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
81 William McKinley (1843-1901)

William McKinley AM Telegraph Draft Re: Spanish-American War Mustering Out, To Marcus Hanna

n.d. but probably Summer or Fall 1898 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
82 William McKinley (1843-1901)

William McKinley Signed Legal Motion for His Mentor & Law Partner

ca. 1868 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
83 William McKinley (1843-1901)

McKinley & Hobart Programs for the Inauguration and Inaugural Ball

March 4, 1897 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
84 James Monroe (1758-1831)

James Monroe Presidential ALS Monroe Doctrine Related Rare Superb Content Letter

July 11, 1817 USD 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
85 James Monroe (1758-1831)

James Monroe Boldly Signed Land Grant

March 12, 1818 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
86 Richard Nixon

President Nixon thanks publisher James Copley for his "most perceptive and encouraging" comments "which followed my trip to the People's Republic of China..."

1972-05-04 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
87 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Signed Card. Fantastic!

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
88 Richard Nixon

President Richard Nixon Thanks a Florida Congressman for His "splendid efforts in the Florida primary campaign ... your leadership, I believe, proved decisive in the end ..."

1972-03-20 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
89 Richard Nixon

Alexander Butterfield AMS On President Nixon's Involvement In Watergate

n.d. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 275.00
90 Barack Obama (born 1961)

Barack Obama First Handwritten Letters as Presidentand 1 of 2 Known on Full WH Stationary

[January 2009] USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
91 Barack Obama (born 1961)

President Obama Signed & Handwritten Golf Score Card from Andrews Air Force Base

n.d. USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
92 Barack Obama (born 1961)

Barack Obama Signed Check

1996-01-06 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,000.00
93 Barack Obama (born 1961)

Barack Obama Signed LIFE Magazine, Beckett Authenticated

ca. November 2008 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 750.00
94 Franklin Pierce (1804-1869)

Franklin Pierce Handwritten Address Leaf, PSA Slabbed & Graded NM-MT 8

n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
96 James K. Polk (1795-1849)

James K. Polk Signed Volume of HoR Documents With Slave Content, Fold out Map, Treaty with Russia, 23rd Congress April-May 1834

ca. 1834 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
97 James K. Polk (1795-1849)

President Polk Endorsed Letter: Prussian Mex-Am War Officer Court-martialed For Dueling! Remarkable

June 5, 1848 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
98 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

Ronald Reagan "I know ... that God was watching over me. I feel just fine now and am back on horseback" 250+ Word ALS Reflecting On Assassination Attempt!

1981-06-16 USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,875.00
99 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

Ronald Reagan 2 ALSs Thanking Monsignor Spain For Prayers After Assassination Attempt! - 320+ Words Total

ca. May 1981-June 1982 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
100 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

(2) Ronald Reagan ALSs, One With Great Gipper Content Sent to Football Legend & Movie Stunt Double! 170 Words Total

n.d. but possibly May 1981 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
101 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

Ronald Reagan 100+ Word ALS On White House Stationary Re: Italian-American Organizations

n.d. but possibly 1981 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,500.00
102 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

Ronald Reagan ANS After G7 Summit Wondering "w[h]ether the Fed. is really necessary"

ca. July 23, 1981 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
103 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

Ronald Reagan on White House Stationary 100+ Word ALS Probably Re: WWII First Motion Picture Unit!

n.d. but possibly 1981 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
104 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

(2) Ronald Reagan ALSs, Connection to GOP VA Senate Nominee Richard Obenshain

n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 812.50
105 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

Ronald Reagan 150+ Word ALS Commissioning a Bowie Knife Scabbard!

n.d. but ca. late 1981 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
106 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

Franklin D. Roosevelt, as President & Alumni of the Groton College Prep School, Signs a Prize Copy of "Green Mansions" to the Winner of the Debate Team

ca. 1937 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,250.00
  • 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.
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • 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.