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
85

Abraham Lincoln, Gardner's First Sitter! Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 687.50
87

Abraham Lincoln Memento Mori Woodcut Print

ca. 1865 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
88

Ford's Theatre "American Cousin" Playbill, Early Reprint

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
89 Boston Corbett

Boston Corbett Twice Mentions "Shooting Booth" and Collecting His Reward, Just Weeks After Booth's Capture and Death

May 13, 1865 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,250.00
90 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln Writes Abram Wakeman Secret Letter Weeks Before Lee's Surrender

March 12, 1865 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,000.00
91 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln 2x Signed Handwritten Note Inviting Abram Wakeman for Drive to Soldier's Home

May 3, [1864] USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,687.50
92 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln as 1st Lady Helps "strong Union man" Penn Veteran Get Position as Sutler

December 8, [1864] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
93 Mary Todd

Mary Todd Lincoln Clipped Signature, PSA Graded NM-MT 8

n.d. USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,750.00
94

Permissions for Mary Lincoln's Cousin to Marry, Signed by Her Uncle

November 9, 1849; December 17, 1849 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,750.00
95

Illinois Woman Writes About Mary Lincoln and Lincoln's 1st Love Ann Rutledge

June 7, 1867 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
96

Three CDVs of Mary Todd Lincoln and Possibly Her Eldest Sister

ca. 1860s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
97 Robert Todd Lincoln

(2) Robert Todd Lincoln Clipped Signatures

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
98 James Madison

James Madison Clipped Signature, PSA Graded and Encapsulated

n.d. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
99

1897 McKinley/Hobart Pocket-Sized Program for the Inaugural Ball

March 4, 1897 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
100 James Monroe

James Monroe Handwritten Signed Letter of Recommendation

December 12, 1830 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
101 James Monroe

James Monroe ALS Two Weeks After Appointed to Negotiate Louisiana Purchase

January 28, 1803 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
102 James Monroe

James Monroe Clipped Signature, PSA Graded GEM MT 10

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
103 James Monroe

James Monroe 1823 DS for Land in Ohio

September 1, 1823 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
104 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Signed Letter Thanking "an old and trusted friend" for his "letter of support on Vietnam"

1973-01-23 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 625.00
105 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon TLS to VP Agnew Ahead of 1972 Election: "...your lecture on courtesy and democracy really warmed my heart"

1972-10-27 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
106 Johnson, Bush, Clinton, Hoover, Nixon & Ford

Presidents: Johnson, Bush, Clinton, Hoover, Nixon & Ford Lovely Signed Items - Great Dealers Group!

Mid-late 20th C. USD 700.00 - 800.00 USD 937.50
107 Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon Signed Books

various USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 593.75
108 Reagan

After Assassination Attempt, Reagan Thanks Students for Get-Well Wishes: "I wouldn't dare not get well after all the effort you put in..."

[ca. April, 1981] USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,750.00
109 Reagan

Reagan as Pres. to Influential Civil Rights Leader Roger Wilkins, Talks About Relationship with Joe Louis

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
110 Ronald & Nancy Reagan

Ronald & Nancy Reagan Signed Display w/ Rare Signed Bumper Sticker!

ca. 1976 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
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