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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | Chuck Yeager; Bob Hoover; "Pete" Everest; "Slick" Goodlin; Bob Champine; John H. Griffith; Gus Lundquist; Scott Crossfield | Bell X-1 photograph signed by eight pilots |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 146 | Joseph Walker (1921-1966) | Two Joe Walker X-15 signed photos |
ca. 1960 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 147 | John Glenn (1921-2016); Robert Moses | John Glenn and Robert Moses World's Fair photograph |
1962 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 148 | Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (1930-1999); Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (1929-2017) | Two Gemini 11 signed covers |
Kennedy Space Center; Cape Canaveral, Florida | ca. 1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 149 | Charles Conrad; Gordon Cooper; Wally Schirra; Tom Stafford | Four Gemini astronaut signed covers |
various | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 150 | 350+ 70mm glass slides from Richard Underwood collection |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,750.00 | ||
| 151 | Saturn V launch photograph |
ca. 1967 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 468.75 | ||
| 152 | Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (b. 1930) | Buzz Aldrin signed United Nations First Day Cover |
New York, NY | 1962 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 153 | Neil Armstrong | Neil Armstrong signed X-15 cover |
Edwards Air Force Base, California | 1962 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 154 | Neil Armstrong | Neil Armstrong signed Apollo 11 souvenir sheet |
Kennedy Space Center | 1969 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 155 | Neil Armstrong (1930-2012); Buzz Aldrin (b. 1930) | Apollo 11 NASA red number photo |
ca. 1969 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 156 | Apollo 11 postal cover with flown film segment |
Cape Canaveral, Florida | 1969 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 157 | Apollo 11 launch invitation |
Kennedy Space Center, Florida | 1969 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 158 | Apollo 11 flown film segment |
ca. 1969 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 960.00 | ||
| 159 | Neil Armstrong (1930-2012); Michael Collins (1930-2021); Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (born 1930) | Apollo 11 crew signed portraits |
n.d. | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 160 | Fred W. Haise (born 1933) | Two Fred Haise signed Apollo items |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 153.60 | |
| 161 | Apollo 11 Hand-Numbered 70mm Film Positive (AS11-40-5878) |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 | ||
| 162 | Apollo 12 Lunar Surface Flown Film |
n.d. | USD 1,200.00 - 0.00 | USD 832.00 | ||
| 163 | Apollo 13 Flown Kapton Foil |
ca. 1969 | USD 5,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 5,000.00 | ||
| 164 | Charles M. Duke, Jr. (b. 1935) | Charlie Duke Autograph Manuscript |
n.d. | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 165 | Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016) | Edgar Mitchell Signed Photographs |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 166 | Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016) | Edgar Mitchell Signed Photographs |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 167 | Alan Bean; Edgar Mitchell | Alan Bean and Edgar Mitchell Signed Photos |
various | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 168 | Donald "Deke" Slayton; Vance Brand; Alexei Leonov; Valery Kubasov | Apollo-Soyuz Signed Photos |
ca. 1974-75 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 225.00 | |
| 173 | NASA High-Strength Bridge Clamp Assembly |
n.d. | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 275.00 |
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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.