University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books, and Artwork, 60425, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025

Page Size: 479 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
316		General James Wadsworth Signed Order for Cannon Powder	Lebanon, Connecticut	September 26, 1777	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,250.00
317		Continental Navy Ship of War Ranger, 1779 Bill for "Receiving Powder into the Magazine from on Board"	no place	ca. April-June 1779	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,000.00
318		Revolutionary War Soldier's Request for Pension, 1820 Court Document	Steuben County, New York	June 21, 1820	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 531.25
319	Thomas Jefferson as then-president	Elijah Hayward 1833 Certified Secretarial Copy of 1801 Thomas Jefferson Land Grant		May 14, 1833	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 175.00
320		Account of the Battles of Lexington & Concord & Aftermath Newspaper, 5 Days Before Bunker Hill! Also Runaway Slaves	Philadelphia	June 12, 1775	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 1,250.00
321		Boston Newspapers Discuss Increasing Tensions with British and Building a New Government Under the Constitution	Boston	ca. 1769, 1789	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 625.00
322		Signer James Smith ALS Re: Court Costs, 1784	York	August 10, 1784	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,125.00
323		Indians & Slaves Listed in U.S. Census of 1800 Listing More Than 5 Million Americans	([Washington, D.C.])	ca. 1801	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 9,375.00
324	Cecil B. DeMille	Cecil B. DeMille Signed Program for "The Ten Commandments" (1923)	[Boston, MA]	ca. 1923	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,000.00
325	Johnny Depp	Johnny Depp Signed Poster for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), PSA Authenticated		n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 175.00
326		Richard Dreyfus Signed JAWS Photo Poster, PSA/DNA	n.p.	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 150.00
327		Bob Dylan Signed "Highway 61 Revisited", His Breakthrough Album, With Jeff Rosen COA		ca. 1965	USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,750.00
328	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington Signed Photo Captured by Bandmate Jimmy Hamilton!		n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 300.00
329		Group of 25 Checks Signed by Actors: Griffith, Fonda, Reiner, Wilder, and More!	varying places	ca. 1960 to 1988	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 562.50
330		Group of 31 Checks Signed by Actors: Hawn, Seymour, Silvers, and More!	varying places	ca. 1957 to 1984	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 812.50
331	Carrie Fisher	Carrie Fisher 'Princess Leia" of Star Wars, Boldly Signed Check! PSA Encapsulated		1979-12-04	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 531.25
332		Autograph Musical Quotation Signed by Composer Edvard Grieg, With Charles Hamilton COA	London	ca. 1889	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 937.50
333	Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)	Katharine Hepburn Hollywood Content ALS Mentioning Danny Kaye, Bob Hope, John Ford, Peter O'Toole, & Others!	[Ireland]	January 15, [1968]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 937.50
334	Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)	Alfred Hitchcock Large Signed Gelatin Silver Photo		n.d.	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,375.00
335	Harry Houdini	Harry Houdini TLS Recounting Underwater Casket Experiment, 3 Months Before His Death & Burial in the Same One!	[New York, New York]	2026-08-06	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,062.50
336	Harry Houdini	Harry Houdini Signed Photo to Fraudulent Medium Anna Eva Fay, Fantastic and Bold!	[New York, NY]	2024-01-23	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,687.50
337		KISS Signed Tour Poster for 1995-96 Worldwide Conventions: Stanley, Simmons, Criss, & Frehley		ca. 1995-96	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 325.00
338		Huge Liberace Signed Page & Piano Sketch Framed		n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 593.75
339		Lot of 24 Signed Checks From Notable Actors & Writers: Griffith, Montgomery, Newhart, & More!	Various places	ca. 1887-1990	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
341	Pianist Ignacy Paderewski	Pianist Ignacy Paderewski Signed Photograph - Huge 4" Signature!		n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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