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
187	Charles Lindbergh	Charles Lindbergh Signed & Inscribed "Wartime Journals", First Edition	1970	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
188	Charles Lindbergh	Charles Lindbergh Signed Press Badge From July 1927 Boston Publicity Tour, With Outstanding Provenance!	ca. March 16, 1928	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 562.50
189	Charles A. Lindbergh	Charles A. Lindbergh TLS Re: 1931 Proposed "Great Circle Route" From NY To Tokyo	1931-06-17	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,062.50
190	Charles A. Lindbergh	Charles A. Lindbergh Signed 1939 Missouri Ticket Stub Souvenir	1939-07-01	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
191	Orville Wright	Orville Wright Superb Collection of 11 Signed Checks	ca. 1924-32	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,687.50
192	O. Wright	O. Wright TLS "first to...fly" Incredible Letter About Dawn of Flight	1937-10-19	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
193	Wilbur Wright	Wilbur Wright Signed Postcard During Successful Exhibition Flights in Europe	2008-12-08	USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 7,500.00
194	Wilbur Wright	Wilbur Wright Type I Photo with Ralph Johnstone before Record-Breaking Altitude Flight	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 562.50
195	P.T. Barnum	P.T. Barnum "The Art of Money Getting" ALS Written on Broadsheet of His Popular Lecture	March 21, 1863	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 1,000.00
196	Joe Bananas Bonanno	Mafia Boss Joe "Bananas" Bonanno In Image Archive	ca. 1959-1972	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
197	Warren Buffett	Warren Buffett Signed 1st Ed. of his Biography, "Of Permanent Value," Also Signed by the Author	ca. 1995	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 2,375.00
198	Andrew Carnegie	Andrew Carnegie Signed Private Edition of "Notes of a Trip Round The World"	September 22, 1879	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,875.00
199	William G. Fargo	William G. Fargo Signed 1873 American Express Co. Stock Certificate	March 7, 1873	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 562.50
200	William G. Fargo	William G. Fargo Signed 1874 American Express Company Stock Certificate	January 7, 1874	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 500.00
201	Jimmy Hoffa	Jimmy Hoffa Boldly Signed Portrait Print with Teamsters Photo	n.d.	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,625.00
202	McDonald's Visionary	McDonald's Visionary Franchise Agent Ray Kroc Signed Leather Bound Edition of "Grinding It Out"	ca. 1970s	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,375.00
203	Ray Kroc	Ray Kroc Signed Sought-After McDonald's Gift Certificate, PSA Graded MINT 9	ca. 1974	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 2,750.00
204	Hiram S. Maxim	Hiram S. Maxim to Funk & Wagnalls Praising Their Dictionary	2013-10-28	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
205	1875 Pinkerton's	1875 Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Letterhead, Beautiful Example of "We Never Sleep" Logo	May 25, 1875	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
207	John D. Rockefeller	John D. Rockefeller Signed Photo - The Billionaire is Wearing a Jeweled Stickpin!	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 4,687.50
208	John D. Rockefeller	John D. Rockefeller & Henry Flagler Signed Green Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate	May 26, 1887	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,250.00
209	Bartolomeo Vanzetti	Bartolomeo Vanzetti ALS: "We are still as near to the electric chair as when we were pronounced guilty"	2024-06-18	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,000.00
210		1866 Stock Certificate for American Express Co. Signed by Henry Wells as Pres. & William Fargo as Sec.	May 1, 1866	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 593.75
211		PSA GEM MT 10 Ticket to the Top of the World Trade Center	2001-08-23	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 687.50
213		John Brown's Body, Original Lyrics By Author of Union Marching Song, Probably Unique!	ca. 1900-1915	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold

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