World War I Documents & Ephemera Price Guide
What World War I documents & ephemera have actually sold for — 14 recorded sales from 2 auction houses and dealers, 2026.
$206–$538
middle half of sales
Figures are computed from realized prices (hammer or total with premium, as reported by the seller) — never asking prices. Small sample: 14 sales is enough to show a range, not to price a specific piece. Condition, attribution, and provenance move individual results far outside these bands. How these numbers are calculated →
Recent Recorded Sales
| Item | Sold | Seller | Realized |
|---|
| [WORLD WAR I] 12 Photogravures "With the British Army on the Western Front" | September 10, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $200 |
| [WORLD WAR I] 17 Issue of "The Spiker" American GI Zine | September 10, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $225 |
| [CIVIL WAR] [LINCOLNIANA] "Beardless Lincoln" Illustrated Lettersheet | July 10, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $225 |
| [AFRICAN AMERICANA] Booker T. Washington 1912 Tuskegee Institue Typed Letter Signed | July 10, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $250 |
| [PRESIDENTS] John F. Kennedy Inscribed "Profiles in Courage" | July 10, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $4,250 |
| The Private Journal of Georgiana Gholson Walker 1862-1865 Dwight Franklin Henderson | June 28, 2026 | Akins Americana | $15 |
| Riker Case with Two WRC Ribbons, One USWV Ribbon and Two Southern Philatelic Convention Badges | June 28, 2026 | Akins Americana | $75 |
| [CIVIL WAR] 1863 Countersign: 47th New York | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $300 |
| [CIVIL WAR, GETTYSBURG] SIGNED Joshua Chamberlain "Little Love Letter" | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $700 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Burial of Fallen Men: 2nd US Sharpshooters Letter on Illustrated Letterhead | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $150 |
| [CIVIL WAR] 1862 Graphic Letter: Confederate War Atrocities | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $400 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Confederate Pass for James J. Williamson & Family | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $650 |
| [WESTERN EXPANSION] 1854 Journey to California Letter, Crossing the Sierra Nevada | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $500 |
| [CIVIL WAR] 1860 Lincoln Letter Written by a Union Democrat | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $550 |
Currently for sale: 31 World War I documents & ephemera listings from 7 sources.
Browse listingsSold-price data via ArtifactSearch.com's sold archive; each sale links to its record. Relics of War does not appraise, authenticate, or sell.