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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Documenting the Holocaust and WWII (Lifetime collection of David Cheney)
March 13th 2010 at 11AM,
at Historic Noone Falls Mill, 50 Jaffrey Road,  Peterborough NH
 

 

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26      101st Airborne / 506th PIR lot.  Large lot that belonged to Charles Dix a member of the 506th Parachute Infantry of the United States.  Includes promotion document for Dix, a 506th PIR vehicle I.D tag (metal plate), 2 booklets on the 101st Airborne Division, 1942 Parachute training manual, personal photographs, Christmas card-101st & 506th insignia, Christmas dance announcement 1944, Army pass/railway ticket England, PIR booklets and miscellaneous articles, personal certificates, Maps of France where he marked personal notes about locations on the map and newspaper clippings.  Together in large binder.  Estimate $500 to $750
31      Waffen SS Paper lot.  Includes: A) recruiting leaflet "Nous Sommes Des Traitres" French language. 6" by 9" showing Wallonie divisional pennant on barrel of gun with text on reverse.  AFPA 3761 in lower left corner.  B) 4 small original black and white photographs 3 of which depict Waffen SS personnel.  C) 2 period postcards depicting SS soldiers (one titled "Melde Dich Freiwillig Zur Waffen-SS".  Estimate $75 to $125

44      Autographed Photograph of Hitler.  Photograph depicts Hitler standing before a podium before a large crowd of high ranking officials.  Quill pen signed and dated by Hitler 1939.  In small wooden frame under glass, photograph is 4" by 5.75".   Estimate $1200 to $1600

45      Autographed Photograph of Dr. Goebbels. Photograph of Dr. Joseph Goebbels seated and delivering a speech in front of 2 microphones while 4 men (3 in uniform) stand behind him.  Quill pen signed "Dr. Goebbels".  5" by 6.5" in wooden frame under glass.  Estimate $900 to $1200

46      Autographed Photograph of Dr. Goebbels. Photograph of Dr. Joseph Goebbels seated beside his stepson Harold wearing his Luftwaffe uniform with his arm in a sling.  Quill pen signed "Dr. Goebbels".  5" by 7.5" in wooden frame under glass.  Estimate $1000 to $1200
47      Autographed Photograph of Hitler.  Photograph depicts Hitler standing under a flag with SS.  Quill pen signed by Hitler.  In wooden frame under glass, photograph is 9" by 6.5".   Estimate $1500 to $1800
48      Autographed Photograph of Dr. Goebbels. Photograph of Dr. Joseph Goebbels standing before a group of Army officers, all wearing Knights Crosses.  Quill pen signed "Dr. Goebbels" and something else illegible.  5.5" by 7.5" in wooden frame under glass.  Estimate $900 to $1200
49      Autographed Photograph of Baldur von Schirach. Photograph depicts von Schirach shaking hands with 12th SS division mean.  Quill pen signed with illegible inscription.   5.5" by 7.5" in wooden frame under glass.  Estimate $600 to $800
50      Autographed Photograph of Karl Hermann Frank. Photograph depicts Frank on far right with Konrad Henlein & Hermann Esser also in the picture.  Heydrich may be on far left.   Quill pen signed, dedicated and dated November 10th 1938.   by 10.75" framed under glass.  Estimate $600 to $800
51      Photograph of Theodor Eicke.  Large photograph (not original) appears to be from a wartime German publication.  Removed from frame there is a photograph of a baby underneath the photograph with illegible German inscription in pencil and a sheet stating "This book is a collaborative effort of the SS war correspondent" (translated from German).  Estimate $50 to $100

69      Julius Streicher 1946 original ink signed autograph. "Julius Streicher, Nürnberg, 1946....J. Streicher (printed)" on a 2.5" by 4" piece of plain paper. Consignor's notes state it was obtained by an American guard at the War Crimes Trial in 1946.  Estimate $250 to $500

147    US photographs of concentration camp atrocities.  US army shots including loose photo album pages made/taken by an unknown US soldier with notes about the photographs. Includes some graphic and disturbing Shots that appear to be from US army with typed notes.  Estimate $500 to $800
154      Soldbuch and documents for Alfred Vollmer.   Documents for Vollmer Include his drivers Soldbuch and drivers license, photographs with handwritten notes, A document recommending Vollmer for War Merit Cross and the actual award document.  Estimate $200 to $300
176      Autographed Photograph of Heinrick Himmler. Photograph depicts Himmler standing and smiling by himself Quill pen signed and dated 1934 with illegible inscription.  Photograph is not framed and measures 4.5" by 7".  Estimate $600 to $900
189      German WWII camera with glass plate photographs of US evac unit and concentration camp victims.   Bellows type camera for use with glass plates plus a conversion for film.   Camera apparently obtained at Dachau KL in 1945 by Pvt. Charles Rogowski, US Army 116th Evacuation unit.    The photos of the camp victims are photographs of photographs.  Includes glass plates.  Estimate $100 to $200
202      Large lot of WWII German photographs. Includes A) 8 very large black & white prints made in 1976 from original negatives by Harvey Glick, author of "Nazi-SS".  Only 2 of these photos were published.    B) Large color print of Hitler and his cabinet at rally  C) Seven photographs  (each 7 1/4" x5 1/4" black and white) of Albert Speer visiting a city and in a meeting with Army & Luftwaffe generals and civilians.  Reverse of each photo has "Der Reichsminister für Rüstung u. Kriegsproducktion".  "Hubmann" named as the photographer.  D)  5 small black and white photos of the French fleet at about the time the British destroyed it at Oran (July 1940)  E) Includes a postwar letter typed and signed by Walter Reder that came with some of the photos and a more photographs.  Estimate $300 to $500
203      Original Holocaust period German photographs of Polish Jews and a display from the museum of the remains of a child's shoe found at Stutthof concentration camp.  22 black & white original photographs of Polish Jews being degraded, forced to work and rounded up by German Army.  Photos are in black cases with translations of comments written on reverse and were used as part of the "Crossing the Wire" museum display.  Also include a small display case with the remains of a child's shoe.   Estimate $300 to $500


 


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