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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | Walter Bond Douglas; John W. Daniel; William H. Cabell | 1891 Commemorative Scrapbook Album Honoring Civil War |
Lynchburg, VA | ca. 1891 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 286 | Thomas Crittenden | Gen. Crittenden ALS Defending His Corps at Chickamauga |
Frankfurt, Kentucky | 1863 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 287 | Edward E. Cross | Col. Edward Cross ALS |
Camp California [near Alexandria, Virginia] | 1862 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 288 | George Armstrong Custer | George Armstrong Custer ALS on Colored Troops and 7th Cavalry |
New York, NY | 1871 | USD 10,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 5,625.00 |
| 289 | George Armstrong Custer | George A. Custer Handwritten Signed Check, 1872 |
Louisville, Kentucky | 1872 | USD 3,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 290 | George Armstrong Custer | George Armstrong Custer ALS from New York City |
New York, NY | 1871 | USD 3,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 291 | John A. Dahlgren | Admiral John A. Dahlgren ALS Praising His Son |
USS Philadelphia, [off South Carolina] | 1864 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 292 | Jefferson Davis | Jefferson Davis Autograph Cut Signed |
n.d. | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 293 | Jefferson Davis | Jefferson Davis Promotes W. E. Jones to First Lieutenant, 1854 |
Washington, DC | 1854 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 294 | James Doolittle; Charles J. Ozuk; Robert L. Lite; William L. Birch; Clayton J. Campbell; Bill Bower; Edwin W. Horton; Joe Manske; J. Royden Stork; Davy Jones; Griffith P. Williams; Nolan A. Herndon; Ed Saylor; Tom Griffin; R. E. Cole; Jacob Deshazer; Hank | James Doolittle and 22 Raiders Signed Items |
various | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 295 | Abner E. Doubleday | Abner Doubleday Endorsement for Edward M. Knox |
Camp Near Fredericksburg, Virginia | 1862 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 296 | Abner Doubleday | Abner Doubleday Receipt for Canal Stock |
New York, NY | 1870 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 281.60 |
| 297 | Alfred Ely | Alfred Ely Free Frank from Richmond Prison |
Old Point Comfort, Virginia | 1861 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 175.00 |
| 298 | David G. Farragut | David G. Farragut Signed Carte de Visite |
ca. 1865 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 299 | David Farragut | David Farragut War-Dated Letter |
Astor House, New York | 1863 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 300 | David E. Farragut | David Farragut Transfer of a Pilot |
Flag Ship Hartford | 1864 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 175.00 |
| 301 | David G. Farragut | D. Farragut LS During the Tense Blockade Prior to the Battle of Mobile Bay |
1864 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 512.00 | |
| 302 | David Farragut (1801-1870) | David Farragut Signature Clip on War-Dated CDV |
ca. 1862-1864 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 576.00 | |
| 303 | James A. Garfield | James A. Garfield Signed CDV w/ Rank of Major General by C.D. Fredericks |
ca. 1863 | USD 3,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 11,250.00 | |
| 304 | John Gibbon | Scarce John Gibbon Signed CDV, One of Only Four Listed |
ca. 1862 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 6,875.00 | |
| 305 | John Gibbon | General J. Gibbon AES for an Engineer During the Siege of Petersburg |
1865 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 306 | Lewis A. Grant | Gen. L.A. Grant's VI Corps Report on the North Anna Phase of the Overland Campaign |
ca. 1864 | USD 900.00 - 0.00 | USD 468.75 | |
| 307 | Ulysses S. Grant | Outstanding U.S. Grant Signed Brady CDV w/ Rank of Major General |
n.d. | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 5,937.50 | |
| 308 | Ulysses S. Grant; John A. Rawlins | U.S. Grant Approves a Clerk's Pay - Also Signed by John A. Rawlins |
ca. 1863 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 310 | Ulysses S. Grant; Grover Cleveland; William Sherman; George Meade; Irvin McDowell; Frederick Douglass; Anna E. Dickinson; Thomas William Sweeny; Samuel Spear; Charles S. Stratton; Minnie Warren; Orville E. Babcock; John Sherman; Edwin M. Stanton; Adam Bad | Grant & Cleveland Signed Album, Plus Civil War Figures & Politicians- Interesting Fenian Raid Association! |
ca. 1850s-90s | USD 1,200.00 - 0.00 | USD 5,312.50 |
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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.