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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 14th December 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Midland Viewing: Only in the week prior at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre Day of Auction from 9am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 12 | |||
| 550 | |||
| BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various RAF pilots, the majority associated with the Battle of Britain, including Huw Stephen, Frederick 'Taffy' Higginson, David Bell-Salter, J. J. Booth, Richard Haine, Reginald Nutter, Frederick Rosier, Paul Farnes, Percy Morfill, Zbigniew Wroblewski, Cyril Bamberger, Geoffrey Page, Frank Carey, Dennis David, 'Buck' Casson, 'Bunny' Currant, Michael Constable-Maxwell, Archibald Winskill, Jack Urwin-Mann, Robert Doe, Eustace Holden, Alec Ingle, Adolf Vrana etc. Each of the covers commemorate various events of World War II, including the Battle of Britain, and feature colour images of aircraft. VG, 6 £80 - 100 |
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| 551 | |||
| BATTLE OF BRITAIN: A large First Day Cover commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and featuring a colour image of Spitfire aircraft in flight, individually signed by over thirty RAF pilots, the majority associated with the Battle of Britain, including Alan Deere, Frank Carey, Paddy Barthropp, Archibald Winskill, Roderick Learoyd VC, Bill Reid VC, Pete Brothers, Richard Haine, Frederick 'Taffy' Higginson, James Corbin, Cyril Bamberger, John Barnes, Roy Ford, Trevor Gray, Bernard Jennings, Irving Smith, J. J. Booth, Richard James, George Darley, Anthony Russell, Alan Gear etc. Postmarked at Fareham, 13th September 1965. Most of the pilots have signed to clear areas, many adding their squadrons beneath their signatures. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 552 | |||
| VICTORIA CROSS: A colour 20 x 15 print entitled The Lancaster V.C.'s by artist Robert Taylor, depicting two bombers in flight, signed in bold pencil to the lower white border by both Norman Jackson VC and Bill Reid VC individually. Together with a colour 20 x 15 print entitled Lancaster by artist Robert Taylor, signed in pencil to the lower white border by Leonard Cheshire VC and colour 20 x 15 print entitled Mosquito by artist Robert Taylor, signed in pencil to the lower white border by Leonard Cheshire VC. Rolled, VG, 3 £100 - 120 |
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| 553 | |||
| WORLD WAR II: Signed colour 27 x 20 print entitled Alone at Dawn, by artist Gerald Coulson, signed in pencil by Coulson and ten other World War II pilots including Bill North, D M Strong, Michael Beetham, Lewis Hodges, Basil Fish, Larry Curtis, Drane Lowe, Jimmy James, Stan Bradford, Alex Henshaw etc. Double matted in olive green, framed and glazed to an overall size of 34 x 30. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 554 | |||
| WORLD WAR II: A colour 32.5 x 25 print by artist Robert Taylor entitled The Mighty Eighth - Outward Bound (1992) depicting the fighter pilots of the US 8th Air Force preparing to leave an English airfield in their P-47 Thunderbolts on a mission to Germany, with a B-17 formation already flying above. Individually signed by the American pilots Gabby Gabreski, Pete Peterson, Don Blakeslee, Robert Johnson, Hub Zemke and Bud Mahurin, all in bold pencil with their names alone to the lower border beneath the image. Also signed by artist Robert Taylor. Limited Edition number 676 of 1250. Rolled and with a few slight surface creases, VG £100 - 120 |
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| 555 | |||
| BROWN CHARLES (1922-2008) American Bomber Pilot of World War II & STIGLER FRANZ (1915-2008) German Luftwaffe Pilot of World War II. A signed 17 x 11 print entitled Brothers in Chivalry by artist Kelli Spiller (2004), the image depicting pencil head and shoulders studies of the pilots Brown and Stigler wearing their uniforms, with additional pencil drawings of their aircraft below, alongside brief printed text. Limited edition number 208 of 400. Signed by both Brown and Stigler with their names alone in bold pencil to the lower border and also signed in pencil by the artist. Neatly cornermounted to a board. VG £100 - 150 The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on 20th December 1943 when, following a successful bomb run on Bremen, Brown's B-17 Flying Fortress (named Ye Olde Pub) was severely damaged by German fighters. Luftwaffe pilot and ace Franz Stigler had an opportunity to shoot down the crippled bomber, but instead, for humanitarian reasons, decided to allow the crew to fly back to their airfield in England. The two pilots met each other 40 years later after extensive search by Brown and the friendship that the two developed lasted until their deaths. |
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| 556 | |||
| TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) American Brigadier General of the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare. Signed colour 12 x 8 photograph, being a reproduction of an artist's drawing of the Enola Gay in flight. Signed ('Paul Tibbets, Pilot, Enola Gay') in bold blue ink to a light area of the image. Together with a signed 10 x 8 photograph depicting the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, signed ('Paul Tibbets, Pilot, Enola Gay, Hiroshima, 8/6/45') in bold blue ink to a light area of the image. EX, 2 £100 - 120 |
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| 557 | |||
| EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. Signed 3.5 x 5.5 magazine photograph, the image depicting Eisenhower standing in a full length pose, wearing his military cap and overcoat, alongside two other military officers during a NATO inspection tour in Germany, April 1951. Signed by Eisenhower in fountain pen ink with his name alone to to the lower border beneath a printed caption. Slightly irregularly trimmed at the edges, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
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| 558 | |||
| DE BONO EMILIO: (1866-1944) Italian General, one of the four founders (Quadrumvirs) of Fascism who organised and staged the March on Rome in October 1922. Executed by firing squad. A.L.S., E De Bono, on two sides of a printed correspondence card (with the printed heading and emblem Il Ministro per le Colonie), n.p., 6th April XII (1934), to a friend, in Italian. De Bono apologises for not replying to his correspondent's letter earlier and continues 'There is a little justified melancholy in what you write. It's life, my old friend, or rather I should say, our life. For you must not believe that great heights and power bring joy; quite the opposite; and when, like me, people are not ambitious for them they bring little satisfaction.' He concludes by remarking 'Another worry - irreparable, this one - is that people grow old! Let us lift up our hearts in every way.' VG £100 - 120 |
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| 559 | |||
| DOLLFUSS ENGELBERT: (1892-1934) Chancellor of Austria 1932-34, assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents in 1934. Rare vintage signed postcard photograph of Dollfuss in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink to the lower white border and dated 22nd May 1933 in his hand. Very slightly neatly trimmed, VG £200 - 300 |
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| 560 | |||
| FRANK OTTO: (1889-1980) German-born Businessman, the father of Anne Frank. D.S., Otto Frank, one page, 4to, New York, 16th September 1959. The typed document is addressed to the Argentine Society of Authors in Buenos Aires and refers to a contract entered into with Claudia Madero in which she was granted the Spanish language production rights in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile of the play The Diary of Anne Frank and explains that all royalty payments due were to be paid to Lawrence Smith, the South American representative of the copyright owners, stating 'Will you therefore consider this letter your authorization to pay over to Mr. Smith in our behalf any royalties in your possession now or which may accrue in the future from performances of The Diary of Anne Frank given in the territory under your jurisdiction.' Boldly signed by Frank in dark fountain pen ink at the foot and countersigned by the American Dramatists Frances Goodrich (1890-1984) and her husband Albert Hackett (1900-1995) and Myer D. Mermin, Attorney-in-Fact. Together with a related document. Some small tears to the edges, causing some areas of paper loss, not affecting the text or signatures, G, 2 £100 - 150 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was first published in English in 1952 and inspired Goodrich and Hackett's play The Diary of Anne Frank (1955) which they later adapted for the screen in 1959, the same year as the present document. The dramatists won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle award for their original play. |
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| 561 | |||
| WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various pilots and other individuals associated with World War II including Ted Briggs, Bob Tilburn, Helmut Witte, Hugh Dundas, Eric Barwell, Alfred Whitby, Don Bennett, Tom Gleave, Z. W. Shal, Raymond Puda, Joe Kayll, Gerhard Schopfel, A. Keith Ogilvie (The Great Escape), Heinz Marquardt etc. Most are multiple signed and all feature colour designs commemorating various events etc. relating to World War II. VG, 14 £100 - 120 |
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| 562 | |||
| WORLD WAR II: Small selection of signed cards, T.Ls.S., signed photograph (1) etc., by various individuals associated with World War II including Claude Auchinleck, V. K. Wellington Koo, Leonard Cheshire VC, Odette Hallowes, Leslie Hore-Belisha, James Doolittle, Hasso von Manteuffel etc. G to generally VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 563 | |||
| WORLD WAR II: Margaret Utinsky (1900-1970) American Nurse who worked with the Filipino resistance movement during World War II. Medal of Freedom winner. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Miss U, published by The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas, 1948. Signed in bold fountain pen ink by Utinsky to the half title page, also adding her address in her hand beneath her signature; Claire Phillips (1908-1960) American Spy who worked in the Japanese controlled Philippines during World War II. Medal of Freedom winner. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Manila Espionage, published by Binfords & Mort, Portland, Oregon, 1947. Signed by Phillips in blue ink to the front free endpaper, adding her alias High Pockets and the date 9th January 1951 in her hand beneath her signature. Both books are lacking the dust jackets. G to VG, 2 £80 - 100 |
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| 564 | |||
| AVIATION: A First Day Cover commemorating The Flying Fortress and featuring a colour image of various aircraft in flight, individually signed by the World War II pilots Paul W. Tibbets (Enola Gay), Adolf Galland (German Luftwaffe Fighter Ace) and Saburo Sakai (Japanese Fighter Ace; signed in English and Japanese). Post marked at Biggin Hill, 13th May 1977. Signed by each in bold black inks to clear areas. Together with a First Day Cover commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Central Flying School and featuring an image of a Gloster Gamecock aircraft, individually signed by the German aviatrices Hanna Reitsch and Elly Beinhorn and test pilot Gerd Achgelis. Post marked 19th June 1972. All have signed with their names alone in bold inks to clear areas of the cover. VG, 2 £80 - 100 |
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| 565 | |||
| MESSERSCHMITT WILLY: (1898-1978) German Aircraft Designer & Manufacturer. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1st UK Jet Flight and featuring a colour image of a Gloster-Whittle E28/39 aircraft. Post marked at Cranwell, 15th May 1971. Signed by Messerschmitt in blue fountain pen ink to a largely clear area of the cover and also signed by the Luftwaffe pilots and Knight's Cross winners Wolfgang Spate and Robert Olejnik and by the test pilots Fritz Wendel and Mano Ziegler individually, also with their names alone to clear areas. With several inserted photographs and printed biographies to the verso. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 566 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Adolf Galland, Herbert Rollwage, Willi Unger, Julius Meimberg, Theo Osterkamp, Josef Jacobs, Hans Baur, Erich Hartmann, Johannes Geismann, Erwin Fischer, Peter Duttmann, Gordon Gollob, Hans-Joachim Kroschinski, Fritz Tegtmeier, Klaus Scheer, Hans Krause, Richard Kollmer, Erich Janus, Andre Hug, Wolfgang Schenck, Gerhard Barkhorn, Friedrich Kless, Heinz Benz, Albert Thasler, Wilhelm Beier, Karl Hulshoff, Josef Forster etc. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and all have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 567 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Johannes Steinhoff, Wilhelm Batz, Dietrich Hrabak, Adolf Galland, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, Anton Benning, Hermann Schmidt, Rudolf Muller, Georg-Peter Eder, Josef Mai, Rudolf Nebel, Harry von Bulow, Hans Joachim von Hippel, Arnold Huebner, Rudolf Cleve, Hermann Eggers, Sepp Prentl, Karl Zink, Hermann Greiner, Helmuth Schulte, Martin Becker, Werner Zahn, Kurt Delang, Jurgen von Grone, Alexander Lippisch, Heinz Knoke, Walter Loos etc., one also signed by Albert Speer. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events including the Battle of Britain. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and all have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 568 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Adolf Galland, Johannes Steinhoff, Erich Hartmann, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, Hans Baur, Bernhard Jope, Erich Handke, Martin Drewes, Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow, Wilhelm Herget, Rudolf Schoenert, Gunter Bahr, Wilhelm Antrup, Peter Broich, Otto Wolfgang Bechtle, Peter Paul Breu, Karlheinz Kindermann, Gerhard Nitschke, Otto Zimmermann, Fritz Loose, Willi Dipberger, Willi Lehnert, Gunter Glasner, Hermann Hogeback, Gordon Gollob etc., one also signed by American pilot James Empey. Most are Royal Air Force covers featuring colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events including the Battle of Britain. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and most have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 569 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Erich Hartmann (2), Erich Rudorffer, Klaus Neumann, Wilhelm Batz, Hugo Dahmer, Edmund Rossmann, Robert Kowalewski, Hermann Greiner, Heinz Rokker, Josef Kammhuber, Werner Husemann, Werner Hoffmann, Gunther Rall, Gerhard Barkhorn, Gunther Batz, Hermann Graf, Otto Brauer, Heinrich Schulz, Martin Mossdorf, Erhard Jahnert, Siegfried Fischer, Hans Grunberg, Karl Schnorrer etc. Most are Royal Air Force covers featuring colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events including the Battle of Britain. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and most have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 8 £100 - 120 |
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| 570 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Adolf Galland, Erich Hartmann, Johannes Steinhoff, Helmut Lipfert, Ernst Dullberg, Bernhard Jope, Joachim Helbig, Wilhelm Bromen, Franz Schlund, Joachim Helbig, Hans Ketscher, Eduard Neumann, Herbert Ihlefeld, Karl Rammelt, Wolfgang Falck, Stefan Litjens, Adolf Glunz, Horst von Riesen, Helmut Steffen, Ernst Zindel, Walter Wolfrum, Hugo Broch etc. Most are Royal Air Force covers featuring colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events including the Battle of Britain. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and most have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 8 £100 - 120 |
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| 571 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II (and also a few Allied pilots) including Erich Hartmann, Erich Rudorffer, Herbert Ihlefeld, Ernst Borngen, Wilhelm Dommes, Klaus Scholtz, Gunther Krech, Reinhart Reche, Edmund Rossmann, Gerhard Krems, Gerhard Schopfel, Alan Deere, Rex Barker etc. Some are multiple signed and each of the covers feature different colour images of aircraft and most commemorate the Battle of Britain or other events of World War II. Most have inserted photographs and biographies. VG, 11 £80 - 100 |
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| 572 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Adolf Galland, Dietrich Hrabak, Karl-Heinz Bendert, Rolf Pingel, Hermann Hogeback, Herbert Kuntz, Herbert Wittmann, Fritz Losigkeit, Alfred Grislawski, Walter Grabmann, Theodor Rossiwall, Wilhelm Antrup, Otto Wolfgang Bechtle, Peter Paul Breu, Gunther Radusch, Heinz Rokker, Arnold Doring, Hans Rasper, Paul-Werner Hozzel, Kurt Kuhlmey, Willi Stor, Fritz Jacobsen, Hans von Schiller, Horst Merz, Heinz Lange, Helmut Mertens, Erwin Fleig, Anton Hackl etc. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events including the Battle of Britain. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and all have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 573 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Adolf Galland, Gerhard Schopfel, Herbert Kaiser, Hannsgeorg Batcher, Josef Jacobs, Werner Junck, Gerhard Conrad, Walter Hornung, Heinz de Fries, Paul Zorner, Gunther Radusch, Rudolf Schoenert, Oskar Fink, Adolf Fischer, Bruno Poelke, Kurt Buhligen, Bernahrd Jope, Helmut Haugk, Fritz Pockrandt, Otto Bertram, Bruno Stolle, Fritz Karch, Gunter Seeger, Johannes Steinhoff, Karl Kessel, Hermann Mersmann, Reinhard Graubner, Josef Kammhuber etc. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events including the Battle of Britain. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and all have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 574 | |||
| LUFTWAFFE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various Luftwaffe pilots of World War II, many of them Knight's Cross winners, including Adolf Galland, Richard Leppla, Hans Hahn, Theo Osterkamp, Josef Fozo, Josef Kammhuber, Adolf Glunz, Hermann Graf, Walther Dahl, Hans Prominski, Johannes Wiese, Erich Weissflog, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Fritz Rumpelhardt, Max Ibel, Kurt Ebener, Alois Wosnitza, Martin Harlinghausen, Walter Storp, Eduard Zimmer, Wolfgang von Gronau, Hans Ritter, Friedrich Stahl, Paul Lehmann, Paul Zorner, Hajo Hermann, Wolfgang Thimmig etc. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature colour images of aircraft and commemorate various events including the Battle of Britain. All are boldly signed, many adding their ranks and squadrons beneath their signatures and all have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the pilots inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 575 | |||
| DONITZ KARL: (1891-1980) German Naval Commander of World War II. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Squadron Leader T. M. Bulloch and featuring a colour image of the sinking of U597 on 12th October 1942 and with an inset portrait of Bulloch. Post marked 3rd January 1978 on the 60th anniversary of 120 Squadron. Signed by Donitz in bold blue fountain pen ink and also signed by the Knight's Cross winners Otto Kretschmer, Erich Topp and Reinhard Suhren individually, all to clear areas. With a photograph inserted and printed biographies to the verso. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 576 | |||
| KRIEGSMARINE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various U-Boat Captains and Kriegsmarine officers of World War II, all of them Knight's Cross winners, including Otto Kretschmer, Heinrich Bleichrodt, Adolf Piening, Claus Korth, Hans Witt, Klaus Scholtz, Robert Gysae, Fritz Poske, Karl-Heinz Marbach, Horst von Schroeter, Adalbert Schnee, Reinhard Suhren, Otto Westphalen, Victor Oehrn, Wilhelm Schulz, Helmut Witte, Hans Rosing, Helmut Mohlmann etc. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature colour images of aircraft, many of them seaplanes, and all are boldly signed, many adding their ranks etc. beneath their signatures and all have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the signatories inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 577 | |||
| KRIEGSMARINE: Selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various U-Boat Captains and Kriegsmarine officers of World War II, all of them Knight's Cross winners, including Erich Topp, Claus Korth, Victor Oehrn, Wilhelm Dommes, Otto Kretschmer, Reinhard Suhren, Hans Witt, Klaus Bargsten, Hans Werner Kraus, Alfred Eick, Wilhelm Schulz, Gerd Kelbling, Georg Schewe, Gerd Schaar, Werner Kraus, Horst von Schroeter, Hans Rosing, Siegfried Koitschka etc. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature colour images of aircraft, some of them seaplanes, and all are boldly signed, many adding their ranks etc. beneath their signatures and all have biographical details to the verso and photographs of the signatories inserted. VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| 578 | |||
| KRIEGSMARINE: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various U-Boat Captains of World War II, some of them Knight's Cross winners, including Erich Topp, Hans-Georg Hess, Gunther Heinrich, Klaus Andersen, Rolf Thomsen, Hans Hornkohl, Siegfried Koitschka, Helmut Witte, Paul Brasack etc. Each of the covers feature an identical colour reproduction of a painting entitled U-Boat Encounter and each of the limited edition (of 115) covers are boldly signed to clear areas. VG, 10 £80 - 100 |
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| 579 | |||
| SCHACHT HJALMAR: (1877-1970) German Economist, President of the Reichsbank 1923-31, 1933-39 & Reich Minister of Economics 1934-37. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Hjalmar Schacht') and date Berlin, Werhmacht, 1932 in his hand on a stiff 8vo card. A circular sepia magazine portrait of Schacht is neatly affixed above the signature. A couple of slight corner creases, otherwise VG £80 - 100 |
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| 580 | |||
| STREICHER JULIUS: (1885-1946) Nazi Gauleiter of Franconia 1929-40 and founder and publisher of Der Sturmer newspaper, a central element of the Nazi propaganda machine during World War II. T.L.S., Streicher, one page, 4to, Nurnberg, 28th February 1935, to Gertrud Forster, in German. Streicher thanks his correspondent for the good wishes she had sent him on the occasion of his 50th birthday and remarks 'As I accept that you wanted to give me a kiss as a present, I am ready to receive it on my next visit to Danzig.' Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, VG £200 - 300 Gertrud Forster - wife of Albert Forster (1902-1952) Nazi German Politician, Gauleiter of Danzig 1935-45. |
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| 581 | |||
| LEY ROBERT: (1890-1945) German Nazi Politician, head of the German Labour Front 1933-45. Printed card signed, Dr. R. Ley, one page, oblong 8vo, Berlin-Grunewald, n.d., to an unidentified recipient, in German. The text reads, in full, 'I am sending you for the New Year my warm good wishes for your personal well-being and for the future success of your work. Heil Hitler!' With a blind embossed Nazi eagle and swastika at the head. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature. VG £150 - 200 |
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| 582 | |||
| BORMANN MARTIN: (1900-1945) Nazi Official, head of the Party Chancellery and Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler. T.L.S., Bormann, one page, 4to, Berlin, 28th September 1940, to Alfred Rosenberg, in German. Bormann informs his colleague that Adolf Hitler ('Der Fuhrer') is in agreement with the publication of an article that Rosenberg had submitted. Two file holes and a few very minor defects to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, about VG £300 - 400 Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946) German Nazi Leader of the Foreign Policy office of the NSDAP 1933-45 and Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories 1941-45. |
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| 583 | |||
| HIMMLER HEINRICH: (1900-1945) German Nazi official of World War II, Reichsfuhrer of the SS. Booklet signed, being a printed small 4to edition of SS Leitheft, printed by M. Muller & Son, Berlin, 1942. The German booklet, with several black and white plate illustrations, bears paper wrappers featuring the Nazi swastika and eagles. Signed by Himmler in purple indelible pencil to a clear area at the head of the first page and dated 20th July 1942 in his hand. Scarce in this form. Some extremely light age wear, VG £200 - 300 SS Leitheft ('SS Lead-Booklet') was a Nazi periodical published by the main office of the Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler from 1934-45. Initially it was largely circulated between professional officers of the SS. |
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| 584 | |||
| [GOERING HERMANN]: (1893-1946) German Political & Military Leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe. An unused 4to sheet of Goering's printed stationery featuring the black printed heading Der Reichsmarschall des Grossdeutschen Reiches in the upper left corner and his address at Leipziger Strasse, Berlin, and telephone number in the upper right corner. A couple of very light, extremely minor creases, VG £80 - 100 Provenance: Accompanied by a statement of origin signed by Richard O. Rex stating that he personally removed the stationery from the Reich Chancellery in Berlin in July 1945 after having been flown in to help establish a medical dispensary for use during The Potsdam Conference. Also signed by a Notary Public as a witness. Together with copies of further supporting detailed documentation relating to Rex and his acquisitions. |
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| 585 | |||
| KESSELRING ALBERT: (1885-1960) German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall of World War II. A series of nine original colour 10.5 x 8 lithographs by the artist Wilhelm Wessel, each showing different scenes within the town of Iserlohn, all signed in pencil by the artist and individually neatly mounted to 12 x 14.5 card. With a tenth lithograph of a more graphic design of Iserlohn. Contained in the original oblong folio presentation folder, with cloth covers, and with a loosely inserted printed introduction to the lithographs, in English. Part of the inside of the presentation folder is boldly signed and inscribed by Kesselring in dark fountain pen ink, 'Major Taylor, as a little prove of my gratitude for your sympathising humanity and for your ideal special treatment during my stay in hospital….in the months of Mary (sic) and June' Signed ('Kesselring', with his rank beneath) and dated Iserlohn, 21st June 1951. Also included is a loosely inserted oblong 8vo sheet bearing Kesselring's holograph notes, in German and English, in part, 'In the 2 World War 2 dignified enemies have been crossing their swords in the Italian country. This judgement looks for opposite understanding, which sees in a joining together of our people being its purpose.' Some very light, extremely minor age wear, and some slight staining to the cloth covers, about VG £150 - 200 |
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| 586 | |||
| SPEER ALBERT: (1905-1981) Nazi Politician & Hitler's Chief Architect. A vintage 20 mark Reichsbanknote bearing the date Berlin, 7th February 1908, signed by Speer to a clear area of one side in blue ink with his name alone. Some light folds and age wear, G £80 - 100 |
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| 587 | |||
| SPEER ALBERT: (1905-1981) Nazi Politician & Hitler's Chief Architect. Signed 5.5 x 8.5 printed paper photograph of Speer in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink to a light area of the image and dated Heidelburg, 25th March 1973 in his hand. A light horizontal fold runs across the centre of the image, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
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| 588 | |||
| MISCH ROCHUS: (1917-2013) German Oberscharfuhrer of World War II. Courier, bodyguard and telephone operator to Adolf Hitler 1940-45 and one of the occupants of the Fuhrerbunker during the final days of World War II. Signed colour 6 x 4 photograph of Misch seated outdoors in a head and shoulders pose wearing his Nazi uniform. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone across a light area of the image. VG £40 - 60 |
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| 589 | |||
| MULLER RENATE: (1906-1937) German Actress & Singer, mistress of Adolf Hitler. Muller died in mysterious circumstances, possibly at the hands of the Gestapo, at the young age of 31. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Muller in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph published by Ross. Signed by Muller with her name alone in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a clear area of the image. Together with Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German Film Director. Signed sepia postcard photograph of Riefenstahl in a profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink with her name alone to the lower border. VG to EX, 2 £80 - 100 |
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| 590 | |||
WORLD WAR II: Miscellaneous selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., by various individuals, all associated with World War II, including Leni Riefenstahl, Karl Donitz, Albert Speer, Simon Wiesenthal (2), Leonard Cheshire VC, Odette Hallowes, John Bagot Glubb, Baron Penney, Edward Teller etc. Generally VG, 12 £100 - 150END OF SALE |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 14th December 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Midland Viewing: Only in the week prior at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre Day of Auction from 9am |
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