Lot 45

General Anthony McAuliffe Portraits and Photos

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$50 $10
$200 $25
$1,000 $50
$3,000 $100
A large framed print of the National Portrait Gallery painting of General McAuliffe by Jess Schlaikjer (13 x 18 ¬Ω); a photo of the same portrait (8 x 10); a photo of General McAuliffe looking at a copy of his portrait ( 8 x 10); a photo of McAuliffe and President Eisenhower receiving the Sylvanus Thayer medal at West Point in 1961 cut from West Point alumni publication (9 x 12); a photo of General McAuliffe at the unveiling of the City of Bastogne Monument with his bust and a Sherman tank, with a postcard photo of the Monument taped to it sent by Mrs. McAuliffe to her niece Betty (photo is 8 x 10); 2 US Army photos (8 x 10) of a bronze plaque presented to General McAuliffe by the citizens of Bastogne in 1951; a photo of General McAuliffe in uniform standing next to his bust on the Bastogne monument (6 ¬º by 8 ¬º); a photo of General McAuliffe and his wife Helen at the dedication of a portrait of General McAuliffe. McAuliffe is in uniform with his 101st Airborne patch showing (8 x 10); and a photo of the head and shoulders of the Jess Schlaikjer portrait of General McAuliffe (10 ¬Ω by 13 ¬Ω). Provenance: Estate of General Anthony McAuliffe. Shipping: $40.00 plus 1.5% replacement cost insurance within the continental U.S.

Condition

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