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Gold Pocket Watch – Otto Von Bismarck

$30,000
This pocket watch is of a kind with the original leather case, extremely rare, in mint condition. Owned by Otto Von Bismarck, featuring his engraved portrait. 14K Gold. With a certificate of appraisal…

Sarah Churchill, WSC’s Daughter – 2 Signatures

$250 – Sarah Churchill’s Authentic Signatures
Signed Theatre Program for “Gramercy Ghost” at the Plymouth Theatre, Boston, 9-16 April 1951. Signed by most of the cast including Sarah Churchill, Robert Sterling, Robert Smith, Mabel Paige, Richard Waring, Ludie Claire, Harry Townes, John Marley & Charles Boaz, together with a signed photograph.

Typed Letter Signed Winston S. Churchill – to D. Kelly

2500 – Winston Churchill’s Authentic Signature
After a distinguished military career, Denis Kelly (1916-1990) worked as a literary assistant on Churchill’s war memoirs, “The Second World War” & “A History of the English Speaking Peoples”.

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill

$250 – Redburn A10, Zoller A10
A 32-page pamphlet, by John Maynard Keynes which is highly critical of Churchill’s decision to go on the gold standard. Of particular interest to collectors of Churchill, Keynes, & the Hogarth Press (owned by Leonard and Virginia Woolf). Scarce, fragile, and important.

First Day Cover in Memoriam of WSC Signed by Clementine Churchill

$95 – Signed by Clementine Churchill
First Day Cover in Memoriam of Sir Winston Churchill with Churchill 5 Cents Stamp. A nice bold signature.

My Early Life – Proof Copy

$350
Proof copy of Volume I of The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill. 1973. Subscribers uncorrected proof copy, sent out to initial subscribers. This copy was sent to N.H.Buckley as a sample of the quality of the production, to be returned to The Library of Imperial History.

Churchill Signed Letter to John E. Harvey, M.P.

$2850 – Churchill’s Authentic Signature
Typed Letter Signed by Winston Churchill to John E. Harvey, M.P. dated 9 Jan 1956. On Chartwell letterhead paper relating to his Association Subscription for 1955 and 1956. Together with a copy of a 2-page letter from Winston Churchill to Harvey dated 6 April 1955…

Letter from Clementine Churchill

$175 – Signed by Clementine Churchill
A letter from Clementine Churchill referencing the receipt of a copy of a letter to Siegfried Sassoon (WW1 War Poet). Not sure who the recipient of the letter was other than Tommy, but must have been a close friend as she signs the letter “Clemmie”.

Audemars Chronograph Pocket Watch

$40,000 – Made for General Chiang Kai-Shek
Museum quality watch by Louis Audemars, Brassus & Geneva. Grand Complication L. Audemars Minute Repeater, Moon phase, Digital Calendar, 1-Minute Chronograph Pocket Watch. The watch was made for General Chiang Kai-Shek head of the Chinese Kuomintang Party.

Diana Churchill Inscribed Photograph – Winston Churchill’s Daughter

$140
“Darling Vicki it’s much too small but with much love from Diana” – Diana Churchill’s inscription on her photo. Photograph measures 6.5” x 5”. No date…

Signed Photograph & Theatre Program: Sarah Churchill

$150
2 Authentic Signatures: Sarah Churchill. Inscribed Photograph of Sarah Churchill to Marshall Breedon & a Theatre Program for the Montclair Summer Theatre production of “No Time For Comedy” with her autograph. Two very nice signatures.

Vivienne, Original Photograph – Winston Churchill

$175
Original photograph of Winston Churchill by Vivienne London. Image Size: 6″ x 6.5″. Photo Size: 8.5” X 6.5”

Signed Photographs: Sarah Churchill, Vic Oliver

$150
Both Winston and Clementine Churchill were horrified when, in 1936, Sarah (their 3rd child) eloped and married Vic Oliver von Samek, a divorced Viennese entertainer nearly twice her age. They married on Christmas Eve in 1936 in New York. They divorced in 1945.

Rickenbacher Signed Letter – Winston Churchill

SOLD
$300
Letter referencing Winston Churchill from E. Rickenbacker when head of Eastern Air Lines. “…Churchill to be the most outstanding person of the Twentieth Century”. Signed by Rickenbacker, the American fighter pilot in World War I, Medal of Honor recipient with 26 aerial victories.