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
450 Hendrik Lorentz

Hendrik Lorentz 5pp ALS to Columbia Physics Professor on "The Theory of Electrons" 1909 Publication

2009-01-15 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,000.00
451 Hendrik Lorentz

Hendrik Lorentz ALS to Manhattan Project Administrator G. Pegram on Giving Guest Lecture

"Madison" USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
452 Johann Friedrich Meckel

Johann Friedrich Meckel ALS In English Re: "comparative anatomy ... the Hunterian collection"

August 20, 1829 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
453 Lise Meitner

Lise Meitner TLS to Fellow Jewish Physicist Emilio Segre, Recently Awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics

1960-06-02 USD 800.00 - 10,000.00 USD 1,062.50
454 Albert Michelson

Albert Michelson 1901 ALS: "I am having some fun with my ruling engine"

2001-11-26 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
455 Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! Over 350 Words in his Hand, Extraordinary Content!

n.d. USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 87,500.00
456 Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer Writes Secretary About Recent Meeting of Physicists and Los Alamos History

Ocober 10, 1947 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,880.00
457 J. Robert Oppenheimer

(2) J. Robert Oppenheimer Press Photographs at Atomic Energy Hearings, 1945 & 1954

ca. 1945, 1954 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 562.50
458 Rudolf Virchow

Rudolf Virchow ALS to Fellow Pathologist Charles Jacques Bouchard

November 5, 1899 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 5,625.00
459 James D. Watson

James D. Watson "The Double Helix" Signed Deluxe Edition

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
460 Toni Wolff

Toni Wolff Signed Photo - Exceedingly Rare!

ca. November 1929 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
461 Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali NM-MT 8 Dual Signed Print, Ali Vs. Patterson 1965 PSA Slabbed 8

[November 22, 1965] USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
462 Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Illustrated AQS: "after me there will never be another"

1988-10-18 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
463 Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Important Statement: "The Muslims have no idea...of attacking white people," PSA Authenticated

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
465 Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey "There is no need for judges, or even a knock-down timekeeper" Incredible Boxing Statement, Signed!

ca. 1965 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
466 Joe Frazier and Others

Joe Frazier and Other Boxing Greats, Group of 7 with PSA/DNA Certification

various USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
467 Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson Signed Boxing Glove- PSA & Fiterman Authentication!

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 200.00
468 Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron Signed Topps #299 Baseball Trading Card

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
469

Early Baseball Oversized Photo, Nationals Vs Americans in 1915, Superb! Ex: Forbes

ca. 1915 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,750.00
471

Four 80s Baseball Puzzles: Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb. Ex Forbes

ca. 1980s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
472 Fred C. Clarke

Fred C. Clarke PSA Signed Check - 1909 World Series Champion!

1942-07-02 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 448.00
473 Joe DiMaggio

Epochal Joe DiMaggio Signed Photograph

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
474 Walter Johnson

Walter Johnson ALS Lamenting Loss in Chicago During his 1st Major League Season: "I lost another today..." Early Color Postcard, Rare!

2008-07-09 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 4,375.00
475 Mickey Mantle

Iconic Mickey Mantle Signed Photograph

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
477 Willie Mays

Willie Mays Lot of 11 Signed 1st Ed. Hardcovers "The Life, The Legend", All PSA Authenticated

ca. 2010 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
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