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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 336 | Robert E. Lee | Robert E. Lee ALS to Samuel Cooper |
San Antonio, Texas | 1860 | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 337 | James Longstreet | James Longstreet ADS to Joseph Wheeler |
Headquarters outside of Knoxville, TN | 1863 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 338 | James Longstreet | James Longstreet ALS to A. R. Lawton |
Gainesville, GA | 1895 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 339 | James Longstreet | James Longstreet Signature |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 340 | Nathaniel Lyon | Nathaniel Lyon War-Dated ALS |
St. Louis Arsenal, Mo. | 1861 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 341 | John Bankhead Magruder | Autograph letter signed by John Bankhead Magruder |
Boston | 1869 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 342 | George B. McClellan | Clipped signature of George B. McClellan |
1864 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 343 | Alexander McDowell McCook | Carte de visite of Alexander McDowell McCook |
ca. 1863 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 344 | George G. Meade | Carte de visite of George G. Meade |
n.d. | USD 2,400.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 345 | George G. Meade | Clipped signature of George G. Meade |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 346 | John S. Mosby | Photograph of John S. Mosby |
n.d. | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 347 | Luigi Palma di Cesnola | Libby Prison drawing by Luigi Palma di Cesnola |
ca. 1863 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 812.50 | |
| 348 | John G. Parke | Autograph letter signed by John G. Parke |
Headquarters of IX Corps east of Petersburg, VA | 1865 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 349 | George S. Patton, Jr. | Typed letter signed by George S. Patton |
Headquarters, Third United States Army | 1945 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 350 | George S. Patton, Jr. | Typed letter signed by George S. Patton |
Headquarters, Third United States Army | 1945 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 351 | David D. Porter | Carte de visite of David D. Porter |
Washington D.C. | 1865 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 352 | David D. Porter | Naval order signed by David D. Porter |
Cairo, IL | 1864 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 307.20 |
| 353 | Robert B. Potter; Edward Ferrero; Samuel D. Sturgis; Ambrose Burnside | Autograph letter signed by Robert B. Potter |
Antietam, MD | 1862 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 354 | John A. Rawlins | Letter signed by John A. Rawlins |
Young Point, Louisiana | 1863 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 307.20 |
| 355 | James C. Rice | Autograph letter signed by James C. Rice |
Before Yorktown, Va. | 1862 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 356 | William S. Rosecrans | Carte de visite of William S. Rosecrans |
n.d. | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 357 | William S. Rosecrans | Autograph letter signed by William S. Rosecrans |
Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 1863 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 358 | John M. Schofield | Carte de visite of John M. Schofield |
n.d. | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 4,687.50 | |
| 359 | Winfield Scott | Carte de visite of Winfield Scott |
Boston | ca. 1865 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 360 | John Sedgwick | Order signed by John Sedgwick |
Camp near Fair Oaks, Virginia | 1862 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 812.50 |
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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.