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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Bean Alan (1932-2018) | Lot of 7 Alan Bean Signed Photos, Pre-Certified by Zarelli |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 176 | Bean Alan; Mitchell Edgar | Moonwalkers Signed Photo Lot: Bean & Mitchell, Pre-Certified by Zarelli |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 177 | Carpenter Scott (1925-2013) | Scott Carpenter Signed Photo, "Speaking with President Kennedy onboard USS Intrepid" |
1962 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 178 | Cochran Jacqueline (1906-1980) | Jacqueline Cochran Signed 1st Ed., "The Stars at Noon", First Female Aviator to Break Sound Barrier! |
Boston, MA | 1954 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 179 | Conrad Charles (1930-1999) | 7 Charles Conrad Autographed Skylab II Photos Pre-Certified by Zarelli |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 180 | Haise Fred (b. 1933) | Fred Haise Collection - Incl. 1 Shuttle Enterprise Autographed Photo |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 181 | Schirra Wally (1923-2007) | Wally Schirra Signed Early Mercury & Gemini Photos, Pre-Certified by Zarelli |
n.d. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 182 | Cooper Gordon; Bean Alan; Mitchell Edgar; Gordon Richard; Schirra Wally; Cunningham Walt; Schweickart Rusty; Cernan Gene; Glenn John; Duke Charlie; Kraft Christopher C. | NASA Astronaut Autographed Alan Shepard Memorial Service Program w/ Photo Archive Pre-Certified by Zarelli |
Houston, TX | 1998 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 183 | Yeager Chuck; Hoover Bob; Ascani Fred; Cardenas Bob | Chuck Yeager & 3 Bell X-1 Test Pilots Signed FDCs Commemorating Supersonic Flight |
Edwards Air Force Base, CA | 1997 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 184 | Gagarin Yuri (1934-1968); Tereshkova Valentina (b. 1937) | Yuri Gagarin & Valentina Tereshkova Signed Postcard |
ca. 1967 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 185 | Gagarin Yuri (1934-1968) | Yuri Gagarin Signed Postcard 1st Year Anniversary of His First Space Flight |
Kaluga | 1962 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 186 | Gagarin Yuri (1934-1968) | Yuri Gagarin Signed Envelope |
Moscow | 1961 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 187 | Gagarin Yuri; Bykovsky Valery; Nikolayev Andriyan; Popovich Pavel | Gagarin, Nikolayev, Popovich, Bykovsky Signed Postcard |
ND | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 189 | Titov Gherman (1935-2000) | G. Titov, 2nd Human to Orbit the Earth, Signed Postcard, Pre-Certified by Zarelli |
1993 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 190 | Peyre Andree (1899-1994) | Andree Peyre Signed Photo, Early Aviatrix Who Bested Earhart! |
ca. 1920 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 191 | Lindbergh Charles | Charles Lindbergh Signed Menu Aboard U.S.S. Memphis, Plus (4) Original Photographs |
1927 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 193 | Post Wiley (1898-1935) | Wiley Post Luncheon Invitation Honoring First Solo Flight Around the World |
Philadelphia, PA | 1933 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 194 | Wright Orville (1871-1948) | Orville Wright Superb Collection of 11 Signed Checks |
Dayton, OH | 1924-1942 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 195 | Wright Orville | O. Wright TLS "first to...fly" Incredible Letter About Dawn of Flight |
Dayton, OH | 1937 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 196 | Zeppelin Ferdinand Graf von (1838-1917) | F. von Zeppelin Important ALS re: Propeller Tests & Early Publication of His Airship! |
Berlin, Germany | 1898 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 198 | Astor William | William Astor ALS to Robert Stuart Re: Payment to G.S. Hubbard - 3 Movers & Shakers of the 19th C. Fur Trade! |
New York | 1830 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 199 | Capone Al | Al Capone Annotated Mugshot Image, Over 15 Words in His Hand From His Prison Cell, PSA Slabbed! Unique! |
Garden City, New York | ca. 1935 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 201 | Great Chicago Fire - Pullman's Palace Car Co. Stock Cert Officially Reissued To Replace Originals Destroyed "in the great fire of Oct 8th 1871" |
Chicago, Illinois | 1872 | USD 100.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 202 | Cooke Jay Jr. | Jay Cooke, Jr. Endorsed Check, 1867 |
Philadelphia | 1867 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 203 | 19th Century Fractional & Broken Notes (18) |
1838-1863 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 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