University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books - Just In Time For The Holidays!, 121124, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024

Page Size: 518 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
327	Union Prisoners of War, One Dead at Salisbury	ca. 1864/1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 225.00
328	Naval Medal of Honor General Orders No. 11, April 1863	Apr. 3, 1863	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 175.00
329	Union Soldier's Letter With Derogatory Jeff Davis Artwork and Commentary: "If I can get a right at Jeff I will pick him right in the eye"!	October 2, 1861	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
330	30 Confederate States of America $10.00 Bills, 1864	Febuary 17, 1864	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 937.50
331	75+ Pieces of Confederate Currency - Huge Collection, in Many Formats!	various	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,875.00
332	Confederate Medical Discharge and Surgeon's Affidavit for Private in Louisiana Crescent Regt.	January 13, 1863	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 200.00
333	Three Confederate Generals Signed Document: Slaughter, Smith and Walker	ca. 1864	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 812.50
334	Five Confederate Soldiers Letters from Soldiers in Hampton's Legion, Palmetto Sharpshooters and 4th South Carolina Cavalry	Ca. 1862-1864	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 531.25
335	Confederate Returns from 24th Louisiana Crescent Regiment	ca. 1862	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 300.00
336	Iconic George Custer CDV Taken by Brady on The Day Union Armies Celebrated their Civil War Victory	May 23, 1865	USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	USD 1,125.00
337	Admiral John A. Dahlgren Signed CDV, April 6, 1865!	April 6, 1865	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 875.00
338	Jimmy Doolittle Re: Air Tactics to Director of "The Longest Day": "...doing infinitely more damage...to the Hun than his airplanes were doing to our ground troops"	1943-08-05	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,750.00
339	Neal Dow Superb Cabinet Card, Signed Twice!	March 20, 1895	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 204.80
340	Admiral Samuel Du Pont Civil War Date Letters, 1862-1863	ca. 1862-1863	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 175.00
341	Enola Gay Crew (2) Signed Photographs: Tibbets, Ferebee, Van Kirk, & More!	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 500.00
342	Enola Gay: Tibbetts, Ferebee and Van Kirk Signed Photos...and a Prayer	various	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 100.00
343	Hiroshima Mushroom Cloud Photo Signed By Two "Enola Gay" Crew Members, Taken Just Moments after the release of "Little Boy"!	various	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 468.75
344	Ferdinand Foch Signed Hand-Tinted Photograph, Ex-Forbes	n.d. but ca. 1921	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 325.00
345	Ambassador Joseph Grew On Unconditional Japanese Surrender: "...Japan's militaristic psychology must be discredited in the mind of its people..."	1945-07-18	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 468.75
346	Impressive 45 pc. Dealer's Lot ca. 1870s-1940s re: Design, Engineering, & Military!	ca. 1876-1947	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
347	Robert Ingersoll Splendid Signed Cabinet Card, with Quote	October 13, 1895	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 225.00
348	Joe Rosenthal Signed Copy of Iconic Pulitzer Prize Photo	1945-02-23	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,088.00
349	Robert E. Lee Signed CDV, Rare Post-War Brady Pose	n.d. but ca. 1865-1870	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,750.00
350	Civil War-Dated Robert E. Lee Signature 3 Days After Lee Urged Davis To Consider Allowing Blacks In The Confederate Army	September 5, 1864	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,375.00
351	Confederate Generals John Magruder and Henry McCullough Endorse a Cavalry Transfer	ca. 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 687.50

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