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
224 Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin on "how astronauts are prepared for flight...and when the astronaut returns to earth" Truly Remarkable TLS!

ca. 1966 USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
225

(13) Cosmonauts Sign 20th Anniversary Soviet Space Program Certificates, (25) Colorful Signatures Total!

ca. 1977 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
231

Skylab 4 Archive: Scarce Flown Note Page, Crew-Signed Cover, & More! Provenance From Pilot Ed Gibson

1973-1974 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
253 Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart PSA NM-MT 8 Signed Photo Dating From 1932, Year of First Female Transatlantic Solo Flight!

n.d. but ca. December 1932 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,000.00
254 Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart GEM MT 10 Signed Cover From Visit to March Field

2032-08-06 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,750.00
256 Charles A. Lindbergh

Charles A. Lindbergh PSA GEM MT 10 Signed Envelope Dating 2 Days After Secret Honeymoon Return

2029-06-21 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
257 Orville Wright

Orville Wright Superb Collection of 11 Signed Checks

ca. June 1933-December 1942 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,440.00
258 Orville Wright

Orville Wright Signed Check, Matted & Displayed

2033-02-25 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
259 Al Capone

Al Capone Original Negative Exiting Miami Police - The First Capone Negative to Surface? Retrieved from Disposal by Miami Officer!

ca. 1930 USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 704.00
260 Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie TLS Re: the Nicaraguan Canal, "I believe that the influence of a superior upon an inferior race is injurious to both"

January 2, 1899 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,000.00
261

1955 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent

ca. 1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,125.00
262

1934 $500 Federal Reserve Note, New York - PMG 25 Very Fine

ca. 1934 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,125.00
263 Clarence Darrow

Clarence Darrow AQS: "Only the sinners know that there is no sin"

2007-05-09 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 832.00
264 Sanford Dole

Sanford Dole Boldly Signed Check, PSA MT 9

2023-09-27 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
265 Civil War

Civil War General & Postwar Leader of Black Troops Abner Doubleday Signs Stock Certificate

June 21, 1853 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,750.00
266 James G. Fair

"Bonanza King" James G. Fair PSA MT 9 Signed Check

July 3, 1874 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
267 Bill Gates

Bill Gates Signed Page of Quotes

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
268 Bill Gates

Bill Gates Signature on Souvenir Business Card PSA Encapsulated

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
269 Sammy The Bull

Sammy The Bull Twice Signed w/ Rare Full Name Signature! The Gotti Turncoat! PSA Encapsulated

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
270 Benjamin Holladay,

Benjamin Holladay, "Stagecoach King" Founder of Overland Stage Co. Signed Check

October 10, 1870 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
271 J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover as FBI Director Re: "Walk East on Beacon" Movie Production

1951-09-21 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
272 J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover TLS

2040-10-15 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
273 Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc Signed McDonald's Gift Certificate, PSA NM-MT 8

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
274 Charles H. Mayo,

Mayo Clinic Pageant Program Signed by Charles H. Mayo, Edith G. Mayo & Charles W. Mayo

2030-01-10 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
275 J.P. Morgan

Fantastic J.P. Morgan Multi-Million Dollar Checkbook from 1908-1918, Complete with Checks

ca. 1908-1918 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 10,880.00
  • 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.