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
141 Neiman LeRoy (1921-2012)

LeRoy Neiman Original "Femlin" Art for March 1961 Issue of Playboy

1961 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,304.00
144 Gerber Morris (1919-2004)

Morris Gerber Collection (6) Vintage Photos Of Albany Circus, Ca. 1910-1960s

Albany, New York ca. 1910-1960s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
145

Post-Baron Haussmann Paris! Lovely Photograph of Avenue du Bois de Boulogne Looking Towards Arc de Triomphe

Paris ca. 1880-1900 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
146

Late 19th/20th C. Tintype Collection Featuring Folk Art Hand-Painted Details

ca. late 19th/early 20th C. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 89.60
147 Jacobi Lotte (1896-1990)

(4) Photos by Lotte Jacobi Incl. Two Signed!

New York, New York ca. 1930s-1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
150 Kingsbury A. J.

Native American Photography Lot of 3, ca. 1890s-1910s: Western Imagery, "Indian School" Student

Eagle Butte, SD; Antigo, WS ca. 1890s-1909 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
151

19th C. Photography Collection of 19 Tintypes, Mounted Tintypes & CDVs- Many African American Subjects

19th century USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
152

Jim Crow-Era Photograph of African-American Man, Likely In Thomasville, GA, Ca. 1890

ca. 1890 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
153

1920s Seville Easter Procession of Hooded Nazarenes

Seville, Spain ca. 1920s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
154A Picasso Pablo (1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso PSA GEM MT 10 Rare ALS Re: French Artist Honore Daumier: "… I received it - very beautiful"

Cannes 1958 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,250.00
155 Redon Odilon (1840-1916)

Odilon Redon 2x Signed ALS: "a marvelous season of heat and color"

Listrac, Gironde, France N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 437.50
156 Rockwell Norman (1894-1978)

Norman Rockwell Signed 1st Ed. Autobiography, "My Adventures as an Illustrator"

Garden City, New York 1960 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,750.00
157 Rockwell Norman (1894-1978)

Norman Rockwell (2) Signed Items Incl. "Saturday Evening Post" Special Insert, With 2 Beckett LOAs

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
158 Rockwell Norman (1894-1978)

Norman Rockwell Signed 1st Ed. of "My Adventures as an Illustrator"

Garden City, NY 1960 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
159 Sargent John Singer (1856-1925)

John Singer Sargent Signed Engraving of Calvin Brice, 1898

1898 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
160 Sarony

Sarony Studio Photograph of Silent Film Actor In "Omar The Tentmaker" Costume

New York City ca. 1922 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
161 Sendak Maurice (1928-2012)

(6) Maurice Sendak Promotional Posters, Majority Signed! In Japanese, German & English

1981-1997 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
162 Valentino Garavani (1932-2026)

Valentino Signed 1st Ed. "Thirty Years of Magic" 1992 Exhibition Catalogue, With Great Provenance

Milan, Italy 1992 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
163 Weegee (1899-1968)

(5) Weegee Slice of Life Photos, From the Depression to Marilyn Monroe!

New York, New York 1930s-1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 937.50
164 Weegee (1899-1968)

(2) Weegee Urban Photos, Flagpole Painter & Window Washer

New York, New York 1940s-1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
165 Weegee (1899-1968)

(13) Weegee Photos, Incl. 2 Signed, from Crime Scenes to Nudist Colonies, Showgirls to Hollywood Film Sets, With Bonus Self-Portraits!

New York, New York; Hollywood, California; Paris, France 1930s-1960s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,792.00
166 Wright Frank Lloyd (1867-1959)

F.L. Wright TLS To Fellow Architect Re: Church, A Probable Wright Project

Scottsdale, Arizona 1952 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
167 Wright Frank Lloyd (1867-1959)

F.L. Wright Signed 1st Ed., "An Autobiography, Book Six: Broadacre City," Unused 6th Chapter, Presented to Rabbi

Spring Green, Wisconsin 1943 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 576.00
168 Yeager Chuck; Everest Pete; Goodlin Slick; Champine Bob; Griffith John H.; Lundquist Gus; Cannon Joe; Crossfield Scott

Bell X-1 Signed Photo by Pilots: Yeager, Goodlin, Everest, & More Pre-Cert Zarelli

N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
169 Yeager Chuck (1923-2020); Crossfield Scott (1921-2006); Goodlin Chalmers Slick (1923-2005); Griffith John H. (d. 2011); Lundquist Gustav Gus (1919-2008); Everest Frank Pete (1920-2004); Cannon Joe (1918-2007); Champine Bob (1921-2003)

Bell X-1 Multi-Signed Photo Signed by 8 Pilots: Yeager, Crossfield & More! Pre-Cert Zarelli

1946 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,000.00
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’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, 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