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
192 Coal Recovered

Coal Recovered from the Titanic during the '94 Research & Recovery Expedition

ca. 1994 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
193 Titanic! Louis

Titanic! Louis of Battenberg Replaces Check "...evidently lost in 'Titanic'...", One Year After Sinking

2013-07-12 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
195 George D. Widener

George D. Widener, Titanic Victim, Signed 1906 Stock Certificate

2006-01-31 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
196 Francis Asbury

Francis Asbury 1791 Ordination Certificate Signed for John Crawford

May 30, 1791 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
197

1792 1st Ed., Vol. 1 of "An Extract from the Journal of Francis Asbury, Bishop"- A Founder of the Methodist Church

ca. 1792 USD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
198 Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Fine Content Letter: "...Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ Risen..."

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,375.00
199 Brady

Brady CDV of African American Woman & White Infant in the Wake of Slavery, Capturing Racial Divide During Civil War Era!

n.d. USD 700.00 - 800.00 USD 500.00
200 Sarah Collins

Sarah Collins Rudolph "The 5th Little Girl" Signed Photo

September 15,1963 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
201 Fred Blackwell

Fred Blackwell Signed "Woolworth Sit-in" Photo Essay

1963-05-28 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,250.00
203 Eldridge Cleaver

Superb and Revealing Eldridge Cleaver Diary Entry ca. 1975: "The Communists...took from the rich and from the poor...and kept it all for themselves..."

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
204 King Kalakaua

King Kalakaua Signed Cabinet Card

n.d. USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,750.00
205

18 Hawaiian Early Missionary Letters Including Eyewitness Surfing, Dr. Seth Andrews Draws a Surfboard 1841 - A Superb Archive!

various USD 18,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,250.00
206

Large Cabinet Card with Custer & 15 Native Americans

ca. 1878 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
207

Two 1862 Civil War Letters on Emancipation and Abolitionists "Lincoln attempting to free the Darkey"

ca. October-November 1862 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
208 William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison Lovely AQS from "Human Equality"

March 31, 1878 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
209 M. L. King

M. L. King Scarce Signed 1st Ed., "for Peace and Brotherhood", His Final Book, "Where Do We Go From Here"

n.d. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 16,250.00
211 Isaac Cruikshank

Isaac Cruikshank 1791 Satire Engraving: "Self Murder of the Wolf", Post-Birmingham Riots

[ca. 1791] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
212 Three Satirical

Three Satirical Methodist Prints, Hand Colored After George Woodward: 1807-1811

ca. 1807-1811 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
213 Ezekiel Cooper

Ezekiel Cooper Twice Signed & Inscribed 1792 Book of Methodist Doctrines and Discipline, Plus 1819 Printing of Discourse on Death of Asbury

ca. 1792, 1819 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
214

5 Early Pamphlets Containing Charles Wesley's Methodist Hymns, 1740s-1780s

ca. 1740s-1780s USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 593.75
215

1860 Broadside for Philadelphia Minstrel Show, Benefit of Mr. A.J. Leavitt

October 11, 1860 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
216 Griffin & Pullman

Griffin & Pullman Slave Bill of Sale, 1854

December 28, 1854 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,750.00
217

French Louisiana Slave Owner Compensated by City of New Orleans For Use of "Francois or Frank"

October 7, 1819 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 350.00
218

1854 Debt Collection Writ Mortgaging 38 Slaves in Louisiana Sugar Bowl

January 19, 1854 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
220

1843 Letter Re: Views of Europeans on American Slavery

June 5, 1843 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
  • 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