Lehder Family Collectibles · By private treaty
Unique Auctions
Documents, photographs, paintings and personal items from the Lehder family archive, released for the first time to the public market. Each item is unique and sold with a signed certificate of provenance.
Custodian & Certifier
Daniel Z.
Heidelberg Correspondent · Heidelberg, Germany
“I was a close friend of Carlos's driver in Germany when he arrived in 2020. I met him once personally when he was relocating to Heidelberg. After meeting Carlos in Germany, I got access to his entire life and family's contact details. I have ever since been travelling the world meeting family members and friends of him in Colombia, Germany and the United States. One contact has taken me to the other, and I can tell you this — the media and news websites have a lot of it wrong. I even have unique copies of personal photos and books and classified documents which his brother Federico gave me before "passing away", with a written permission to publish it all if I donated at least 50% to children who are victims of drugs to become artists in painting or sculpture. I also received paintings, and I have insider knowledge of how deep the Lehder family was involved in Colombian politics.”
Paintings
Heidelberg Oil Painting — 'Coffee Country from Memory', 2021
Original oil painting by Carlos Lehder, executed in Heidelberg in autumn 2021, one year after his release. Landscape of the Colombian coffee country as remembered from a hospital window.
Min. asking€58,000Documents
Handwritten Letter, Carlos to Federico Lehder — Norman's Cay, 1979
Two-page letter in Spanish and German, written from Norman's Cay in the summer of 1979, sent to his brother Federico in Colombia.
Min. asking€42,000Documents
Federico Lehder Personal Notebook — 1988–1989
Federico Lehder's private notebook covering the first two years of Carlos's US federal imprisonment. Contact lists, family expense ledgers, and Federico's contemporaneous notes on the Jacksonville trial. Redacted.
Min. asking€24,000Photographs
Norman's Cay Family Photograph — Beckwith House, Christmas 1980
Original silver-gelatin photograph. Carlos, Federico, and Elena Lehder on the veranda of Beckwith House, 24 December 1980. One of three surviving copies.
Min. asking€12,500Books
Quindío Libre — First Edition, 8 June 1983
The founding edition of Carlos Lehder's Movimiento Latino Nacional newspaper. Printed in the signature green ink. Untrimmed working copy from the print shop.
Min. asking€8,500Memorabilia
Movimiento Latino Nacional — Membership Badge, 1983
Enamel-on-bronze party badge worn by Carlos Lehder's Movimiento Latino Nacional members in 1983. Green enamel. Personal specimen from the founder's own drawer.
Min. asking€3,800
How the auctions work
Every listing carries a minimum asking price. Higher offers are welcome and accepted at the custodian's discretion. All prices in EUR.
Contact auctions@carloslehder.co to make an offer, request additional images or condition reports, or schedule a video inspection.
Payment — Crypto only. We accept BTC, ETH, USDC (ERC-20) and USDT (ERC-20 / TRC-20). No bank wires, no PayPal, no cash. Receiving wallet address is issued on invoice after the offer is accepted, and dispatch begins once the transaction has three confirmations on the relevant chain.
Global insured shipping via DHL Express — buyer pays freight and insurance. Every item ships with a signed certificate of provenance from the custodian.
Optional add-on — Family Certificate. Every item is available with an additional signed certificate from a surviving Lehder family member, attesting that this piece of history was personally seen at a family home. Priced separately per item and added to the invoice at buyer’s request.