University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 71625, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 16, 2025 - July 16, 2025
Page Size: 437 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
270 John Hancock

John Hancock Penned and Signed Ship Receipt, PSA/DNA Graded MINT 9

June 10, 1768 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
271 John Hancock

John Hancock Docketed Letter Re: Taking Money From Prisoners, JSA Certified

June 7, 1782 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 937.50
272 John Hancock

John Hancock Docketed Letter: "Designs of the Enemy to destroy Albany," JSA Certified

November 22, 1782 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
273 Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Superb Bold Free Frank to Signer of the Fincastle Resolutions, Early British Resistance "Liberty and Death"

n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,625.00
274 Founding Father

Founding Father Thomas Heyward Signed Arrest Warrant, 1788

June 13, 1788 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
275 Francis Hopkinson

Francis Hopkinson Signed $1000 Bond Certificate, Dated 1780

May 22, 1780 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,500.00
276 T. Pickering

T. Pickering, Final Military Operations of the Rev. War From West Point!

September 30, 1783 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
277

Revolutionary War Patriot Cares for French Prisoner of War

November 1, 1779 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
278

Pennsylvania Receipt for Horse Taken for Continental Army in 1780

August 25, 1780 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 937.50
279 General Philip

General Philip Schuyler ALS Re: John Jay's 1792 Gubernatorial Defeat "the late nefarious decession"

July 1, 1792 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 875.00
280 Philip Schuyler

Philip Schuyler ALS on Wadsworth & Carter, among the Foremost Merchants and Financiers of the Revolution

September 26, 1783 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 937.50
281

Boston Newspaper Discusses Education, Shays's Rebellion, and Joseph Brant

January 12, 1787 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 200.00
282

Boston Newspaper Reports Shays's Rebellion and Benjamin Franklin's Views

March 20, 1787 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
283 Nathan Ray

Nathan Ray Thomas & Other Loyalists Archive: Letters, Receipts and More from 1758-1822

various USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 9,375.00
284

Powerful Graphic! North Carolina Ratifies Constitution; Adds Twelfth Pillar to the "Grand Federal Temple"

December 17, 1789 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 468.75
285

Delegates Gather in Philadelphia to Revise Articles of Confederation; Draft Constitution Instead, in Boston Newspaper Belonging to Maine Veteran

May 22, 1787 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
286

20th Century Actors & Authors Group of 8 Signed Checks: A. Haley, E. Caldwell, D. Niven & More!

ca. 1923-1989 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
287 Brian Epstein

Manager Brian Epstein Signs Beatles Legal Document Just Months Before His Death

1967-03-27 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,500.00
288 John Belushi

Huge Signature of John Belushi on "The National Lampoon's Animal House Book"

n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,750.00
289 Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett Sketches a Floral Drawing & His Notes

ca. 2015 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
290 Joey Bishop

Joey Bishop Signed United Films Check

1970-09-29 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
291 Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart Signed Slip, PSA/DNA Encapsulated and Graded

n.d. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 937.50
292 Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton Signed "Slow Hand" Album Cover, With Original Vinyl & PSA COA

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
293 George Clooney

George Clooney Signed Check at Breakthrough Point in Career

1995-12-11 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
294 Coldplay Signed

Coldplay Signed "Moon Music" CD Insert

ca. 2024 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
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