University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 61726, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
Page Size: 391 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
416 Szent-Gyorgyi Albert

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi ALS Reflecting on His Major Contributions to Science

Woods Hole, Massachusetts 1978 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
417 Stuhlinger Ernest (1913-2008)

Wernher von Braun Eulogy Signed By Colleague Ernest Stuhlinger: "he was a pathfinder and problem solver …[who] lighted up many dark chasms on the road to the stars"

Washington, D.C. 1977 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
418 Wight Robert (1796-1872)

Scottish Surgeon Robert Wight ALS to Mentor of Charles Darwin

Kinross, Scotland 1833 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 325.00
419 Ali Muhammad

Muhammad Ali, "Cassius Clay", Signed 1963 Press Photo Predicting Fight With Henry Cooper

London, England 1963 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
420

Ali vs. Liston Pair of Unused Admission Tickets for 1965 Rematch

Lewiston, ME 1965 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 437.50
421 Ali Muhammad (1942-2016)

Muhammad Ali 1989 Signed Card

1989 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
422 Ali Muhammad

Muhammad Ali Extends a "Bout Agreement" Following Win Over Earnie Shavers

New York, NY 1977 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
424 Corbett James (1866-1933)

James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett Signed Photo PSA MINT 9

Cincinnati, OH 1903 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 593.75
425 Abdul Jabbar Kareem (b. 1947)

Kareem Abdul Jabbar to Bill Walton - Great Inscription on Magazine Gifted by Kareem: "We finally made a cover together!"

2021 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
426 Johnson Jack (1878-1946)

Jack Johnson "Champion of the World" Lithograph & TLS

1909; 1937 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 3,000.00
427 Koufax Sanford (b. 1935)

Sandy Koufax Boldly Signed "Superstar" Baseball Card

N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 200.00
430 Paige Satchel (1906-1982)

Satchel Paige Signed Photo

N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
431 Rice James (b. 1953)

Jim Rice Signed Payroll Check

Everett, Massachusetts 1980 USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 89.60
432 Ruth Babe (1895-1948)

Babe Ruth 1931 Card w/ Harold Lloyd SGC Slab

Germany 1931 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
433 Williams Ted (1918-2002); Sampson Arthur

Book Signed by Ted Williams

New York 1950 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
434 Stanley Frederick (1841-1908); George Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)

British Empire Notables: Frederick Stanley of Ice Hockey Cup Fame & Prince George, Duke of Cambridge!

1881 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,187.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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