University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 72926, Wilton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 29, 2026 - July 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | Sherrington Charles Scott (1857-1952) | Charles Scott Sherrington TLS to Robert Chambers with Fantastic Content |
Ipswich, UK | 1940 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 414 | Tesla Nikola (1856-1943) | Nikola Tesla 1901 TLS: "I have undertaken to establish… wireless telegraphic communication with Europe… [a] stepping stone to further realizations of still greater importance" Days After Securing $150,000 |
New York, New York | 1901 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown |
| 415 | von Braun Wernher (1912-1977) | (2) Wernher von Braun TLSs Re: Celebrating German Heritage But Prioritizing NASA: "five more launches of Saturn vehicles" in 1968 |
1968; 1970 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 416 | Ali Muhammad | Ali vs. Holmes Print Signed By Muhammad Ali, PSA Slabbed |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 417 | Ashe Arthur (1943-1993) | Arthur Ashe 7pp on Athletes & Religion: "African-American athletes… take their rightful place in other sport as well" |
1987-1990 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 418 | Cartwright Alexander (1820-1892) | Alexander Cartwright, "The Father of Baseball", 1874 DS From Honolulu |
Honolulu, HI | 1874 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 419 | Clarke Fred C. (1872-1960) | Fred C. Clarke PSA Signed Check - 1909 World Series Champion! |
Winfield, Kansas | 1947 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 421 | Mantle Mickey | Bold Mickey Mantle Signed Photo - Iconic Image! |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 422 | Mays Willie (1931-2024) | Iconic Willie Mays Signed Photo |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 424 | Palmer Arnold (1929-2016) | Arnold Palmer Boldly Signed Golf Magazine |
1980 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 425 | Richard J.R. (1950-2021) | Unique J.R. Richard Handprint, Signed Oversized! PSA |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 427 | Rose Pete (1945-2024) | Pete Rose Official Notarized Souvenir Copy of the "Banishment from Baseball" Document Hand-Signed by Rose in Beckett Slab |
Las Vegas, NV | 2011 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 429 | Williams Ted | Huge Ted Williams Signed Photo, PSA Authenticated, 6" Signature! |
Cooperstown, NY | N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 430 | Williams Ted (1918-2002) | Iconic Ted Williams Boldly Signed Photo |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 431 | Yastrzemski Carl (b. 1939) | Carl Yastrzemski Signed Expense Check |
Boston, Massachusetts | 1980 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
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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