Auction 85 Part 1
Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 1
Oct 28, 2020
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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Nearly 1,600 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 348:
WALTER BEDELL SMITH
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Sold for: $650
Start price:
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100
Estimated price:
$200 - $300
Auction house commission: 30%
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WALTER BEDELL SMITH
(1895 - 1961) Army general who served as Eisenhower's chief- of-staff during the Tunisia Campaign and the invasion of Italy in 1943. Beginning in the next year, he was Eisenhower's chief-of-staff at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). T.L.S. as Under Secretary of State on official letterhead, 1p. 8vo., Dec. 12, 1953 to Lawrence Spivak, host of 'Meet the Press' commenting on his 'retirement' as Director of the CIA. In part: '...To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of my retirement from public life are greatly exaggerated. I find my duties...sufficiently taxing to preclude and detailed planning for my future. However, thank you for the premature invitation to do a swan song on Meet the Press...' File and staple holes in top margin, else very good.
