Auction 80
Militaria & Historical Autographs Auction, July 14 & 15, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
(your local time)
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 231:
MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY
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Sold for: $70
Start price:
$
50
Estimated price:
$100 - $120
Auction house commission:
30%
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MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY
MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY
(1895 - 1994) American Army general who led airborne assaults on Sicily, jumped with his 82nd Airborne during the Normandy invasion, and commanded U.N. forces in the Korean War. Signed copy of his 'The Korean War' (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.), 1967. 291pp., 8vo. in black cloth boards and gilt title on spine. Dust cover present with tape residue on the top edge. Signed in three places: on the front cover in silver ink, above a picture of him on the front lines in black ink, and above a picture of him in Korea in black ink. Evidence of a photograph being cut from one of the pages, else fine.
