Category

August 2019 Auction Ends Thursday, August 29th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 8/29/2019. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #58: Scarce David Hume Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...one of the most celebrated Booksellers of Paris...''

  

  Min Bid: $12,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #117: Rare Document Signed by the Founder of the Republic of Turkey and Its First President, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  

  Min Bid: $6,000

  Final Price: $7,500

• Lot #118: David Ben-Gurion Signed Limited Edition of ''Israel: A Personal History''

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: $3,661

• Lot #119: Josephine Bonaparte Letter Signed -- The Widow Josephine Writes a Letter of Recommendation for Another Widow

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #120: Napoleon Bonaparte 1807 Document Signed -- With Full ''Napoleon'' Signature

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: $3,125

• Lot #121: Unpublished Draft From Winston Churchill's Memoir, ''The Second World War'' -- Churchill Recounts an Entertaining Story From the Quebec Conference Regarding Mountbatten Shooting at a Block of Pykrete

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #122: Important Oliver Cromwell Autograph Letter Signed From 1648 Regarding His Son's Matrimony -- ''...Mr. Maijor desired 400l. per annum of inheritance...wherein I desired to be advised by my wife...''

  

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #123: Japanese Emperor Hirohito Document Signed From 1931

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: $3,125

• Lot #124: The Battle of Dublin & Start of The Irish Civil War Announced in This Broadside -- 28 June 1922

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #125: Nelson Mandela Signed Luxury First Edition of His Celebrated Autobiography ''Long Walk to Freedom'' -- Fine Condition

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #126: Napoleon III Royal China From Tuileries Palace

  

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #127: Margaret Thatcher's Personally Owned Holy Bible, Presented to Her as Prime Minister

  

  Min Bid: $12,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #128: Margaret Thatcher's Personally Owned Chair, From the Study in Her London Home

  

  Min Bid: $6,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #129: Margaret Thatcher Personally Owned Winter Coat

  

  Min Bid: $3,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #130: Margaret Thatcher Personally Owned Skirt Suit -- From the 1980s During Her Time as Prime Minister

  

  Min Bid: $3,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #131: Large 9'' x 12'' Photograph of Margaret Thatcher, Taken by Terence Donovan in 1995

  

  Min Bid: $1,800

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #132: Leon Trotsky Letter Signed -- ''...Do you actually believe that I wanted to provoke...the [Communist party] split?...as long as his power is not threatened he approves of everything in China...''

  

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #133: Princess Diana and Prince Charles Wedding Cake Slice -- In Original Presentation Box

  

  Min Bid: $1,100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #134: Prince of Wales Feather & Crown Jewelry Owned by The Duke & Duchess of Windsor

  

  Min Bid: $6,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #135: Gorgeous Limited Edition of ''A King's Story'' Signed by Edward, Duke of Windsor -- ''...I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,400

  Final Price: $1,750

• Lot #157: Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Airplane Boarding Pass -- With University Archives COA

  

  Min Bid: $3,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #158: British Air Force Booklet Written in Response to the 1936 Arab Revolt in Palestine -- ''Notes on Tactical Lessons of the Palestine Rebellion, 1936''

  

  Min Bid: $1,750

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #159: Rare British Counter-Terrorism Pamphlet for Palestine -- Published December 1946

  

  Min Bid: $2,800

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #218: Sir Joshua Reynolds Autograph Letter Signed -- Reynolds Corresponds With a Patron (Likely Sir William Hamilton) in 1772, Asking for Payment of 32 Guineas for Two Paintings

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass