The original 12 1/2-foot cast stone version of Felix de Weldon's iconic statue depicting soldiers raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima is on display, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer ...

The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World War II ...

NEW YORK — A long-forgotten World War II statue of the famous flag-raising at Iwo Jima that had been expected to sell for as much as $1.8 million was passed on by bidders in an auction Friday.

The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World War II artifacts.

A long-forgotten piece of America's military history is going up for sale.The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 ...

The original 12 1/2-foot (4 meter) cast stone version of Felix de Weldon's iconic statue depicting soldiers raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima is on display, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.

The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World War II ...

The original Iwo Jima monument — the model for the famous flag-raising Marine Corps War Memorial statue in Arlington, Va., — will be put up for sale at a Bonhams auction house in New York on ...

NEW YORK A long-forgotten World War II statue of the famous flag-raising at Iwo Jima that had been expected to sell for as much as $1.8 million was passed on by bidders in an auction on Friday.

The original 10,000-pound, cast stone version of the Iwo Jima monument will go up for auction in New York on Friday, officials said. The original stone version is expected to sell for $1.2 million ...

Fifty-one years ago, Vincent Thomas saw death on the volcanic island of Iwo Jima. But Death didn’t see him. The 18-year-old Naval Air Corps cadet survived the fierce battle by U.S. forces to … ...

The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World War II ...