University Archives Auction 21826

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Auction Date: February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026

Page Size: 385 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
87		Quaker Woman Writes to Her Cousin About Lincoln Assassination on April 16!	April 16, 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 875.00
89		CDV of Abraham Lincoln & Mary Lincoln in Separate Oval Images	ca. 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 175.00
90		A. Lincoln Death Room Wallpaper Swatch From Peterson House	ca. 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 204.80
91		CDV of "Death-Bed of Lincoln" by John H. Littlefield	ca. 1866	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 437.50
92	Abraham Lincoln	Beardless Abraham Lincoln 1858 IL Senate Debates-Era Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected	ca. Early 20th C.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
93	Abraham Lincoln	Beardless Abraham Lincoln 1858 IL Senate Debates-Era Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected	ca. Early 20th C.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 112.50
94	Mary Lincoln	Mary Lincoln Writes to Get Abraham Lincoln's Salary Just Months After His Death!	January 1, 1866	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,062.50
95	Mary Lincoln	Mary Lincoln Invites a "real old fogy crowd" to Lincoln Home, Slabbed PSA 10!	ca. 1858-1860	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,937.50
96	Mary Lincoln	Mary Lincoln 1865 LS, 1 of 2 Known Within a Month of Assassination, Privately Held!	May 15, 1865	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 7,500.00
97	Mary Lincoln	Mary Lincoln as 1st Lady Orders Fancy Hat from New York City Milliner	November 22, 1861	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 12,500.00
98	Robert Todd	Robert Todd Lincoln ALS & Hand Addressed Envelope	March 20, 1885	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 750.00
99	James Madison	James Madison Rare Appointment of Naval Captain Daniel T. Patterson	February 28, 1815	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,024.00
100	James Monroe	James Monroe ALS Re: Salary as President, Very Unusual	July 22, 1823	USD 2,600.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,000.00
101	James Monroe	James Monroe ALS as Minister to France with Engraved Portrait in Handsome Frame	July 28, 1796	USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
102	James Monroe	James Monroe Signed 1824 Land Grant, Framed & Ready for Display	November 10, 1824	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,062.50
103	Richard Nixon	Richard Nixon Consoling TLS to Aerospace Adviser	1971-06-23	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 112.50
104	James K. Polk	James K. Polk As Pres. ALS To James Buchanan! : "I must answer the Resolutions to day" Re: Mexican War-Ending	March 20, 1848	USD 5,000.00 - 6,500.00	USD 5,625.00
105	James K. Polk	James K. Polk AL as President re: Mexican American War & "burning desire to wield the sword of Genl. Jackson"	April 28, 1847	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
106	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan ALS x2 Signed to Former Co-Star Barbara Stanwyck	1981-08-02	USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
107	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan ALS as President "Dutch" With Hand Addressed Envelope	1985-10-26	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,750.00
108		"Four Presidents" Photo Signed by All Four Men, Incl. Huge Folder of Provenance of How & When Signatures Obtained	ca. 1984-1989	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,375.00
109	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan Incredible Assassination Account! "... the bullet, which had glanced off the side of the car, hit a rib before entering the lung which helped stop it about one inch from my heart" Included Among (3) ALSs	ca. April 1981	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 4,375.00
110	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan Signed Address to National Urban League: "expand opportunities for young black Americans"	1980-08-05	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,062.50
111	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan ALS After Failed Assassination Attempt: "I've really bounced back in a way that has surprised the Dr's." To Fellow Actor-Politician George Murphy	ca. April 1981	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,750.00
112	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan ALS To James Clavell Re: Dystopian Short Story: "...what you have written has happened + is happening already in so many other lands"	ca. September 1981	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50

University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 21826, Wilton

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