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
288

T.Pickering DS 6 Days after Washington Resigns for Rations of Key Regiment

December 17, 1783 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
289

Patriot Paul Revere Creates Masthead for Boston Newspaper

February 11, 1771 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 812.50
290

Brit Sends News "Burgoynes Army at the time of the Capitulation" and Campbells Mistreatment in Jail, Fantastic Content 1777

February 14, 1777; November 25, 1777 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 16,250.00
291

Rare 1780 Rev. War Capt. Lemuel Clap's Company Pay Roll

ca. May-July 1780 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
292

Rare 1780 Rev. War Capt. Lemuel Clap's Company Muster Roll

July 29, 1780 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
293

Samuel B. Webb War-Dated DS Re: Wyman Parker, "a faithfull good Soldier" Plus Receipt for Pay

ca. June 1781 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
294

Rev. War-Dated DS for Pay to Soldier at Camp Continental Village

September 26, 1782 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
295

Post-Revolutionary War Distribution of Land to Veterans in Pennsylvania

1785-1797 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,750.00
296

Revolutionary War Promissory Notes & Bonds 1777-1785, Mentioning C. Biddle

ca. 1777-1785 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
297

Bill of Sale to Owen Biddle for 1/16 of the Brig Minerva

December 29, 1781 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,125.00
298

1775 PA Land Deed for 150 Acres Made Out to "Spinster" 1mo. Before Lexington & Concord

March 18, 1775 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
299

Udney Hay, Quartermaster Gen. of Ft. Ticonderoga, ALS Re: Gun Boats

June 22, 1778 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 275.00
300

Declaration-Signer Edward Rutledge Represents Client in Several Cases

ca. 1780s USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,500.00
302

"Mad" Anthony Wayne 1795 Receipt Signed to Clothier General

October 20, 1795 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,250.00
303

Rev War Account Book of Future Congressman and Senator Incl. Servants, Possibly Slaves

ca. 1764-1784 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
304

7 Cartes-de-Visite of Performing Little People in the 1870s and 1880s

ca. 1860s-1880s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
305

Little People in the 19th C. as Entertainers & Celebrities

ca. 1844-1885 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
306

Three Cartes-de-Visite Picture Oddities from 1870s---A Giant and Two Little People Couples

ca. 1870s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
307

19th Century Actors (6) Signed Cabinet Cards- Drag, Blackface, & Vaudeville

ca. 1871-1900 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
308

Group of 31 Celebrity Checks

1962-1984 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,125.00
309

Group of 40 Checks Signed by Actors: Barker, Kerr, Price, Wilder, and more!

ca. 1946 to 1989 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,125.00
310

Warren Beatty Group of 3 Signed Checks, 2 Twice-Signed!

ca. 1973-1974 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
311

David Belasco Signed Copy of Fred Melville's "Chats on Postage Stamps"

1930-05-22 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
312

Leonard Bernstein: 4 Signed Concert Programs from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center & Kennedy Center, ca. 1958-1973, All PSA Certified

ca. 1958-1973 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
313

Lenny Bruce Signed Production Contract For "A Wonderfully Sick Evening" at Los Angeles's Attic Theatre, PSA Certified

1958-11-14 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
  • 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