University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, and Books, 103024, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 30, 2024 - October 30, 2024
Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 J.Q. Adams & Henry Clay

J.Q. Adams & Henry Clay Signed Letters Patent With Bonus Rare J.Q. Adams CDV

August 30, 1826 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,000.00
2 Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur For President! 1884 Cooper Union Rally Hosted By Wealthy NYC Republicans

ca. May 20, 1884 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
3 Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur Blank Presidential Appointment, With a Huge 4.5" Signature!

ca. 1881-1885 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
4 Joe Biden

Joe Biden Signed 1st Ed. "Promise Me, Dad", With PSA LOA

ca. 2017 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
5 Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter Signed "Budget of the United States Government" for 1982

ca. 1981 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
6 Cleveland

Cleveland Writes Re: Hotly-Contested Taxes,"...in strict confidence..."

May 11, 1887 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
7 Hillary & Bill Clinton

Hillary & Bill Clinton Sign Hillary's Senior Year Yearbook. Incredibly Rare! Twice Signed & The Only Signed Copy to Come to Auction, PSA Authentication!

ca. 1965 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 960.00
8 Unusual Calvin Coolidge

Unusual Calvin Coolidge, Age 7, Signed Bookplate from Autobiography

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 275.00
9 Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge Boldly Signed Appointment for Consul of Peru

2028-09-18 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
10 Eisenhower

Eisenhower Censors His Own Letter to Mamie!

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
11 D-Day Orders

D-Day Orders Signed By Eisenhower To His Troops, An Unobtainable PSA GEM MINT 10!

[June 6, 1944] USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,375.00
12 Mamie Eisenhower

Mamie Eisenhower Writes as First Lady: "...Ike is enjoying the golf"

1956-08-27 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
13 Mamie Eisenhower

Mamie Eisenhower (9) TLS to French Correspondent, 1952-1964

ca. 1952-1964 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
14 Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore Signed Book from Personal Library on "History of Europe"

September 26, 1860 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
16 Gerald Ford

JFK Assassination: Gerald Ford Signed Warren Commission Statement "Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin..."

1997-11-03 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,500.00
17 Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford Signed Ltd. Ed. "Assassination Report Of The Warren Commission"

ca. 2004 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 384.00
18 Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford TLS Thanking Dorothye Scott for an Inscribed Copy of Her Book

2001-04-09 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
19 Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford Signed Commemorative Book: "The Thirty-eighth President"

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
20 James A. Garfield

Scarce James A. Garfield Letter as President, Signed Just Two Weeks Before Shooting

June 15, 1881 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,160.00
21 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Boldly Signed Presidential Pardon

June 10, 1873 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,187.50
23 Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant Two CDVs and an Illustrated Playing Card

ca. 1860-1880s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 179.20
24 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Builds Alliances as Johnson Relationship Breaks Down!

February 4th, 1867 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
25 Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris Signed "The Truths We Hold"

ca. 2019 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
26 Harrison & Taft

Harrison & Taft Pair of Inaugural Programs

ca. 1889 & 1909 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
27 Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison Signature Clip

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD