University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 50626, Wilton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Adams (1735-1826) | John Adams Full Clipped Signature Display |
n.d. | USD 3,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
| 2 | Chester A. Arthur | Chester Arthur Early 1868 DS Recommending Appointment of Mail Carrier |
New York, NY | 1868 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 3 | Joe Biden | Joe Biden Oath of Office Signed Typescript |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 5 | George W. Bush | George W. Bush 9/11 Typescripts with Bin Laden Mugshot and Iconic Speech |
2001 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 448.00 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Carter | Jimmy Carter ALS to Paul Newman |
Georgia | 1991 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 8 | Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) | Jimmy Carter ALS on White House Stationery |
Washington | 1978 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 9 | Grover Cleveland (1837-1906) | Grover Cleveland ALS to Supreme Court Judge |
Washington | 1894 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 10 | Grover Cleveland; Frances F. Cleveland | Grover & Frances Cleveland Signed Check Display |
New York, NY | ca. 1908 & 1911 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 11 | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton White House TLS |
1996 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 307.20 | |
| 13 | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) | Calvin Coolidge Large Signed Portrait Photo |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 14 | Calvin Coolidge | Calvin Coolidge Signed Check on Last Day as President |
Washington, D.C. | 1929 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 15 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight D. Eisenhower D-Day Orders |
Southwick House | 1944 | USD 5,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 16 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 1969) | Dwight Eisenhower War-Dated ALS to Mamie Eisenhower |
Algiers, French Algeria | 1943 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 17 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 1969) | Dwight Eisenhower War-Dated ALS to Mamie Eisenhower |
Algiers, French Algeria | 1943 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 18 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) | The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956-1961 |
Garden City | n.d. | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 19 | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) | Millard Fillmore Signed Letter |
Washington, DC | 1850 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 20 | Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) | Millard Fillmore Signed Display! Bold Signature |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 350.00 | |
| 21 | Gerald R. Ford; Hale Boggs | Two Typed Letters Signed on Warren Commission Findings |
Washington, D.C. | 1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 23 | Gerald R. Ford | The Thirty-eighth President |
Reno | ca. 2001 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 25 | Ulysses S. Grant | Autograph Letter Signed to General Ord Regarding French Commander |
City Point, Virginia | 1864 | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 27 | Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) | U.S. Grant Signature Clip |
New York City, NY | 1882 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 29 | John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) | Address Delivered at General Grant's Tomb |
New York | 1891 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 175.00 |
| 30 | Warren G. Harding | Warren G. Harding Signed Photograph |
Columbus, OH | n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 31 | Edmonston | Warren Harding Signed Portrait Photo |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 32 | 1876 Presidential Election Congressional Hearing Ticket |
1877 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 437.50 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.