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
371	Signed Weizmann	Signed Weizmann Signed Photograph as First President of Israel	1950-06-20	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 687.50
372	Dealer's Lot	Dealer's Lot Signed Books, 12 Signers Incl. Carter; Betty Ford; Goldwater; Mailer; Scully & More! 12 Pcs Total	ca. 1909-1998	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 175.00
373	Robert Burns, Farmer-Poet I	Robert Burns, Farmer-Poet, AN: "I allow for one cow's dung..."	n.d.	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,875.00
374	Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens ALS Composed While Writing "Nicholas Nickleby"	ca. 1839	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,750.00
375	Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens Calling Card from London Residence Where "Little Dorrit", "Bleak House" and "A Tale of Two Cities" Were Written	ca. 1851-1860	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 3,000.00
376	Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens Rare Reading Ticket During 2nd U.S. Tour	January 2, 1868	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
377	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Ralph Waldo Emerson ALS: London Art Touring, Hunterian Museum & Turner's Studio	July 1, [1848]	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 437.50
378	Robert Frost	Robert Frost Signature with "The Road Not Taken" Poem Printed After the Fact	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 3,000.00
379	Kahlil Gibran	Kahlil Gibran Signed 1st Ed. of "Sand and Foam," Limited to 100 Copies!	1926	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 6,875.00
380	Victor Hugo	Victor Hugo Thanks "Toilers of the Sea" Literary Critic: "You are more than a critic ... you are a philosopher and an artist"	April 20 [n.y. but probably 1866]	USD 700.00 - 800.00	USD 1,000.00
381	Jack Kerouac	Jack Kerouac's Personally Owned 1964 Day Calendar	ca. 1964	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 175.00
382	Rudyard Kipling	Rudyard Kipling TLS Re: Villiers Street, Where He Worked On 1st Novel, Along With Bonus Initialed Envelope Cover	various	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 562.50
383	Harper Lee	Harper Lee ALS Re: Business in her Hometown of Monroeville, the Inspiration for "To Kill a Mockingbird"	2004-06-16	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,500.00
384	Harper Lee	Harper Lee ALS on a Dancing Banana Card With Hand-Addressed Signed Envelope	2002-06-22	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 750.00
385	Joaquin Miller	Joaquin Miller ALS Answering Philosophical Question on "Arbor Day Cross Stationery"	April 23, [1893]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
386	Ayn Rand	Ayn Rand Signature Display With PSA LOA	n.d.	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 750.00
387	James Whitcomb Riley	James Whitcomb Riley: "Sweetest faith in all things human, Blossoms from the heart of Woman"	January 1, 1893	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
388	J. K. Rowling Signed	J. K. Rowling Signed 1st American Edition "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", JSA Authenticated	1998	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,500.00
389	Sir Walter Scott	Sir Walter Scott AL With 100+ Words From London, With Surprising Royal Dentist Connection!	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
390	Dr. Seuss	Dr. Seuss Signed & Inscribed "Cat in the Hat" To a Young Reader, Later 1967 Printing	ca. 1967	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,250.00
391	Shel Silverstein	Shel Silverstein Original Drawing of a Nude Couple on a Horse -- Ostensibly for his "Playboy" Travel Series	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 562.50
392	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of "The Long Valley"	n.d.	USD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,250.00
393	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of "The Pearl," With Lengthy Inscription to his Typist	n.d.	USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00	USD 3,250.00
394	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Playful Autograph Letter Twice Signed to His Typist "M.M."	March 26, [1959]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,000.00
395	Buffalo Bill Cody	"Buffalo Bill" Cody Signed & Inscribed Photo on Horseback, ca. 1911, Magnificent Item	2011-02-20	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,250.00

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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.