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 Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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