World War II Documents & Ephemera Price Guide
What World War II documents & ephemera have actually sold for — 15 recorded sales from 4 auction houses and dealers, 2026.
$30–$256
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: 15 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 |
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| Japanese WWII Sake Discharge Cup | August 18, 2026 | Ruptured Duck | $25 |
| Two Glasses from Platterhof with Copy of Veteran Letter | July 18, 2026 | Ruptured Duck | $275 |
| Eyewitness To Gettysburg Charles C. Coffin | June 28, 2026 | Akins Americana | $30 |
| Missoula, Montana Newspaper Dated 7 December, 1941 Japs Attack Headline | June 28, 2026 | Akins Americana | $30 |
| Kingsport Tennessee Newspaper Dated October 8, 1942 | June 28, 2026 | Akins Americana | $15 |
| USWV Auxiliary Department of Kansas President's Letter Dated 1 July, 1944 | June 28, 2026 | Akins Americana | $15 |
| c. 1942 World Wide War Map, Sommers Drug, Yale Sales | June 27, 2026 | Vogt Auction | $148 |
| c 1942 Pearl Beer 2-sided World Map | June 27, 2026 | Vogt Auction | $236 |
| John E. Pretsch, "Five Years / Five Countries / Five Campaigns", c. 1945, Map Illustration Print | June 27, 2026 | Vogt Auction | $94 |
| WWII Chicago Daily News, "WAR ENDS", 1945 Newspaper | June 27, 2026 | Vogt Auction | $83 |
| [ABOLITION] Lincoln & the Emancipation Proclamation, Unpublished Howard Letter | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $700 |
| [WOMEN'S HISTORY] Signatures of Clara Barton, Libbie Custer, & Adeline Robinson | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $500 |
| [NAVAL HISTORY] Theodore Roosevelt Signed 1902 Naval Commission | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $1,300 |
| [SPACE] Apollo-Soyuz Multi-Signed Program, 1975 | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $125 |
| [CRIME] "Birdman of Alcatraz" Robert Stroud Letter | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $200 |
Currently for sale: 100 World War II documents & ephemera listings from 8 sources.
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