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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Nixon Richard | Richard Nixon PSA Slabbed MINT 9 Signed Check Donating to Billy Graham Association |
San Clemente, CA | 1979 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 92 | Nixon Richard | Richard Nixon LS Thanking "an old and trusted friend" for his "letter of support on Vietnam" |
Washington, DC | 1973 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 93 | Obama Barack | Obama Signed "POTUS" & Handwritten Golf Score Card from the Klipper Golf Course in Hawaii |
Hawaii | ND | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 94 | Obama Barack | Obama to Trump Inauguration Day Letter Signed Souvenir Typescript |
Washington, DC | 2017 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 95 | Obama Barack | Obama Signed Long-Form Birth Certificate, Slabbed by Beckett |
Honolulu, HI | 2011 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 96 | Obama Michelle | Michelle Obama Signed Bumper Sticker w/ PSA COA |
circa 2008 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 97 | Pierce Franklin | Franklin Pierce PSA Slabbed NM-MT 8 Free Frank to Presbyterian Minister, JSA LOA |
Washington, D.C. | 1855 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 98 | Pierce Franklin | Franklin Pierce ALS As President Days After Kansas-Nebraska Act With Bonus Excerpt! |
Washington, D.C. | 1854 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 99 | Polk James | James Polk PSA Slabbed NM-MT 8 Free Frank to Brig. Gen. J. G. Totten, JSA LOA |
Nashville, TN | ca. 1847 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 100 | Bush George; Reagan Ronald; Carter Jimmy; Ford Gerald; Nixon Richard | Five Presidents Signed Photograph, Retained and Loved by Jimmy Carter - One of a Few From his Estate |
Simi Valley, CA | 1991 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 101 | Johnson Andrew; Grant Ulysses S. | Andrew Johnson & U.S. Grant Dual Endorsed Reconstruction-Era Appointment, Awarded for "various duties … performed during the late rebellion" |
Washington, D.C. | 1867 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 102 | Doolittle James H.; Fairless Benjamin F.; Farley James A.; Ford Henry II; Glenn John Jr.; Godfrey Arthur M.; Green Paul; Holmes Oliver Wendell Sr.; Kettering Charles F.; Lewis John L.; Marshall George C.; Roosevelt Eleanor; Salk Jonas E.; Summerfield Arth | Dealer's Lot of 19th/20th C. Notables! 15+ Signed FDCs, Incl. Truman, E. Roosevelt, Marshall, Doolittle, Glenn, Salk & More! Ca. 1885-1962 |
1885-1962 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 103 | Nixon Richard; Clinton Bill; Truman Harry S.; Johnson Lyndon B.; Carter Jimmy | Dealer's Lot of Six Items Signed by Five Presidents |
1952-2002 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 104 | Reagan Ronald | Ronald Reagan ALS Fully Signed "I thought I'd handwrite this" as Presidential Pen Pal |
Washington, DC | N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 105 | Reagan Ronald | Ronald Reagan 100+ Word ALS On White House Stationery Re: Italian-American Organizations |
Washington, D.C. | 1981 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 106 | Reagan Ronald; Cagney Jimmy | Ronald Reagan & Jimmy Cagney Signed Patriotic WWII-Era Script |
Culver City, CA | 1942 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 107 | Reagan Ronald | Ronald Reagan PSA Slabbed GEM MT 10 Early Signed Check, Possibly Finest Known! |
Hollywood, CA | 1948 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 108 | Reagan Nancy; Johnson Lady Bird | Nancy Reagan & Lady Bird Johnson Signed Photographs |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 110 | Roosevelt Franklin D (1882-1945) | FDR 5 Signed Historic Photos 1932 DNC Acceptance Speech, Displayed in Series! 1 Presented to His Fave Photographer, Sam Schulman |
ca. 1932 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 111 | Roosevelt Franklin D | Franklin D. Roosevelt Early Signed Check as Senator, PSA Slabbed |
Poughkeepsie, NY | 1912 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 113 | Roosevelt Franklin D (1882-1945) | FDR Printed Card Announcing Retirement from Law Firm Dated Day Before 1933 Inauguration |
New York, NY | 1933 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 114 | Roosevelt Theodore | T. Roosevelt Cuba Signed Field Order Assuming Command of Rough Riders, 2nd Brigade. Highly Important and Historic! |
Camp Hamilton, Cuba | 1898 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 115 | Roosevelt Theodore; Roosevelt Edith Kermit; Roosevelt Theodore; Roosevelt Kermit; Roosevelt Ethel; Roosevelt Archibald | T. Roosevelt Signed Print, Plus Edith & 4 of Their Children; 3 Unique Bound Vols. Honoring Teddy's Life |
Albany, NY | 1925-1932 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 116 | Roosevelt Theodore (1822-1885) | Teddy Roosevelt PSA Slabbed Check, From Giant Manta Ray Hunting Trip To D.C. Lobby For WWI Fighting Outfit! JSA LOA |
Punta Gorda, FL | 1917 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 117 | Roosevelt Theodore | VP Candidate T. Roosevelt: "I think Church lotteries are also illegal, and yet nobody dreams of interfering with them" |
Albany, NY | 1900 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
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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