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
138 Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Reports on Fireplace of His Design Which: "leaks and smokes...The damper is, probably, the trouble..."

1952-01-02 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,375.00
139 Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Seeks "a little more money" From His Clients While Designing the Guggenheim

1953-01-10 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
140 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin Signed NASA Red Number Photo of Apollo 11 CSM & Moon Surface

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,125.00
141 Mercury Seven Astronauts

Mercury Seven Astronauts Lot of 4 Signed Photos: Carpenter, Cooper, & Schirra, Plus Haise!

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 437.50
142 NASA Apollo

NASA Apollo 11 Launch Invitation, CAG Encapsulated

1969-07-16 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
144 David Scott

David Scott Flown Flag & Related Items from Apollo 15, Controversial Mission Due to Unauthorized Flown Items

1972-08-02 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,250.00
146 Frank Borman

Frank Borman Signed Modern Copy of Apollo 8 Mission Report With COA

ca. February 1969 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
147 Richard Byrd

"Little America" by Richard Byrd Signed 1st Trade Ed., 1930

ca. 1930 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
148 Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper Signed Space Shots Card of Mercury Spacecraft, PSA GEM MT 10

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
149 Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Fantastic Signed Photograph Revealing Aviatrix's Softer Side

n.d. USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,750.00
150 Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin First Man in Space Signed Commemorative Color Postcard

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 937.50
151 John Glenn

John Glenn Signed Space Shots Card of Friendship 7, PSA Graded EX-MT 6

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
152 John Glenn

John Glenn Signed Space Shots Card, PSA Graded GEM MT 10

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
153 John Glenn

John Glenn Contemplates His Run for President

1983-02-02 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
154 Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom Personally Owned NASA Booklet With LOA

May 15-16, 1963 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 875.00
155 Fred Haise

Fred Haise Signed Apollo 14 Beta Cloth- "That looked like a slice to me, Al"

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
156 Fred Haise

Fred Haise Signed Space Shuttle "Enterprise" Checklist and Signed NASA Photograph

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
157 Fred Haise

Fred Haise Signed Page From The "Lunar Surface Exploration Map Data Package"

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
158 Fred Haise

Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Burn Notes

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
159 Fred Haise

Fred Haise 5pc Signed Archive- NASA Film, Photographs, & Flown STS Liner!

various USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
160 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 "Kapton" Foil, with Fred Haise Signed Apollo 11 Beta Cloth

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 204.80
161 Three Signed

Three Signed NASA Photos Apollo 14, 16, and STS-1, with 1 Red Number Photo

ca. 1970 to 1979 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 812.50
162 Seven Cosmonauts

Seven Cosmonauts Signed Photo of Dogs in Space, Veterok and Ugolyok

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 512.00
163 Pioneering Cosmonauts, Includes

Pioneering Cosmonauts, Includes Vladimir Komarov, Perished During Soyuz I

various USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 153.60
164 Walter Wally

Walter "Wally" Schirra Signed Space Shots Card, PSA Grade GEM MT 10

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