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
424 Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, the "Bard of Bengal", Clipped Signature PSA Slabbed

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 416.00
425 Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson TLS Mentioning "The Rum Diary": "I...feel certain it will never be published. No matter. Just to finish...is enough"

1962-03-11 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,125.00
426 Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace, 'Ben-Hur' Author, ALS as Attorney Sending Affidavit

June 1, 1875 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
427 William Cody Buffalo Bill

William Cody "Buffalo Bill" Signed Clip

n.p. USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
428 Buffalo Bill Cody

Buffalo Bill Cody 1935 Original Store Display for Post Bran Flakes

ca. 1935 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
429 Newton Earp

Newton Earp Twice-Signed Subpoena Dated in 1883 While Serving as a Constable in Kansas with Original Tag from the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum

October 15, 1883 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
430 Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp Original Criminal Doc Citing Saloon Murder Witness Wyatt Earp -- A Primary Source Record of Earp's Wanderings after the Vendetta Ride Against those Responsible for Morgan Earp's Death

April 15, 1885 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
431 Sam Houston

Sam Houston Signed Treasury Warrant for Protection of Frontier Dated Less Than 1 Month Before Being Forced Out of Office for Refusing to Swear Allegiance to the Confederacy, PSA Certified

February 20, 1861 USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,304.00
432

19th C. Political Notables Dealer's Lot of 7 Letters & Ephemera: T. Corwin, R. Johnson, A. V. Brown & More

ca. 1841-1914 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
433 S.P. Chase

S.P. Chase ALS, PSA GEM MT 10, Promotes Lieut. Mortally Wounded at Battle of Cedar Creek

June 26, 1861 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
435 Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis To Vet of the Mex War On Pension for Battle Buena Vista Wounds Where Davis was Also Wounded

May 27, 1848 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
436 Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed 1976 Bicentennial Cover

1976-01-01 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
437 Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
438 John Jay

John Jay Records Prominent NYers Finances in Twice Signed Doc as Chief Justice! Fantastic!

December 14, 1792 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,625.00
439 Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy Sends Thanks to JFK's Former Secretary of Commerce

1966-09-06 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
440 Hanging-Judge Isaac Parker

"Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker PSA GEM MT 10 Signed Deputy Marshal's Oath of Office

April 5, 1890 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 593.75
441 William Seward's

William Seward's 1850 Slavery Speech Delivered in the Senate on the Admission of California,

March 11, 1850 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
442 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Writes 1878 Autograph Letter Signed to Western Union President

February 28, 1878 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
443 Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison PSA GEM MT 10 ALS Re: NJ Maps!

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
444 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Studio Portrait by Underwood & Underwood, Possible Type I

ca. 1920 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
445 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Family Financial Docs! 2 Signed Checks & Stock Cert!

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
446 Vintage

Scarce Vintage Edison Stock Certificate, Unissued

ca. 1907 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
447 Einstein

Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, Over 260 Words, With 18 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation," Superb!

ca. early 1940s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
448 Einstein

Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, Over 180 Words + 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"

ca. early 1940s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
449 Albert Einstein & Alfred Einstein

Albert Einstein & Alfred Einstein Signed Book On Mozart! Beckett LOA

ca. 1947 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,750.00
  • 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
  • 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.