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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 361 | Philip H. Sheridan; Wesley Merritt; James M. Robertson; Joseph W. Martin | Signed Endorsements by Union Commanders P. Sheridan, W. Merritt & J. Robertson |
Pleasant Valley, Maryland | ca. 1865 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 362 | Philip Sheridan | Philip Sheridan Signed Brady CDV |
ca. 1864 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 363 | Philip Henry Sheridan | Philip Sheridan Autograph Endorsement Signed |
near Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 1863 | USD 900.00 - 0.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 364 | William T. Sherman | William T. Sherman CDV by E. Anthony Signed with Rank of Lt. General |
New York | ca. 1866 | USD 3,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 365 | William T. Sherman | W.T. Sherman Field Orders After the Battle of Allatoona Pass |
near or at Marietta, Georgia | 1864 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 366 | William Tecumseh Sherman | William T. Sherman Signature Clip |
ca. 1890 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 367 | William T. Sherman | William T. Sherman Signed Calling Card |
Washington, D.C. | n.d. | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 368 | William Tecumseh Sherman; John Sergeant Wise | W. T. Sherman Partial ALS re: St. Louis |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 350.00 | |
| 369 | William Tomlinson | Ohio 1st Light Artillery Soldier's Letter on Siege of Corinth |
Camp 8 miles from Corinth | 1862 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 370 | Thomas A. Smyth; Thomas W. Egan | T. A. Smyth Signed Endorsement for Leave During Siege of Petersburg |
Head Quarters 106th Battln P.V. | 1864 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 371 | George H. Thomas | Geo. H. Thomas Signed CDV with Nashville Backstamp |
Nashville, Tenn | n.d. | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 372 | George H. Thomas | George H. Thomas Signed Statement of Forage |
Murfreesboro, TN | ca. 1863 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 230.40 |
| 373 | George H. Thomas | George H. Thomas ALS to McPherson re: Rail Personnel |
Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1862 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 374 | Horatio P. Van Cleve; Thomas L. Crittenden | H.P. Van Cleve Letter Signed Endorsed by Gen. Crittenden |
Pikeville, Tennessee | 1863 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 375 | Kim Phuc Phan Thi | "Napalm Girl" Photo Signed by Kim Phuc Phan Thi |
n.d. | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 376 | Gouverneur K. Warren | G.K. Warren Signed CDV w/ Rank by Brady |
n.d. | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 377 | Alexander S. Webb | MOH Recipient Alexander Webb Signed CDV - Wounded at Gettysburg! |
n.d. | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,432.00 | |
| 378 | Gideon Welles; David Farragut | Gideon Welles and David Farragut Signed Naval Commission |
1862 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 379 | Gideon Welles; Hiram Paulding | Gideon Welles and Hiram Paulding Signed Naval Orders |
1864 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 175.00 | |
| 380 | William D. Whipple | Excessively Scarce William D. Whipple Signed CDV w/ Nashville Backstamp |
Nashville | ca. 1864-1865. | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 381 | Thomas J. Wood | Thomas J. Wood CDV Signed |
Dayton, Ohio | n.d. | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 382 | Thomas J. Wood | Thomas Wood Endorsement Signed |
Nashville, TN | 1864 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 383 | Bradley A. Fiske; Hudson Maxim; Edgar Buckingham; Matthew B. Sellers; Washington Irving Chambers; William L. Saunders; Elmer A. Sperry | Archive of Documents Related to Naval Technology |
Newport, Rhode Island; Schenectady, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; New York, New York; Washington, D.C. | ca. 1916-1928 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 384 | Dick Winters; Carwood Lipton; Lewis Nixon III; Donald Malarkey; William Guarnere; Lynn Compton; Ronald Speirs; Eugene Roe; Robert Wynn; Edward J. Shames; George Luz; Joe Toye; Frank Soboleski; Jack Foley; Joseph Liebgott; Harry Welsh; Forrest Guth; Brad F | 27 Signatures by Soldiers of Easy Company |
n.d. | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 385 | Hubert Zemke; Gerald W. Johnson; Ralph A. Johnson; Robert S. Johnson; Francis S. Gabreski; Frank W. Klibbe; Fred J. Christensen; Walker M. Mahurin; Tadeusz Sawicz; Boleslaw Gladych; Robert J. Rankin; Joseph H. Bennett; Harold E. Comstock; Billy Edens; Joh | 56th Fighter Group Autograph Collection |
various | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 625.00 |
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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.