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
239	Ed. Randolph To	Ed. Randolph To Nicholson Mentions Rbt. Morris "I have sold stock" as Washington's Attorney General	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 500.00
240		Provisioning the "Hancock" in 1776, One of the Most Successful Privateers Fitted Out in America During the Early Years of the Revolution - Rum & Beer!	March 2, 1776	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,750.00
241		1776 Provisioning the Chatham, A Row Galley in the Pennsylvania Navy	May 6, 1776	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 812.50
242	Samuel Sewall	Witchcraft Judge Samuel Sewall Unique Signed & Annotated 1650 Biblical Work, Consigned By Mass. Institution!	April 30, 1717	USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 5,937.50
244	James Wilson, Robert Morris, T. Pickering, and Other	James Wilson, Robert Morris, T. Pickering, and Other Leading Philadelphia Statesmen and Merchants Pay for Improvements to North Road, Important Early Transportation	January 1795 - October 1795	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 20,000.00
245	John Wendell	John Wendell Double ALS on John Paul Jones, Washington, Independence, and More! Great Historical Content	October 26, 1777 and February 18, 1778	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,375.00
246	Ray Bolger	Ray Bolger Signed "Wizard of OZ" Promotional Images	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
247	Edwin Booth	Edwin Booth Ironic ALS to Acquaintance in Wilkes-Barre, PA	November 19, 1879	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
248	Lenny Bruce	Lenny Bruce Signed Production Contract For "A Wonderfully Sick Evening" at Los Angeles's Attic Theatre, PSA Certified	1958-11-14	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 937.50
250	Coldplay	Coldplay Signed "Moon Music" CD Insert	ca. 2024	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 150.00
251	Givenchy	Givenchy Signed Sketch for Audrey Hepburn's Awards Show Gown! Gorgeous Colors! Very Rare!	ca. October 28,1988	USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,000.00
252	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Signed 1st Ed. of "Fantasia", JSA Authenticated	1941	USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00	USD 5,312.50
253	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Signed Photo Handsomely Framed w/ WDW Co. Guarantee	n.d.	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	USD 5,312.50
254	Richard Dreyfuss	Richard Dreyfuss Signed JAWS Photo Poster, PSA/DNA, 50th Anniversary of its Release	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
255	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" w/ Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication	2013	USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 53,125.00
256		19 Checks Signed by Actors & Musicians: Redford, Seymour, Wilder and More!	ca. 1961 to 1984	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 687.50
257		18 Checks Signed by Actors & Musicians: Ireland, Reiner, Ronstadt, and More!	ca. 1962 to 1983	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 625.00
258		17 Checks Signed by Actors & Musicians: Barker, Day, Rogers, Wilder, and More!	ca. 1962-1983	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 625.00
259	Carrie Fisher	Carrie Fisher "Princess Leia" of Star Wars, Boldly Signed Check! PSA Mint 9	1980-01-08	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 350.00
260	Clark Gable	Clark Gable Signed Check to Personal Assistant & Biographer Jean Garceau	1955-08-15	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 325.00
261	Greta Garbo	Greta Garbo Unusual Signed Early Document	1940-07-03	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 593.75
262	Alfred Hitchcock	Striking Alfred Hitchcock Large Signed Photograph, JSA Authenticated	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,250.00
263	Bob Hope	Bob Hope Early Signed Photo as "Les" to Conjoined Twins Daisy & Violet Hilton	ca. 1927	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 300.00
264	Harry Houdini	Harry Houdini TLS Seeking to Debunk Two Spiritualists on Film	2024-03-26	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,250.00
265	Harry Houdini	Harry Houdini TLS After Returning from Washington, "trying to put over a bill against fraudulent mediums"	2026-05-22	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,125.00

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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
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.