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
396	William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody	William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody 2x Signed ALS, Excellent Cattle & Horse Content	March 31, 1883	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,750.00
397	William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody	William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody Boldly Signed Real Photo Postcard	n.d.	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,125.00
398	John Wallace Capt. Jack Crawford	John Wallace "Capt. Jack" Crawford ANS on Postcard	ca. 1913	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
399	Sam Houston	Sam Houston Signed Tennessee Land Grant as Gov. of Tennessee	January 22, 1828	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,750.00
400	Bat Masterson	Bat Masterson is Accused of "willfully permitting" a Defendant to Escape	November 3, 1879	USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,375.00
401	Annie Oakley	Annie Oakley Signed Illustrated Page, Four Years After Leaving Buffalo Bill's	ca. 1905	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,750.00
402	Lillian Smith	Lillian Smith, "The California Girl", Signed & Inscribed Cabinet Card	September 14, 1891	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 2,250.00
403	Henry Clay	Henry Clay Signed Legal Doc As "Pro Querente" Or "For The Plaintiff"	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
404	Henry Clay	Henry Clay Handwritten & Signed Early Legal Document Ca. 1801	ca. 1801	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 350.00
405	Henry Clay	Henry Clay ALS Promising to Lobby Congressional Colleague - Great Political Content!	July 9, 1840	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
406	George M. Dallas	VP George M. Dallas with Stephen Douglas Signed Endorsement	March 8, 1853	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 500.00
407	Robert F. Kennedy	Robert F. Kennedy Signed Gelatin Silver Photo Inscribed to Puerto Rican Artist Luis Q. Chiesa	ca. November, 1966	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 531.25
408	Timothy Pickering	Timothy Pickering, Three Important Owned & Signed Pamphlets	ca. June-August 1809	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 437.50
409		Hunting Licenses Issued to George Wallace & Wife Less Than a Year Before He Was Shot	1971-10-01	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
410	Daniel Webster	Daniel Webster Signed Free Frank, Addressed to Editor Horace Steele	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 200.00
411	Andre-Marie Ampere	Andre-Marie Ampere Mathematical Manuscript Exploring Partial Derivatives! Featuring 20+ Equations, Nearly 400 Words	n.d.	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
412	Luther Burbank	Luther Burbank Signed Book Portrait, Father of McDonald's French Fry	2009-01-23	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
413	Vint Cerf	Vint Cerf "Father of the Internet" Signed Sketch of 1977 Internet, Beckett Encapsulated	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 350.00
414	Charles Darwin	Charles Darwin Signed Card, Four Days Before His Death	April 15, 1882	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	USD 5,000.00
415	Thomas Edison	Thomas Edison Fantastic SP to "a Pioneer of the Incandescent Electric Light" - Best Inscription Ever!	n.d. [ca. 1926]	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 4,687.50
416	Thomas Edison	Thomas Edison TLS, PSA Gem Mint 10, Exceptional!	1930-10-14	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,375.00
417	Thomas Edison	Thomas Edison Signed Photo - One of the Best We've Seen!	n.d.	USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,125.00
418	Thomas Edison & The Vagabonds:	Thomas Edison & "The Vagabonds": Lot of 6 Vintage Photographs, 1915-1921	ca. 1915-1921	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
419	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein PSA GEM MT 10 TLS, Allows Thoughts on Astrology to be Made Public	1943-02-12	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,312.50
420	Richard Feynman	Richard Feynman Handwritten Notes on Challenger Disaster Statement	1986-06-10	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 687.50

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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.