University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 10726, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 07, 2026 - January 07, 2026
Page Size: 462 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
80

Closest Witness to JFK Assassination, Mary Ann Moorman, Handwritten Signed Essay

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
81 Jack Ruby

Jack Ruby ALS From Prison, Not in a Good "frame of mind"

 1964-04-02 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
82 M. Lincoln

M. Lincoln Calls Abe a "great & good man, who loved & served his country so well" - Seeks Pension "After the death of my dearly beloved husband"

 May 21, 1870 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
83 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln Mourns Her Husband, Complains of "greatly impaired" Health & "feelings already so crushed"

 January 18, 1867 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
84 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Donates $5 to Springfield's Catholic Church, PSA NM-MT 8: Historic Check to Dr. P. Moran - Later He Campaigned For Lincoln For President. A New Discovery!

 September 5, 1859 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 34,375.00
85 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln DS Appointing 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Infantry

 February 23, 1863 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,375.00
86 Lincoln

Lincoln Endorsement for Release of One of Morgan's Raiders in October 1864, After Mom Begs for Release!

 October 31, 1864 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,500.00
87 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln Gives Rebel Woman Pass to Visit Prisoner of War Husband - A Well-Documented Exchange Showing a Very Human Lincoln!

 January 11, 1865 USD 6,500.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,750.00
88

One of the Finest Lincoln Assassination Letters Extant April 15, 1865 Illustrated and Beyond Dramatic! 8pp.

 April 15, 1865 USD 15,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 40,625.00
89

CSA Pass Issued to Reach the Sec. of War on the Day Lincoln is Shot with Related Items

 ca. March-August 1865 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,750.00
90 Edwin Stanton

Edwin Stanton on Lincoln, Resignation Rumors, & Power of the War Dept. "In all civil wars... the elements of society are stirred up from their lowest deep"

 September 10, 1862 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,875.00
91 Abraham Lincoln Hesler

Huge Abraham Lincoln Hesler Photo, Ca. 1880 - As If He Were In The Room!

 n.d. but ca. 1880 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,687.50
92

Detailed Battle Content & Lincoln's Assassination in Civil War Diary!

 ca. 1862-1865 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 7,500.00
93 Herndon

Herndon's Lincoln 3 Vol. Set, First Edition

 ca. 1889 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,750.00
94

"Dreadful News" Letter on Lincoln's Assassination to Professor at Naval Academy from His Sister

 April 26, 1865; May 4, 1865 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
95 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Pays Redemption Costs on Three Lots in Springfield for His Wife's Aunt

 February 8, 1859 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,500.00
96

Abraham Lincoln for President in 1864! A Soldier's Used Mail-In Ballot from Ohio

 November 8, 1864 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
97

Lincoln Assassination Newspaper - NY Tribune Account of Lincoln Lying in State and the Arrest of Lewis Payne

 April 19, 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,187.50
100 Abraham Lincoln & Son Tad

Abraham Lincoln & Son Tad CDV

 ca. 1860s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
101 John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (2) CDVs Including Gardner Backstamp, Plus Maggie Mitchell!

 ca. 1860s USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 875.00
102 John Wilkes Booth

Stunning John Wilkes Booth CDV

 ca. 1860s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,250.00
103 John H. Surratt,

John H. Surratt, Accused Lincoln Assassination Conspirator, Signed 4x & War Dated, Unique!

 November 10, 1863 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 17,500.00
104 James Madison

James Madison Signed 1815 Military Land Grant

 January 7, 1815 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
105 William McKinley & His Brother

William McKinley & His Brother Sign a Canton Building Association Certificate, a Rare Pairing!

 February 19, 1869 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 608.00
106 William McKinley

William McKinley 1901 Tax Collector Appointment Illinois Fifth District

 2001-08-03 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
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    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, 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.
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    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
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