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
415

Dealer's Lot, Group of 11 First World War Posters for Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps

ca. 1917-1918 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 416.00
416

Fantastic Band of Brothers Lot of 12 Signed Photos, 13 Autographs! Winters, Nixon III, Talbert, & More

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 6,250.00
417

WWII Medal of Honor Recipients Stationed in Italy Signed Photograph, 15 Signatures: Baker, Barfoot, Inouye, & More!

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 3,750.00
419

Catherine II Boldly Signed 7th Russo-Turkish War-Dated Doc Re: "wages to Carpenters at the Kherson Admiralty" Addressed to Ex-Lover Potemkin

January 22(?), 1789 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
420

Commemorative Book on Cullinan Diamond, Centerpiece of Crown Jewels, Signed by Joseph Asscher, with Set of Glass Reproductions of Stones - 1 of Only 3 Known to Exist!

ca. 1908 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,840.00
421

Father of Boy Scouts Robert Baden-Powell Writes from Military Duty in South Africa

2002-05-26 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
422

Boy Scout Memorabilia from Chicago Area, Including Original Merit Badge Cards and a Letter from the First Chief Scout Executive

ca. 1912-1967 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 275.00
423

David Ben-Gurion Signed 1st. Ed. "Memoirs" Vol. 3, in Hebrew, Rare Original Dust Jacket

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
424

British Poet Invokes God's Aid against Imminent French Invasion

August 9, 1803 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
425

Winston Churchill TLS: "I should be a little shy about writing on the British Navy's role in time of war..."

1939-05-06 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,250.00
426

Winston Churchill Signed Statement Celebrating Washington's Birthday & Friendship Between the U.S. and Britain

1957-02-01 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,687.50
427

Winston Churchill War-Dated TLS to Editor of WWII Tribute Anthology, Inspiration for British Resistance Against Germany!

1943-04-27 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 6,875.00
428

Framed 1951 Portrait of Winston Churchill, Photographed by Phillip Halsman

ca. 1951 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 350.00
429

Benjamin Disraeli Group of 5 Handwritten Letters, 14pp, 1868-72, Ex-Forbes

August 1868-March 1872 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
430

1st Ed. "Quo Vadis, Centroamerica" Signed by Salvadoran Military Commander Ricardo Cienfuego, Assassinated Less Than 1 Year Later!

1984-07-07 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
431

(18) Issues of Royalist "Gazette de France" from 1771 Bound in Handsome Volume

ca. April-June 1771 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
432

Gandhi ALS Sent to Close Ally in Struggle for Independence! PSA Encapsulated!

n.d. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,312.50
433

William E. Gladstone Declines Solicitation for Contributions

May 6, 1852 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
434

Joseph II Framed Oil Painting, Brother of Marie Antoinette

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
435

Judaica: Shimon Peres & Abba Eban Signed Books

ca. 1970-1998 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 204.80
436

Charles II Hunts For His Father's Killers! 1660 Broadside Calling For Arrest of Regicides Edward Whalley & William Goffe, New England Fugitives

ca. 1660 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,250.00
437

Mid-19th C. Japanese Woodblock Prints in Charming Annotated Album Gifted to San Francisco Resident in 1866, At the Cusp of the Meiji Restoration

January 1, 1866 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
438

Princess Grace ALS: "We are off to Paris on Sunday + back to school" With 2 Eerie Ties to 1982 Car Crash

September 9, [n.y.] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 937.50
439

Josef Stalin DS Re: "Contamination by Trotskyists" Right After His First Trotsky Assassination Attempt - Superb!

1940-05-30 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
440

Embargo Period Sweden/America Shipping Archive, Fascinating!

various USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
  • 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