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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
58	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy TLS Concerning a Case of Mistaken Identity	1954-04-23	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,875.00
59		JFK Assassination: "Texas Welcome" Austin Dinner Program	1963-11-22	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 500.00
60	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy PT-109 Paperweight, Gifted Exclusively to 1960 DNC Delegates	ca. 1960	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 812.50
61		Lot of JFK Ephemera Plus 1964 Check For Memorial Library	ca. 1960-1964	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 100.00
62	Abraham Lincoln	Monumental Abraham Lincoln PSA MINT 9 Signed Carte de Visite by Gardner, ca. 1863	[August 9, 1863]	USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	USD 112,500.00
63	Lincoln	Lincoln ALS to Youth: "A young man, before the enemy has learned to watch him...votes... shall redeem the county" Evocative of Famous "Work" Letter	November 3, 1859	USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 40,625.00
64	Lincoln	Lincoln Signs Plus 192 Words, Women's Land Rights, Real Estate Agent Sells Springfield Land For Mary's Family, Unique!	August 20, 1855	USD 12,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
65	Lincoln	Lincoln, Slavery Association Writes to the Secretary of State Recommending a Whig Ally from Illinois	June 23, 1849	USD 16,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 17,500.00
66	Lincoln	Lincoln Presidential ALS Just Days Before Start Of Civil War!	March 29, 1861	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 28,125.00
67	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Nominates Ohio Quartermaster John J. Elwell as Captain, Plus (4) Brevet Appointments Authorized by Johnson!	ca. 1861-1887	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 9,375.00
68	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln ANS Assisting "wife of a preacher...wants employment"	August 18, 1863	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 8,750.00
69	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signed War-Dated Military Appointment of Irish-Born Career Soldier	September 9, 1861	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 10,000.00
70	Lincoln	Lincoln Signed & Written Woman's Land Rights, Mary's Family	May 19, 1859	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 5,625.00
71	Lincoln	Lincoln Boldly Signed Endorsement, Plus 31 Other Notables, Days Before Battle of Baton Rouge	August 1, 1862	USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 16,250.00
72	Lincoln	Lincoln Grants Admission to Gallery in Congress for Mrs. Lincoln's Friends	March 3, 1865	USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 11,250.00
73		Abraham Lincoln's Secretary Thanks Correspondent for Condolences on Willie Lincoln's Death	March 1, 1862	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,312.50
75	Anthony Berger	Abraham Lincoln Cabinet Card by Photographer Anthony Berger at Brady Gallery	February 9, 1864	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 275.00
76		Abraham Lincoln & Emancipation Congress Framed Print	ca. 1865	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,187.50
77		Lincoln Avoids Assassination - Engineer & Firemen Tell Story of Taking Him Quietly to Philadelphia	ca. 1898-1970	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 2,250.00
78	A. Lincoln's	A. Lincoln's Funeral Procession in New York Rare Cabinet Card	ca. 1879	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 275.00
79	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln CDV with Allegorical Slave Figure	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 375.00
80	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln Tintype Photo from a Famous Portrait Sitting	November 8, 1863	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
81	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Cabinet Card by Photographer Christopher S. German in Springfield	January 13, 1861	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 300.00
83		Civil War-Dated Doc Signed by Thomas Vincent, Who Witnessed Abraham Lincoln's Death & "Coined" the Dead President	October 5, 1864	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
84		Lincoln & McClellan Antietam Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected - Rarest of These Battlefield Views	ca. early 20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 175.00

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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