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
421	George Orwell	George Orwell 1st Edition, 1st Printing of "Nineteen Eighty-Four"	London:	ca. 1949	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,750.00
422		Rare 16th C. Copy of Venetian Friar's Religious Revision of Petrarch's "Il Canzoniere," His Epic Laura Poems		ca. 1575	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 350.00
423	Mario Puzo	Mario Puzo Signed 1st Edition of "The Godfather"		n.d.	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,750.00
424	Maurice Sendak	Maurice Sendak Signed & Sketched Card ft. Art From His Most Controversial Work		1993-12-28	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 625.00
425	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Densely Packed Handwritten Letter Signed "love John"		1959-03-27	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,375.00
426	Robert Louis Stevenson	Robert Louis Stevenson ALS From Skerryvore, Where He Wrote His Most Famous Work		n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,375.00
427		3" Graphite Segment from First Nuclear Reactor, Fermi's CP-I, Encased in Lucite		1942-12-02	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,875.00
428	Vint Cerf	Great Vint Cerf Signed Drawing: "1977 Internet", with Beckett Authentication		ca. 1977	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 875.00
429	Thomas Edison	Thomas Edison Signed Photo from NYC Military Preparedness Parade, 1916		ca. May 1916	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 4,375.00
430	Thomas Edison	Fantastic Thomas Edison Signed Check with Charles and Mina Edison Checks		ca. December 8, 1928	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,000.00
431	Sigmund Freud	Sigmund Freud ALS Re: Contributing Psychoanalysis Article to Encyclopaedia Britannica, What Would Become the 1926 13th Edition		2025-09-13	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,500.00
432		Lithographic Copy of a Patent for a Dynamo-Electric Motor		March 8, 1892	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
433		Wine Pasteurization! Louis Pasteur Signed Presentation Copy of "Etudes Sur Le Vin"		n.d.	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,375.00
434		"It's All in the Draw" Charming 1890s Poker Booklet		ca. 1895	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
435	Muhammad Ali	Muhammad Ali 2x Signed Books, with Ruben "Hurricane" Carter		various	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 875.00
436	Mike Tyson	Mike Tyson Signed Boxing Glove- PSA, JSA, & Fiterman Authentication!		n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 175.00
437		Tyson, Strawberry & Gooden Group Signed 16x20 Photo- JSA & Fiterman Authentication		n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
438		2008-09 LA Lakers Signed Basketball- 12 Signatures incl. Kobe Bryant, Pao Gasol & More! PSA Authenticated		ca. 2008-2009	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,187.50
439	Magic, Kareem & Others	Lakers Legends Magic, Kareem & Others Huge Signed Lithograph, 39" x 22"		ca. 1992	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,187.50
440		Rare! 1969 100th Anniversary Professional Baseball Unused 50-Stamp Block, With PSE COA		ca. 1969	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
441	A.G. Spalding	A.G. Spalding Signed 1st Ed. "America's National Game" Baseball History, With Bonus Abner Doubleday Sig!	New York:	ca. October 26, 1911; October 27, 1864	USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00	USD 5,312.50
442		1952 Bowman Baseball Card Complete Set		ca. 1952	USD 5,500.00 - 7,500.00	USD 8,125.00
443		10 Signed Baseball Books - Robinson, Mays, Berra, Ford, Ripken, More		various	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,500.00
444		7 Basketball Legends Signed Books - Includes Magic, Bird and Kareem		various	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 625.00
445	Joe DiMaggio	Joe DiMaggio Signed Ltd. Edition Oversized Lithograph		n.d.	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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