University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 100825, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 421 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
54 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

A. Lincoln 1864 Appointment of William H. Parkhurst to Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers

March 5, 1864 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,750.00
55 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln and Fellow Attorney He Examined for Admission to Bar Represent Local Constable in Vermilion County

April 1858 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 5,937.50
56 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln Full Signature On Scarce Civil War Naval Appointment of Charles H. Davis, To Whom Filibuster William Walker Surrendered!

November 15, 1861 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
57 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Lincoln-Owned Book 1 Of Few Known! Later Gifted by Mary Lincoln to Chicago Builder, Unique

November 8, 1861 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
58

Election of 1864 Diverse Grouping of 48 Presidential Tickets, Lincoln/Johnson & McClellan/Pendleton

November 8, 1864 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,500.00
59

Lincoln's Inaugural Ball Invitation - A Truly Rare Example!

March 4, 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,062.50
60

Lincoln Assassination Relic: Ford's Theatre March 28, 1865 Ticket Stub For "Fra Diavolo" - Italian Guerilla Agitating Against French Occupiers! Superb Parallel to Booth! Exceedingly Rare

March 28, 1865 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,500.00
61

Lincoln Enforcing Monroe Doctrine to Prevent "United States to engage or mingle in the war which is raging" in Caribbean Signed By Chase

November 28, 1863 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,000.00
62 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Lincoln's Famous Cooper Union Speech: Slavery "as an evil, not to be extended"

February 27, 1860 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
63 Alexander Hesler; Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Photo, His Favorite Hesler Portrait

June 3, 1860 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 750.00
64 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Lincoln Assassination Relics 19th Century Archive

ca. June 1894-September 1895 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 275.00
65 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln Pays Taxes on Lots in Springfield for His Wife's Aunt

February 8, 1859 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,500.00
66 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

CAG Encapsulated Abraham Lincoln Deathbed Threads from the Petersen Boarding House, Provenance: Holzer Collection

ca. 1865 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
67 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865); Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)

The Lincolns & U.S. Grant Lot of 3 Scarce CDVs

ca. 1861-1864 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 416.00
68 Solomon Newton Pettis

S. Newton Pettis ALS to Pres. Lincoln Requesting Meeting for "political, not personal" Matter

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
69

Lot of 3 Lincoln CDVs Civil War & 1865 Mourning Cards

ca. 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 325.00
72 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln Standing Portrait Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
73 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln Photo Taken a Month After Securing Republican Presidential Nomination, Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
74 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln, Gardner's First Sitter! Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
75 Dolley Madison (1768-1849)

Dolley Madison ALS On James Madison, Disputes Comments "calculated to raise doubts, of Mr. Madison's political consistency"

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
76 Dolley Madison (1768-1849)

Dolley Madison 2x Signed ALS Welcoming Visit By Martin Van Buren, Dutch Ambassador, & Madison Biographer

November 12, 1835 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,125.00
77 James Madison (1751-1836)

James Madison Repeals the Embargo Act

April 19, 1809 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
78 James Madison (1751-1836)

James Madison ALS Re: "Carver's Purchase" Fraudulent Land Claims in Present Day WI & MN

December 17, 1818 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
79 James Madison (1751-1836)

James Madison's Slippers! MA Cobbler ALS Re: "handsome morning slippers for the President" With VP Elbridge Gerry Receiving Matching Pair!

February 22, 1814 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,375.00
80 William McKinley; Russell A. Alger

William McKinley Boldly Signed Military Commission for Captain in Spanish-American War

April 6, 1898 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.