University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 111925, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 462 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
373 Theodore Roosevelt III

Theodore Roosevelt III TLS to former WWII First Infantry Division Member: "Cantigny Day dinner with the members of the old First would be infinitely more delightful"

 2026-05-22 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
374 William Seward

William Seward, As Secretary of State, ALS "Your Obedient Servant"

 October 9, 1868 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
375 Philip Sheridan

Philip Sheridan, Union General, PSA Slabbed Signature with Rank

 n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
376

Great Military Supplies Archive, Including Muskets in the Creek War

 ca. 1800-1801, 1816 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 204.80
377 Gideon Welles

Gideon Welles Plans Post-War Logistics for Washington Navy Yard Days After Lincoln Assassination & Conf. Surrender! PSA Encapsulated!

 May 10, 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 200.00
378 Richard Bong

Richard Bong Signed & Hand Addressed Envelope to His Mother

 1942-05-24 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
379

War of 1812 Surgeon's Commission Signed by Caleb Strong

 August 13, 1812 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
380

WWII Marines Deploy Flamethrowers in Combat! Incredible Shot! Ex. Brown Brothers Archive

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
381

(11) U.S. Generals Sign U.S. Declaration Of War On Germany Souvenir Typescript

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
382 AVG Flying Tigers

AVG Flying Tigers (3) Multi-Signed Prints by Artist Lonnie Ortega- 45 Signatures!

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
383 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Signed 1807 CT Militia Appointment

 May 20, 1807 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
384

(9) Signed Japanese Surrender Photos Aboard U.S.S. Missouri, 30+ Signatures: Aviators, Pearl Harbor Survivors & More!

 n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,187.50
385 Napoleon

Napoleon Troop Movement Directive Boldly Signed "N" Re: Raising Troops In Advance of Russian Invasion

 April 9, 1812 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,875.00
387 Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill PSA NM-MT 8 Full Signature

 n.d. USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
388 Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle Signed Photo of the Awarding of Winston Churchill the Order of Liberation!

 ca. November 1958 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
389 Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle 1954 TLS: "The union of the French people, above and beyond parties and factions, is, in effect, the first requisite of our rebuilding"

 1954-06-12 USD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
390 Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle Historic TLS Re: Fate of Elderly Marshal Petain Serving Out His Life Prison Sentence

 1950-05-10 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,875.00
391 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Signed Military Appointment as President

 May 17, 1834 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,125.00
392 Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli Free Frank & Endorsed Envelope, PSA/DNA Slabbed & Graded NM 8

 November 15, 1837 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
393 Frederick III

Frederick III of Germany PSA NM-MT 8 Extremely Rare Signature As Short-Lived Emperor

 April 12, 1888 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
394 William Gladstone

William Gladstone Handwritten Postcard PSA Gem Mint 10!

 April 14, 1879 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
395 Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Brochure, PSA Authenticated

 1996-09-18 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
396 Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev Signed 1st Ed. Copy of "The August Coup," Pristine!

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
397 Earl George Macartney, (3)

Earl George Macartney, (3) ALS re: Cornwallis, Tipu Sultan & Treaty of Mangalore

 ca. 1784-1795 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 10,625.00
398 Czar Nicholas II

Czar Nicholas II Signed Bill For Vodka! Shortly Before Ending Affair With Ballerina & Getting Married

 ca. November 1893 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,375.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.