Auction 104
Historical Militaria & Autographs
By Fairhill Auction LLC
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Feb 4, 2022
227 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921, United States
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Join us for our February historical militaria and autograph auction featuring over 400 lots of historical militaria collectibles, documents, vintage autographs, Americana, and more.
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LOT 7:
ALBERT SPEER
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Sold for: $180
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
225
Start price:
$
80
Estimate :
$160 - $220
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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ALBERT SPEER
(1905-1981) German architect, Adolf Hitler's personal chief architect and minister for armaments and war production. Speer expanded slave labor, supplied mainly from concentration camps. Convicted at Nuremberg and served a 20-year sentence at Spandau Prison in West Berlin. Typed letter signed, on his personal letterhead, Heidelberg Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 6-8-1974, 1 page,8 x 11.5 inches, in German to a Mr. Greene, in part: '...I'm sorry you made such a great effort, unfortunately there is an insurmountable obstacle, I'm contractually bound with my publisher to write a book about the 1942-1945 war economy...I cannot provide a detailed answer since they will be part of the book... my experiences in Spandau as well...if you come to visit Germany as part of your work I would be delighted if you will visit me and I can provide you with more answers...' Signed in full in black ink. Mailing folds.
