUAL ASSAULT MUGSHOT

1993 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,600.00
277 'WEEGEE' ARTHUR FELLIG

WEEGEE' ARTHUR FELLIG SET OF NINE EARLY ORIGINAL CRIME PHOTOGRAPHS

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,600.00
296 THEODORE 'TED' BUNDY

THEODORE 'TED' BUNDY'S 1975 MUG SHOT

1975 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,340.00
55

PERIOD GERMAN MAP OF AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

circa early 1940s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,210.00
179

BRADY PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERALS WELSEY MERRITT AND ALFRED TORBERT

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,210.00
235

VLADIMIR PUTIN

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,210.00
246 JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE: 'ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW'

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
142 ULRIC DAHLGREN

ULRIC DAHLGREN I.S.P.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,950.00
151

CIVIL WAR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN (80+) signatures

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,950.00
270

'50 CENT' - CURTIS JACKSON'S 1994 COCAINE SALE MUGSHOT

1994 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,950.00
52

HERMAN GORING'S PHOTO OF ADOLF HITLER AND HIS HENCHMEN

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,820.00
94

'JUKE JOINT SNIPER' WORLD WAR II ANTI-VENEREAL DISEASE POSTER

1942 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,820.00
56

GERMAN POLIZEI AND CONCENTRATION CAMP PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
140 JOHN HUNT MORGAN

JOHN HUNT MORGAN D.S.

1864 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,430.00
238

1903 WRIGHT FLYER FLOWN LINEN RELIC

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,430.00
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000