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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) | Yuri Gagarin Signed Card |
Soviet Union | 1966 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 176 | Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) | Yuri Gagarin Signed Photo |
Soviet Union | ca. 1960s | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 177 | V.M. Baturin | Yuri Gagarin Photo Album |
1971 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 178 | Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968); Pavel Popovich (1930-2009); Gherman Titov (1935-2000); Andriyan Nikolayev (1929-2004) | First Four Cosmonauts Signed Photo |
Soviet Union | [ca. 1960s] | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 179 | Gagarin; Nikolayev; Leonov; Belyayev; Yegorov; Titov; Popovich; Bykovsky; Tereshkova | Sputnik 10th Anniversary Stamp Block |
Zvyozdny gorodok (Star City) | 1967 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 180 | Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930); James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (1896-1993); Ernest K. Gann (1910-1991); Tony LeVier (1913-1998); Robert Peary (1856-1920); Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 1973) | Aviator Signatures Collection |
New York, NY | various | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 181 | Amelia Earhart (1897-1937); Wilmer Stultz (1900-1929); Lou Gordon (1901-1964); Harry Manning (1897-1974); Dr. J.P. Leake; Mrs. J.P. Leake; Miss Carla Petersen; Captain H.H. Railey; A.K. Mills; Vas Woodhouse | Signed Menu from S.S. President Roosevelt with Friendship Crew Signatures |
1928 | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 182 | Amelia Earhart | Amelia Earhart Signed Cover Flown on First Solo Flight from Hawaii to California |
1935 | USD 2,600.00 - 0.00 | USD 4,480.00 | |
| 183 | Amelia Earhart | Amelia Earhart Clipped Signature |
n.p. | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 184 | Charles A. Lindbergh | Charles Lindbergh Signed Title Page from The Spirit of St. Louis One Hundred Poems |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 185 | Orville Wright (1871-1948) | Orville Wright Signed Check |
Dayton, Ohio | 1943 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 186 | Orville Wright | Orville Wright Signature on a Card |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 187 | Edmund Southard Parker (1839-1921) | Edmund Southard Parker Check to Columbia National Bank |
Washington, D.C.; Gettysburg Pa | 1895 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 188 | Henry H. Stevens (1797-1869) | Henry H. Stevens Receipt Book |
ca. 1818-1846 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 190 | New York and Brooklyn Bridge Opening Ceremonies Program |
1883 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 625.00 | ||
| 191 | Adolphus Busch (1839-1913) | Adolphus Busch Typed Letter Signed to His Son |
Pasadena, California | 1911 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 192 | Al Capone Photograph at Apple Stand |
ca. 1931 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 200.00 | ||
| 193 | Al Capone Portrait Photograph |
New York City | n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 350.00 | |
| 194 | Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta Pedestrian Day Ticket |
San Francisco | 1937 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 195 | James J. Hill | James J. Hill Signed Proxy for Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad |
New York | 1893 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 196 | Howard Hughes (1905-1976); Howard Hawks (1896-1977) | Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks Caddo Company Contract |
Los Angeles, California | 1932 | USD 3,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 197 | Raymond Albert Kroc (1902-1984) | Ray Kroc Signed McDonald's Gift Certificate |
ca. 1974 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 199 | Meyer Lansky (1902-1983) | Meyer Lansky Signed Check |
New York, NY | 1936 | USD 3,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 200 | J. Pierpont Morgan; Harris C. Fahnestock (1835-1914) | J.P. Morgan Signed New Jersey Junction Railroad Mortgage Bond |
1886 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 201 | Prescription Form for Medicinal Liquor |
Wisconsin | 1930 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 468.75 |
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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.