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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | James Monroe | James Monroe Signed War of 1812 Privateer’s Additional Instructions |
Washington City | 1812 | USD 900.00 - 0.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 63 | James Monroe | James Monroe 1802 Land Grant Signed as Governor of VA |
Richmond, Virginia | 1802 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 64 | James Monroe | J. Monroe Land Grant to a War of 1812 Soldier's Heir |
City of Washington | 1817 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 65 | Richard Nixon | Richard Nixon ALS: "I am pleased that a black columnist wrote… with regard to my civil rights activities" |
New York, NY | 1987 | USD 1,200.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 68 | Richard Nixon | Richard Nixon SP Presented to Younger Brother Edward |
1977 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 350.00 | |
| 69 | Richard Nixon | Richard Nixon Early Signed Photo |
ca. 1952 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 200.00 | |
| 70 | Barack Obama | Scarce Barack Obama Signed "Friends of Barack Obama" Bank Check |
Chicago, Illinois | 1997 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 71 | Franklin Pierce; Jeffer Davis | F. Pierce and Jeff Davis Military Appt with Bold Signatures ! |
City of Washington | 1856 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 72 | George Bush; Ronald Reagan; Jimmy Carter; Gerald R. Ford; Richard Nixon | Five Presidents Signed Photograph, Retained and Loved By Jimmy Carter One of a Few From His Estate |
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California | 1991 | USD 8,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 73 | Ronald Reagan; Gerald R. Ford; Jimmy Carter; Richard Nixon | Four Presidents Photo Signed by Reagan, Ford, Carter, Nixon |
Washington, DC | ca. 1981 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 74 | George H. W. Bush; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Andrew Jackson; Ronald Reagan; J Davison; William Cullen Bryant; Erskine Preston Caldwell; Eugene Field; Edward Everett Hale; Richard Halliburton; James Russell Lowell; Edwin Markham; Carl Sandburg; John Greenleaf | Superb Dealer's Lot of 30 Signed Items: Presidential, Military, Political, Literature & More! |
New York; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Washington; London, England | various | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 75 | Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Johnson | Civil War Photo Album ft. Lincoln, Johnson & 20 High Ranking Officers- 45+ CDVs & Tintypes! |
ca. 1867 | USD 1,200.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 76 | James H. Doolittle; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Paul von Hindenburg; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Julia Ward Howe; Lyndon B. Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Patricia Nixon; Richard M. Nixon; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Rudolph Valentino | Dealer's Lot of 15 Items: Mostly Presidential, Some Military, Literature & More |
Los Angeles, California; Washington, D.C.; London, England; Newport, Rhode Island; Austin, Texas; Washington, D.C.; New York City; Miami Beach, Florida; Washington, D.C.; Haslemere, Surrey, England | various | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 77 | Jimmy Carter; Rosalyn Carter; Gerald Ford; Betty Ford; Richard Nixon; Herbert Hoover | Collection of Presidential Autographs: Carter, Ford, Nixon, Hoover |
New York, NY | various | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 78 | Rutherford B. Hayes; James Garfield; Chester Arthur; Herbert Hoover | Hayes, Garfield, Arthur & Hoover: Fantastic Presidential Dealer's Lot |
Washington, D.C. | various | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 79 | Lyndon B. Johnson; Richard Nixon; Betty Ford; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter; Rosalynn Carter; George Bush | Dealer's Lot of 5 Presidents: Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush |
various | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 80 | Lou Hoover; Florence Harding; Edith Roosevelt; Frances Cleveland; Lucretia Garfield; Ida McKinley; Eleanor Roosevelt; Grace Coolidge | Dealer's Lot of Autographs of 8 First Ladies: Hoover to Coolidge |
New York, NY; Canton, Ohio | various | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 81 | Lucy Hayes; Edith Roosevelt; Grace Coolidge; Bess Truman | Lot of 4 First Ladies: Hayes, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman |
Washington, DC | various | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 82 | Ronald Reagan | Reagan 1986 letter on International Affairs budget |
Washington, D.C. | 1986 | USD 8,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 83 | Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's announcement letter |
1994 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 84 | Ronald Reagan | Reagan talking points for White House receptions |
ca. 1981 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 85 | Ronald Reagan | Reagan post-assassination attempt ALS |
Washington, DC | n.d. but probably mid or late 1981 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 86 | Ronald Reagan | Reagan ALS on cancellation of G. E. Theater |
Pacific Palisades, CA | 1962 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 87 | Ronald Reagan | Reagan ALSs on Vietnam War P.O.W.s and 'Taxi Driver' |
Washington, DC | ca. 1981 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 88 | James S. Brady; George A. Morales; Joseph Giordano; Benjamin Aaron; Kathleen Cheney; Sol Edelstein; Arthur Kobrine; Dennis O'Leary | Reagan assassination attempt cover signed by James Brady and doctors |
Washington, D.C. | 1981 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 |
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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.