University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 61726, Wilton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams Louisa | Louisa Adams Scarce Free Frank to Niece Elizabeth, JSA Authentic |
Washington, D.C. | 1848 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 2 | Adams John Quincy | JQ Adams Directs Gov. Clark to Release Smuggled Slaves "to be removed and sent to Africa, and liberated comfortably to the existing Law” |
Washington | 1820 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 3 | Biden Joe | Joe Biden Signed Situation Room Photo from Bin Laden Operation! Fantastic Oversized Example! PSA |
2011 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 4 | Buchanan James | James Buchanan Free Frank with JSA LOA |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania | c. 1843 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 5 | Bush George H.W.; Quayle Dan | George H.W. Bush & Dan Quayle Signed Inauguration Oath of Office |
1989 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 468.75 | |
| 6 | Bush George H.W. | George H.W. Bush Signed First Day Cover |
Washington, D.C. | 1991 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 7 | Bush George W.; Bush Laura | G.W. Bush & Laura Bush TLS to Brooke Astor 3/13/2002 |
Washington, DC | 2002 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Carter Jimmy | Jimmy Carter 1959 Signed Check |
Plains, Georgia | 1959 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 15 | Cleveland Grover | Grover Cleveland Rare Signed Naval Appointment, 1897 |
Washington, D.C. | 1897 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 16 | Clinton Bill | Bill Clinton Oversized Cabinet Photo Signed by All 23 Members! |
Washington, D.C. | 1993 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 17 | Clinton Bill | Bill Clinton Signed Time Magazine As '92 Campaign Gained Recognition! |
1992 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 175.00 | |
| 18 | Clinton Bill | Bill Clinton TLS, "Hope you are enjoying your life in Pennsylvania," Bold Signature! |
Arkansas | 1988 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 19 | Coolidge Calvin | Calvin Coolidge 1913 Signed Check |
Northampton, Massachusetts | 1913 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 20 | Eisenhower Dwight D | Ike On Grant "my respect for Grant has been high, in spite of many bitter criticisms that I have read both of his military ability and of his personal habits" fantastic |
Washington, D.C. | 1946 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 21 | Eisenhower Dwight | Eisenhower Signed Presentation Copy of "Planning for...Industrial Mobilization Since the World War," Ex-Forbes |
Washington, D.C. | 1931 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 22 | Dwight Eisenhower WWII-Dated Censored Envelope to Mamie From Allied Force HQ |
1942 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 | ||
| 23 | Costello Gerald | Eisenhower Secures Nomination! Fantastic Hand-Drawn Artwork by Jerry Costello, Former Disney Artist! |
1952 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 24 | Eisenhower Dwight | Eisenhower Sends Thanks for a Birthday Gift |
Washington D.C. | 1953 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 275.00 |
| 25 | Fillmore Millard | M. Fillmore Appoints an Acting Sec. of the Treasury the Day Before the End of His Term |
Washington | 1853 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 26 | Fillmore Millard | Millard Fillmore Free Frank, JSA Authenticated |
Washington, D.C. | N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 27 | Eisenhower Mamie Doud; Johnson Lady Bird; Nixon Pat; Ford Betty; Carter Rosalynn; Reagan Nancy; Bush Laura | Dealer's Lot of Photos Signed by First Ladies: Eisenhower to Bush |
Washington | N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 275.00 |
| 29 | Ford Gerald | Gerald Ford Signed Check as President to the Republican Party of Michigan, Supremely Rare! |
Washington, DC | 1975 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 30 | Grant Ulysses S. | U.S. Grant, Notorious Drinker, Issues Ironic Pardon for Moonshiner Who Lost Two Sons in Civil War |
Washington, D.C. | 1870 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 31 | Grant Ulysses S (1822-1885) | Superb U.S. Grant Signature on Lovely Minister Appointment of his Brother-in-Law |
Washington | 1876 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 32 | Brady Mathew | Large General U. S. Grant in Uniform, After Brady |
ca. 1865 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | 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 -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000