University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books and Memorabilia, 82725, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 27, 2025 - August 27, 2025

Page Size: 418 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	John Adams	John Adams Comments on Proposed Peace Forwarded to Congress "for the sake of making the Members, Smile." He Also Quotes John Milton!	ca. May 8, 1780	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 6,250.00
2	John Quincy	John Quincy Adams Invests in America, Stock in Public Funds of the United States, Co-signed By Gallatin. Unique!	October 26, 1801	USD 12,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 17,500.00
3	JQ Adams	JQ Adams Anti-Slavery & Pro-Women Speech Portion Re: Annexation of TX & "female anti-Texas and anti-slavery petitioners", Over 700 Words In His Hand	ca. June 1838	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,375.00
4	John Q. Adams	John Q. Adams Right After "Amistad" - Official Notes as Member of Congress on Texas, Slavery, Haiti, Captive Americans, & More. Unique!	December 1841	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,500.00
5	J.Q. Adams ALS	J.Q. Adams ALS as Minister to Russia During War of 1812, Highly Coveted	April 10, 1814	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 1,750.00
6	Pristine J.Q. Adams	Pristine J.Q. Adams ALS to Col. Thomas Aspinwall	May 27, 1839	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,625.00
7	J.Q. Adams Franks	J.Q. Adams Franks John Graham's Letter Re: "rejection of the Florida Treaty by the King of Spain"	March 1, 1820	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 625.00
8	Signed Chester	Signed Chester Arthur Extra Large Cabinet Photo - Incredible!	n.d.	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,062.50
9	Chester A. Arthur	Chester A. Arthur Lengthy War-Dated ALS to Sister Re: Brother Wounded in Action, Incredible!	June 24, 1864	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,062.50
10	Chester A. Arthur	Chester A. Arthur Boldly Signed Scarce ALS	April 18, 1879	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 625.00
11	Chester A. Arthur	Chester A. Arthur Partial DS as New York Customs Collector, Large and Bold Signature	April 30, 1875	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 406.25
12	President James Buchanan	President James Buchanan Vetoes Payment of Mail Contract Curtailment Compensation	January 25, 1861	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 937.50
13	George W. Bush	George W. Bush Hanging Chads from 2000 Election! & Signed Book w/ JSA	ca. 2000	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
14	George W. Bush	George W. Bush 9/11 Typescripts w/ Bin Laden Mugshot and Iconic Speech! Two Tragic & Defining Events of 9/11	2001-09-11	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,062.50
15	Grover Cleveland	Grover Cleveland Approves His Name Being Used for "the Cleveland Boys" Club	September 8, 1883	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 437.50
16	Grover Cleveland	Grover Cleveland Writes Gen. Sheridan Re: Military Control of Indian Reservations	July 19, 1885	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 750.00
17		4 Years After Women's Suffrage! Calvin Coolidge 1924 TLS On W.H. Stationery, "good work of the women in organizing and helping to bring out the vote"	2024-11-12	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 593.75
18	Calvin Coolidge	Calvin Coolidge Signed Vintage Harris & Ewing Photograph	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
19	Jefferson Davis	Jefferson Davis War-Date ALS Thanking Lee's Aide-de-Camp for a Christmas Gift of a Tea Set	January 1, 1862	USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	USD 1,500.00
20	Uncle Ike Dwight & Mamie Eisenhower	"Uncle Ike" Dwight & Mamie Eisenhower Small Archive (4) of Signed Letters & Cards	ca. 1954-1969	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 562.50
21	Eisenhower Signed	Eisenhower Signed D-Day Orders to His Troops, PSA Certified & Encapsulated Near Mint to Mint 8	[June 6, 1944]	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,937.50
22	Millard Fillmore	Millard Fillmore Signed Book from Personal Library on "History of Europe"	July 23, 1858	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 1,125.00
23	R.E. Lee & Millard Fillmore	R.E. Lee & Millard Fillmore Unique Signed Railroad Stock Certificate, Only One Other Known!	September 15, 1848	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,000.00
24	Gerald Ford	Gerald Ford Signed 1st Ed. "The President's Commission On The Assassination Of President Kennedy"	ca. 1964	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 437.50
25	Gerald Ford's	Gerald Ford's Chinese Hua Yan Work! Likely Gifted to Gerald Ford by China During Mao Zedong Visit	ca. 1975	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 1,125.00

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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
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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.

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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.