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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Herbert Hoover | Herbert Hoover Typed Letter Signed as President |
Washington, DC | 1930 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 230.40 |
| 34 | Thomas Jefferson | Autograph Letter Signed on Agriculture and Literature |
Monticello | 1816 | USD 12,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 35 | Andrew Johnson | Military Commission for James M. Jones |
Nashville, Tennessee | 1862 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 832.00 |
| 36 | Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson Clipped Signature |
n.d. | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 37 | Kennedy Family at JFK Memorial Mass Photograph |
1964 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 39 | Inga Arvad | Typed Letter Signed from Inga Arvad to John F. Kennedy |
Los Angeles | 1943 | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 40 | John F. Kennedy | John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as Congressman |
Washington, D.C. | 1949 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 41 | John F. Kennedy | John F. Kennedy TLS to William Kelly |
Washington, DC | 1947 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 43 | Dallas Trade Mart Luncheon Invitation |
Dallas, TX | 1963 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 45 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Check |
Springfield, Illinois | 1861 | USD 12,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 46 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Military Commission for Thomas P. Haviland |
Washington, D.C. | 1864 | USD 9,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 47 | Alexander Gardner | Abraham Lincoln CDV after Gardner |
Washington, D.C. | n.d. but ca. 1880s | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 48 | Richard Yates | Richard Yates Letter Recommending Lincoln & Herndon |
Jacksonville, Illinois | 1858 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 49 | Alexander Gardner | Abraham Lincoln Photograph by Gardner |
New York, New York | n.d. but probably early 20th C. | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 50 | T.P. Pearson; Anthony Berger | Abraham Lincoln CDVs and Photographs |
New York, New York | n.d. but probably early 20th C. | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 51 | William E. Marshall | William E. Marshall Engraving of Abraham Lincoln |
ca. 1866 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 52 | E. Mack | President Lincoln's Funeral March Sheet Music |
Philadelphia | ca. 1865 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 53 | 1864 Lincoln Presidential Ballot |
Seneca County, Ohio | 1864 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 54 | Ford's Theatre Wallpaper Fragment |
1865 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 | ||
| 55 | Mathew Brady | Abraham Lincoln Lithograph after Brady |
New York | ca. 1860 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 230.40 |
| 56 | Hiram Ketchum; Washington Hunt; Charles Gibbons | 1860 Lincoln Campaign Pamphlets |
ca. 1860 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 58 | Robert Todd Lincoln | Robert Todd Lincoln ALS |
Chicago | 1901 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 59 | John Wilkes Booth CDV |
Providence, R. I. | n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 60 | William McKinley | William McKinley Canton Building Association Certificate |
Canton, Ohio | 1869 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 61 | James Monroe | James Monroe ALS as Pres. On Legal Suit Re: Oak Hill Plantation |
Washington, D.C. | 1819 | USD 1,600.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
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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.