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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan Signed Portrait Photo |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 576.00 | |
| 91 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) | FDR letter on estate investment |
Washington, DC | 1941 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 92 | FDR, Churchill, Stalin photo at Yalta Conference |
ca. 1945 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 | ||
| 93 | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) | Theodore Roosevelt Boldly Signed Check to Harvard Club |
New York, New York | 1915 | USD 1,200.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 94 | Theodore Roosevelt on horseback in Egypt |
ca. 1910 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 | ||
| 95 | Theodore Roosevelt presidential portrait photograph |
ca. 1907 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 275.00 | ||
| 96 | Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt Signature on a Card |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 97 | William Taft (1857-1930) | William Taft military appointment |
Washington, DC | 1913 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 98 | Harry S. Truman | Truman's 'Memoirs' inscribed aboard U.S.S. United States |
Garden City, N.Y. | 1956 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 99 | 1949 Truman Day admission ticket |
Saint Paul, MN | 1949 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 100 | Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) | Harry Truman 'Dewey Defeats Truman' display |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 468.75 | |
| 102 | Donald Trump (b. 1946) | Donald Trump Signed "The Art of the Deal" First Edition |
New York | ca. 1988 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 103 | Donald Trump (born 1946) | Donald Trump Signed "Save America" First Edition |
n.d. | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,187.50 | |
| 104 | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) | Martin Van Buren Free Frank Signature |
Kinderhook, NY | 1849 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 105 | George Washington (1732-1799) | George Washington Free Frank Signature to Colonel Stephen Moylan |
Morris Town, New Jersey | 1780 | USD 15,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 107 | Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) | Woodrow Wilson Signed Letters to Edward N. Hurley |
Washington | ca. 1917-1918 | USD 4,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 108 | Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) | Woodrow Wilson Signed Postcard Portrait |
ca. 1916 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 109 | Woodrow Wilson; Edith Bolling Wilson | Woodrow Wilson and Edith Wilson Signed Items |
various | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 110 | Edward Steichen (1879-1973); Marie Cosindas (1923-2017); Kenny Rogers (1938-2020); Peter Miller (1934-2023); Juan Gyenes (1912-1995); Charles Saunders; Henri Wydick; Henry Grossman; John Garo; Man Ray; Serge Poliakoff | Collection of Photographs and Artwork from Yousuf and Estrellita Karsh Estate |
ca. 1930-1980 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,536.00 | |
| 111 | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Autograph Note on Postcard |
France | n.d. | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 112 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Alexander Calder "Untitled (Red Zig Zag)" Lithograph |
n.d. but ca. 1964 | USD 1,800.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 113 | Alexander Calder (1898-1976) | Alexander Calder "Untitled (Yellow Spiral)" Lithograph |
n.d. but ca. 1964 | USD 1,600.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,375.00 | |
| 114 | Jim Davis (b. 1945) | Jim Davis Garfield Comic Strips Original Art |
ca. 2010 | USD 2,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 115 | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) | Salvador Dali Original Signed Artwork in "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali" |
New York | ca. 1943 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 116 | Benedict J. Fernandez (1936-2021) | Benedict J. Fernandez "Love It or Leave It" Photograph |
New York | ca. 1964 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 200.00 |
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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.