University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books, 31225, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 12, 2025 - March 12, 2025
Page Size: 532 items in 22 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Dealer's Lot of 7 Presidential Books, Most First or Limited Edition, Some Signed!

various USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
2

JQ Adams Superb Content Treaty of Ghent Talks, "Our negotiation is spinning out..."

November 6, 1814 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,000.00
3

Two Letters to Pres. Chester Arthur Re: Chinese Exclusion Act, "the most disgraceful act of the nineteenth century..."

April 4 & 7, 1882 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
4

Chester Arthur Executive Mansion Engraving Signed As President - PSA/DNA MINT 9

January 14, 1885 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,062.50
5

Joe Biden Signed Photo, with JSA - Great Image!

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
6

James Buchanan ALS Ordering Wine For Himself & Close Ally "Col. King of Alabama"

November 8, 1837 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
7

George H. W. Bush Signed White House Engraving, PSA/DNA GEM MT 10

[ca. 1993] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
9

George W. Bush Signed White House Engraving, PSA/DNA GEM MT 10!

ca. 2009 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
10

Jimmy Carter 1979 TLS, 3 Days After Historic Signing of Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, "a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East"

1979-03-29 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,250.00
11

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Signed White House Engraving as President, PSA/DNA GEM MT 10!

July, 1979 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
12

Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale Signed Inaugural Program, Beckett Authentication

ca. 1977 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
13

Carter Writes to Paul Newman "on behalf of all those who are struggling to survive"

1998-03-24 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
14

Grover Cleveland Executive Mansion Engraving Signed as President, PSA/DNA NM-MT 8

February 22, 1897 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
15

Rare Grover Cleveland First Inauguration Ticket, 1885 - PSA/DNA Ex 5

March 4, 1885 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
16

Clinton Photo As President, Inscribed and Signed to Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward

n.d. USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
17

As President, Clinton Thanks Paul Newman For Note on Health Care Speech

October 7, [1993] USD 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
18

Bill Clinton TLS to Actor Paul Newman Wishing Him a Happy 80th Birthday

2005-01-26 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 350.00
19

Bill Clinton Impeachment Ticket Dated Day of Acquittal & Signed House Report Typescript

ca. 1999 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
20

Bill Clinton Signed White House Engraving, PSA/DNA GEM MT 10 - Superb!

1996-11-02 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 325.00
21

Calvin Coolidge Signed White House Engraving, PSA/DNA NM-MT 8 - Great Example!

ca. 1923-29 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 350.00
22

Calvin Coolidge Boldly Signed Check

2014-09-08 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
23

Calvin Coolidge Signed Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
24

Mamie Eisenhower Archive of 15 Letters, A Charming Collection to a Lifelong Friend

ca. 1952-1972 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 448.00
25

M. Eisenhower "...his heart is very weak..." One Week Before Ike's death

1969-03-21 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
26

Eisenhower Days Before VJ Day & Hoover TLS on "contribution to the Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000