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
129	G. Washington	G. Washington Signed Discharge Soldier Who Served at Yorktown with Badge of Merit	June 9, 1783	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 12,500.00
130	George Washington	George Washington 42 Word Fragment Attributed by Charles Hamilton as being Part of His Inaugural Address	December 15, 1788	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 8,125.00
131	George Washington	George Washington Cut Signature PSA Certified & Encapsulated	n.d.	USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,000.00
132	George Washington	George Washington 1775 Mezzotint as Commander in Chief of Continental Army	1775	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 6,250.00
133	George Washington	George Washington's Velvet Cloak From Tobias Lear, CAG Encapsulated	n.d.	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,500.00
134	George Washington	George Washington Engraved Dinner Invitation	ca. 1790s	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,125.00
135		House's Initial Response to George Washington's First Inaugural Address, & His Homespun Suit	May 14, 1789	USD 900.00 - 1,000.00	USD 625.00
136		Boston Newspaper Reports Shays's Rebellion & Extols George Washington	March 16, 1787	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 687.50
137	George Washington	George Washington Dinner Invitation, Vintage 19th Century Reprint	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
138	Wilson	Wilson WWI-Dated TLS: "...we, like the English, are planning to dominate everything and to oust everybody we can oust"	2018-08-29	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,187.50
139	W. Wilson's	W. Wilson's Copy of Sec. of War's "League of Nations" Speech Delivered at Democratic Convention! & Bonus Newton Baker TLS!	2020-08-17	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 175.00
140	Woodrow Wilson	Woodrow Wilson TLS Mentioning Gift of a Bust of Gen. Pershing	2019-09-03	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 275.00
141	Woodrow Wilson	Woodrow Wilson Signed Vintage Harris & Ewing Photograph	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
142	Frederic Auguste Bartholdi	Frederic Auguste Bartholdi 1899 ALS: "...I am always a slave to my word"	July 31, 1899	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 375.00
143	Mathew Brady	Mathew Brady of Lincoln Photo Fame, Docket From Civil War, on Photographer Charles D. Fredricks' Letter to Him	December 6, 1864	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
144	Original Robert	Original Robert Indiana Signed "LOVE" Artwork	1981-08-06	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 2,500.00
145	Pablo Picasso	Pablo Picasso PSA GEM Mint 9 Rare ALS Dated Just Before "Les Baigneurs" Bronze Sculptural Group	1956-03-01	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,750.00
146	Auguste Rodin	Auguste Rodin ALS: "I owe you a lot for the pleasure it gave me when you visited my studio to see my sculptures"	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 875.00
147	Andy Warhol	Andy Warhol Signed "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol," With His Hand-Drawn Sketch of Campbell's Soup Can	n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,750.00
148	Andy Warhol	Andy Warhol Signed 1st Ed. "POPism: The Warhol '60s"	1980	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 593.75
149	Stanford White	Stanford White, Designer of Washington Square Arch, to F.W. MacMonnies in Paris Re: Sketches of Models of the Four Female Winged Relief Figures	January 16, 1894	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 531.25
150	Andrew Wyeth	Andrew Wyeth Signed Catalog for 1980 Paris Exhibition	ca. 1980	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 150.00
151	Buzz Aldrin	Buzz Aldrin Signed 1969 American Flag on the Moon Photo, Very Fine	1969-07-20	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 937.50
152	Buzz Aldrin	Buzz Aldrin Photograph of His Descent Onto the Lunar Surface	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
153	Buzz Aldrin	Buzz Aldrin Boldly Signed Photo, Apollo 11 Lunar Landing, Fine!	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 812.50

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.
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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