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

Auction Details

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
396		1873 City of Glasgow One Pound Banknote		November 11, 1873	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
397	Napoleon Bonaparte	Napoleon Bonaparte Letter Signed Lovely Signature		September 11, 1808	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 3,500.00
398	Fidel Castro	Fidel Castro PSA NM-MT 8 Rare Signed Photo to Documentarian Saul Landau		1960-04-16	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,000.00
399	Winston Churchill	Winston Churchill Signed German Edition of "The Birth of Britain," PSA Certified	Bern:	ca. 1956	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,625.00
400	Gen. Charles Cornwallis	Gen. Charles Cornwallis Letter of Recommendation, Mentioning Rumored Illegitimate Son		August 17, 1796	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,625.00
401	Moshe Dayan	Important Moshe Dayan Association Docs In Hebrew		ca. 1928-1978	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 200.00
402	Queen Victoria	Queen Victoria Signed Appointment, Beautifully Framed		July 5, 1869	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 531.25
403	Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy	Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, the Actual Traitor in the Dreyfus Affair, Handwritten Letter		n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 300.00
404	Mahatma Gandhi	Mahatma Gandhi PSA MINT 9 Double Hindi / English Signature, 7 Months Before Assassination, With Great Provenance & JSA LOA		1947-06-24	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 12,500.00
405	Nelson Mandela	Nelson Mandela Signed 1995 Commemorative Cover Display		1995-08-23	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 437.50
406	Elena Rzhevskaya	Elena Rzhevskaya, Russian Spy Who Confirmed Hitler's Death - Carried His Remains After Reichstag Attack! Signed Memoirs	Moscow:	1979-11-05	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
407	J. M. Barrie	J. M. Barrie ALS: Peter Pan Royalties from the Duke of York's Theatre		2010-03-17	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
408		1788 "Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece," 7-Vol. 1st Ed. In Original French		ca. 1788	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 175.00
409	Truman Capote	Truman Capote Signed 1st. Ed. of "In Cold Blood"		ca. 1965	USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
410	Mark Twain	Mark Twain Signed and Inscribed Cabinet Card, PSA/DNA Encapsulated		October 31, 1888	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 3,000.00
411	Mark Twain	Mark Twain Signed Card, PSA/DNA Encapsulated and Graded MINT 9		n.d.	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,375.00
412	Roald Dahl	Roald Dahl Signed 1st Edition, 1st Printing of "James and the Giant Peach"		n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,250.00
413	Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens CDV Portraits ca. 1858-1863		ca. 1858-1863	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 325.00
414	Ernest Hemingway	Ernest Hemingway Early Photograph, Probable Type I		n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
415	Oliver Wendell Holmes	Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Pair of Autograph Letters Signed with One LS		ca. 1846-1890	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 100.00
416	Stephen King	Stephen King Candid TLS to Fan re: Disappointment with Kubrick's "The Shining" & Plans for Unrealized Movie for "The Stand"		1980-08-05	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
417	Stephen King	Stephen King Signed Promo for Finders Keepers		ca. 2015	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 468.75
418	D. H. Lawrence	D. H. Lawrence Signed & Numbered 1st Ed. of "Lady Chatterley's Lover"	Florence:	ca. 1928	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
419	Harper Lee	Harper Lee Signed "To Kill A Mockingbird" 35th Anniversary Edition Inscribed to Tony Bennett	New York:	ca. 1995	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,750.00
420	Child, Burroughs, and Bernard Shaw	[Dealer's Lot] Three Books: Child, Burroughs, and Bernard Shaw		ca. 1694 to 1928	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00

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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