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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 437 | J. Edgar Hoover | Three Letters to Elizabeth B. Ehrman |
ca. 1962-1970 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 438 | John Jay | Clipped Signature |
n.d. | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,062.50 | |
| 440 | Earl Warren; Hugo L. Black; William O. Douglas; Tom C. Clark; John Marshall Harlan; William Brennan; Potter Stewart; Bryan R. White; Arthur J. Goldberg | The Warren Court |
New York | ca. 1964 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 441 | Roald Amundsen (1872-1928); Robert Peary (1856-1920) | Roald Amundsen and Robert Peary Dual-Signed Letter |
South Harpswell, Maine; Akron, O | 1925 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 443 | Thomas Edison (1847-1931) | Thomas Edison Signed Photograph at Seminole Lodge |
Fort Myers, Florida | 1922 | USD 3,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 444 | Thomas Edison | Thomas Edison Promissory Note to West Leechburg Steel Co. |
Orange, New Jersey | 1921 | USD 900.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 445 | Thomas Edison (1847-1931); John Vincent Miller (1873-1940) | Thomas Edison Signed Edison Botanic Research Corporation Check |
West Orange, New Jersey | 1923 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 446 | Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) | Thomas Edison Signature Card |
n.d. | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 447 | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | Albert Einstein Unified Field Theory Manuscript |
n.d. but ca. 1940s | USD 30,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 20,000.00 | |
| 448 | Albert Einstein; Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) | Yousuf Karsh Photographs of Albert Einstein |
Princeton, New Jersey | ca. 1948 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 449 | Stephen Hawking | Stephen Hawking Signed Origin of the Cosmos |
Tenerife, Spain | 2016 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 450 | Sir William Osler (1849-1919) | William Osler Inscribed Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Boston | 1896 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 451 | William Osler (1849-1919) | William Osler Signed Cabinet Card |
1899 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 452 | James D. Watson (1928-2025) | James D. Watson Signed The Double Helix |
Norwalk, CT | n.d. | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 453 | Edward Barrow (1868-1953); George M. Weiss (1894-1972) | Edward Barrow and George Weiss Signed Document |
Westchester County, New York | 1940 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 454 | Charles H. Porter (1843–1911); Frederick Lang; Robert L. Hedges (1869-1932) | Boston Base Ball Association and St. Louis American League Stock Certificates |
Boston, MA; St. Louis, MO | ca. 1873 & 1911 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 455 | Paul "Bear" Bryant (1913-1983); F. David Matthews (born 1935) | Paul Bryant and F. David Matthews Signed Athletics Certificate |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama | n.d. but ca. 1969-1980 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 456 | Paul "Bear" Bryant (1913-1983) | Paul Bryant Letter on 1978 Season Tickets |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 1978 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 459 | Fred C. Clarke (1872-1960) | Fred C. Clarke Signed Check |
Winfield, Kansas | 1947 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 460 | Gordie Howe (1928-2016); Bobby Hull (1939-2023) | Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe Signed Photographs |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 462 | Mickey Mantle (1931-1995) | Bold Mickey Mantle Signed Photo - Iconic Image! |
n.d. | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 463 | Willie Mays (1931-2024) | Willie Mays Signed Police Business Card |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 464 | Willie Mays (1931-2024) | Gorgeous Willie Mays Signed Photograph |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 465 | John Powers; Arthur C. Kaminsky; Steve Janaszak; Ken Morrow; Mike Ramsey; Bill Baker; Dave Silk; Neal Broten; Mark Johnson; Steve Christoff; Mark Wells; Jack O'Callahan; Eric Strobel; Bob Suter; Mike Eruzione; Dave Christian; Rob McClanahan; Bill Schneide | One Goal: A Chronicle of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team |
New York | ca. 1980 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 467 | Avery Brundage (1887-1975) | American Olympic Committee Correspondence Regarding 1936 Games |
Chicago, IL | 1936 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 175.00 |
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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.