University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 100825, Wilton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U.S. President John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) | J.Q. Adams Signed Pamphlet of July 4, 1831 Quincy Oration Gifted to Fellow Congressman Thomas Newton |
n.d. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 2 | Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886) | Chester Arthur & Robert Todd Lincoln Signed Commission for Indian Fighter & Future San Juan Hill Hero Charles D. Parkhurst |
June 25, 1884 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 3 | JAMES BUCHANAN | President James Buchanan Outlines Relations with Paraguay for U.S. Senate |
February 12, 1861 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 4 | George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) | G.H.W. Bush Pays Tribute to Friend and Author of Redskins Fight Song: "Some special friendly guy that Barnee." |
1989-10-25 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 5 | George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) | George W. Bush 9/11 Typescripts w/ Bin Laden Mugshot and Iconic Speech & Unique Action Figure! |
2001-09-11 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 6 | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) | Grover Cleveland ALS Telegraph Draft Re: Washington Territorial Judge Nomination Less Than 1 Year Before Washington Statehood |
December 18, 1888 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 7 | Bill Clinton (b. 1946) | Bill Clinton Writes to Rev. Stan Easty, "Thanks...for letting me know how you feel about Mother Theresa and what I said about her" |
1994-03-01 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 8 | Bill Clinton (b. 1946) | Bill Clinton Signed Limited Edition of "My Life" |
n.d | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 9 | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) | Calvin Coolidge PSA Signed NY-ATL Air Mail Service First Flight FDC - With Added Philatelic Interest! |
[April 1, 1930] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 10 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) | Dwight D. Eisenhower Boldly Signed D-Day Orders to His Troops |
[June 6, 1944] | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,937.50 | |
| 11 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) | Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Copy of "Crusade in Europe" |
Garden City, New York | 1948 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 12 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) | Dwight D. Eisenhower Responds to Parole Request |
1947-05-12 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 13 | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) | Millard Fillmore ALS Gem Mint 10! PSA Slabbed and Graded |
May 10, 1864 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 14 | Sir Archibald Alison | "History of Europe". Millard Fillmore 2x Signed Book from Personal Library. |
Edinburgh and London | September 26, 1860 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 15 | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) | Millard Fillmore's Speech Broadside "What He Thinks of the Republicans" |
ca. July 1856 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 16 | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) | Millard Fillmore ALS Ordering a Miniature Portrait from Engraver E. Anthony |
September 22, 1848 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 17 | Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) | Gerald Ford ALS Re: 1978 Lebanon Conflict, "must not destroy a superb relationship of almost 30 years" |
1978-03-24 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 1,062.50 | |
| 18 | Gerald R. Ford. | G. Ford Signed JFK: Assassination Report of the Warren Commission. A Rare Limited Edition Copy! |
Nashville | 2004 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 21 | Gerald Ford (1913-2006) | Gerald Ford Signed 1st Edition Mini Book "Global Stability" |
ca. 1981 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 22 | Gerald Ford (1913-2006) | Gerald Ford Signed First Edition "A Vision for America" |
ca. 1981 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 350.00 | |
| 23 | James Garfield | J. Garfield Signed Book "Investigation into the Causes of the Gold Panic" |
Washington | 1870 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 24 | Charles Pierre Chapsal (1787--1858) | "French Lessons" Bearing James Garfield's Hand Written 28 Word Quote About Cicero Also Signed by His Future Wife Lucretia Rudolph |
ca. 1854-1858 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 812.50 | |
| 25 | William Schouler (1814-1872) | From U. S. Grant's Library! Civil War Subject , Great Association |
June 9, 1868 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 26 | Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) | Scarce U.S. Grant Signed West Point Appointment as Interim Secretary of War |
December 7, 1867 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 27 | Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) | U.S. Grant Cut Autograph with Rank, PSA Slabbed & Graded Mint 9 |
March 12, 1866 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
