Bidspirit auctions | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC Auction Jun 9, 2020
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC, Jun 9, 2020. 61 lots, estimates 200 - 750000 $.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC - A "No Surrender to Coronavirus" auction of some of the most important surrender documents of World War II ever seen, with a major share of the proceeds dedicated to four international Coronavirus charities. Included is a historic document that directly led to the surrender of Nazi Germany, and whose "mate" resides in the National Archives. The sale also offers the British order to surrender Hong Kong, the Japanese surrender of Hong Kong, the British surrender of Java, historic German surrender documents, and much more.
Lots in this catalog (61)
- Lot 1: THE FIRST MILITARY TELEGRAM OF WORLD WAR II � THE UNTIMELY INVASION OF POLAND, AUGUST 26, 1939 — $4,000 - $6,000
- Lot 2: A WINSTON CHURCHILL SIGNED QUOTATION PRAISING THE R.A.F. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN — $20,000 - $30,000
- Lot 3: A WINSTON CHURCHILL SIGNED QUOTATION UPLIFTING BRITAIN IN ITS MOST DESPERATE MOMENT — $20,000 - $30,000
- Lot 4: THE LAST STAND OF THE BRITISH IN HONG KONG, DECEMBER, 1941 — $8,000 - $10,000
- Lot 5: AN ORIGINAL SIGNED COPY OF THE BRITISH SURRENDER OF JAVA, ISSUED TO THE COMMANDER OF THE TEXAS �LOST BATTALION� — $50,000 - $75,000
- Lot 6: CONTEMPORARY SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SURRENDER OF ITALY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1943 — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 7: ALLIES AND GERMANS SIGN AN ARMISTICE TO AIR-DROP FOOD TO SAVE STARVING HOLLAND (GERMAN SIGNED COPY) — $8,000 - $10,000
- Lot 8: ALLIES AND GERMANS SIGN AN ARMISTICE TO AIRDROP FOOD TO SAVE STARVING HOLLAND (ALLIES� SIGNED COPY) — $8,000 - $10,000
- Lot 9: ADOLF HITLER'S LAST MESSAGE TO GERMANY: "I SHALL REMAIN IN BERLIN" — $80,000 - $100,000
- Lot 10: THE SUICIDE LETTER OF ADOLF HITLER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, DR. MARTIN HAMMITZSCH — $4,000 - $6,000
- Lot 11: ADOLF HITLER'S PRIVATE TESTAMENT, SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY WHO TYPED IT — $700 - $900
- Lot 12: ADOLF HITLER'S POLITICAL TESTAMENT, SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY WHO TYPED IT — $700 - $900
- Lot 13: HUGH TREVOR ROPER - INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER — $200 - $300
- Lot 14: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MENTIONS THE DEATH OF F.D.R. IN ONE OF HIS LAST LETTERS FROM THE WAR IN EUROPE — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 15: THE BEGINNING OF THE END: MONTGOMERY ISSUES GERMANS A PASS THROUGH THE LINES TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER OF THEIR — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 16: THE SEATING PLAN FOR THE SURRENDER OF GERMAN FORCES IN NORTHWEST GERMANY, HOLLAND AND DENMARK — $6,000 - $8,000
- Lot 17: A LARGE COLOR PRINT OF THE GERMAN SURRENDER AT LUNEBURG HEATH, SIGNED BY FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD MONTGOMERY — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 18: A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SURRENDER MEMORIAL AT LUNEBURG HEATH, SIGNED BY FIELD MARSHALL BERNARD MONTGOMERY — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 19: A COPY OF THE GERMAN SURRENDER AT LUNEBURG HEATH, SIGNED BY FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 20: A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GERMAN SURRENDER SIGNING AT LUNEBERG HEATH, SIGNED BY FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 21: A SIGNED MENU FROM FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD MONTGOMERY’S DINNER CELEBRATING THE GERMAN SURRENDER — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 22: SIGNED TYPESCRIPT OF THE GERMAN INSTRUCTIONS FOR SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 23: THE GERMAN PEACE NEGOTIATOR AT REIMS DRAFTS EISENHOWER’S SURRENDER ULTIMATUM — $8,000 - $10,000
- Lot 24: THE RADIO MESSAGE TO THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT DEMANDING “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” — $10,000 - $15,000
- Lot 25: THE ORDER THAT SAVED OVER 1,500,000 MILLION GERMAN SOLDIERS — $10,000 - $15,000
- Lot 26: FIELD MARSHAL ALFRED JODL ORDERS GERMAN MILITARY TO WITHDRAW TOWARDS BERCHTESGADEN TO AVOID RUSSIAN CAPTURE — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 27: GERMANY MUST SIGN THEIR SURRENDER: “I SEE NO ALTERNATIVE TO CHAOS BUT SIGNATURE” — $100,000 - $150,000
- Lot 28: GENERAL EISENHOWER ANNOUNCES THE END OF WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE — $40,000 - $50,000
- Lot 29: THE DOCUMENT THAT FORCED THE SURRENDER OF NAZI GERMANY - ONE OF THE "MOST SIGNIFICANT RECORDS" OF THE 20TH CENTURY — $750,000 - $1,000,000
- Lot 30: A TYPED COPY OF ALFRED JODL’S CREDENTIALS TO NEGOTIATE PEACE WITH THE ALLIES, SIGNED BY KARL DONITZ — $700 - $900
- Lot 31: A TRANSCRIPT OF THE GERMAN INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER, MAY 6, 1945, SIGNED BY KARL DONITZ — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 32: FIELD MARSHAL ALFRED JODL SEEKS THE RELEASE OF A WAFFEN-SS COMMANDER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GERMAN SURRENDER — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 33: A SIGNED COPY OF POST-SURRENDER ORDERS SENT TO SHAEF MISSION IN BELGIUM — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 34: THE COLLAPSE AND ARREST OF HITLER’S FLENSBURG GOVERNMENT - DOCUMENTING THE END OF THE THIRD REICH — $5,000 - $7,000
- Lot 35: ON THE DAY OF THE GERMAN SURRENDER, — $1,500 - $2,000
- Lot 36: PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED PROCLAMATION OF A �DAY OF PRAYER� UPON THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY — $7,000 - $9,000
- Lot 37: FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY SIGNED VICTORY MESSAGE TO THE 21ST ARMY GROUP — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 38: ON V-E DAY, EISENHOWER CELEBRATES WITH A GIFT OF FOOD SENT FROM THE STATES — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 39: AIR MARSHALL ARTHUR W. TEDDER SIGNATURE MADE WITH THE PEN THAT SIGNED THE GERMAN SURRENDER — $700 - $900
- Lot 40: GEN. WALTER BEDELL SMITH REFLECTS ON THE GERMAN SURRENDER, THE DEATH OF F.D.R., AND HARRY TRUMAN�S NEW PRESIDENCY — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 41: EISENHOWER, TEDDER, AND SHAEF HEADQUARTERS STAFF CELEBRATE THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY — $1,000 - $1,500
- Lot 42: GEN. MARK W. CLARK CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 15TH ARMY GROUP UPON THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY — $600 - $700
- Lot 43: PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN’S MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 15TH ARMY GROUP, SIGNED BY ITS COMMANDER GEN. MARK CLARK — $300 - $400
- Lot 44: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SIGNS HIS FAREWELL TO THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 45: ALFRED JODL’S WIDOW DENIES HIS “BREAKDOWN” AT THE SURRENDER IN REIMS — $700 - $900
- Lot 46: THE FINAL WEHRMACHT COMMUNIQUE OF WORLD WAR II, AS RECEIVED BY THE LAST GERMAN ARMY COMMANDER TO SURRENDER — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 47: GEN. FRANZ BOHME’S ANNOTATED COPY OF HIS CAPTOR’S PRESS CONFERENCE — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 48: GENERAL FRANZ BOHME’S SIGNED ACCOUNT OF HIS ENTIRE SERVICE IN NORWAY, SUBMITTED WHILE A P.O.W. — $4,000 - $5,000
- Lot 49: SHEET OF IWO JIMA STAMPS SIGNED BY �FLAG RAISERS� AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ALLIED LEADERS OF WORLD WAR II — $5,000 - $6,000
- Lot 50: A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI, SIGNED BY ADM. CHESTER W. NIMITZ — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 51: A “V-J DAY” COMMEMORATIVE POSTAL COVER SIGNED BY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR — $500 - $700
- Lot 52: JAPANESE SURRENDER PHOTO SIGNED BY MACARTHUR, NIMITZ, WAINWRIGHT AND PERCIVAL — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 53: ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY NAMES ONE OF HIS �GREATEST EXPERIENCES� — $600 - $800
- Lot 54: ADMIRAL NIMITZ MODESTLY ACCEPTS THE THANKS OF A CITIZEN ON BEHALF OF HIS MEN — $750 - $1,000
- Lot 55: A CONTEMPORARY FACSIMILE COPY OF THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN�S RYUKYU ISLANDS — $500 - $700
- Lot 56: A COPY OF THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, SIGNED BY LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN — $750 - $1,000
- Lot 57: THE JAPANESE SURRENDER OF HONG KONG TO THE BRITISH, SIGNED BY THE BRITISH AND JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVES — $75,000 - $100,000
- Lot 58: BRITISH ARMY COUNCIL SPECIAL ORDER ISSUED UPON THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN — $200 - $300
- Lot 59: KING GEORGE VI VICTORY MESSAGE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH — $750 - $1,000
- Lot 3A: ALBERT EINSTEIN HOPES TO WARN NON-JEWS OF "THE TRUE NATURE OF HITLER''S REGIME" — $10,000 - $12,000
- Lot 9A: THE BLOOD-STAINED RELIC PROVING ADOLF HITLER'S SUICIDE — $5,000 - $7,000