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
213

Stock Certificate for 115 Shares in The Pennsylvania Canal Company Issued to Emma Gratz of the Notable Gratz Family

January 15, 1870 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
214

Prohibition: Whiskey Prescription for Medical Liquor

2029-05-06 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 384.00
215 John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)

J.D. Rockefeller & H.M. Flagler Signed Standard Oil Trust Green Stock Certificate, 1887

June 17, 1887 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,500.00
217 Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders Signed Uninscribed Photograph, Ready For Display

1970-10-05 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,250.00
218

Titanic Disaster R.M.S Olympic Marconi Telegraph

2012-04-15 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,062.50
222 BRIGHAM YOUNG

Brigham Young Boldly Signed Deed Sells Lot in Salt Lake City to One of His Sons

April 18, 1873 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,375.00
223 Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)

Susan B. Anthony PSA GEM MINT 10 Quoting Alexander Hamilton!

January 2, 1884 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
224 Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)

S. Baring-Gould AQS From 1st Verse of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers', Famed Missionary Hymn

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
225 Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (1809-1899)

C. Chiniquy, Influential Anti-Catholic, ALS Re: Potential Trip to England "in the great struggle against the... implacable foe of their rights..."

July 15, 1890 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
226 Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

Frederick Douglass Scarce Original CDV Photograph

n.d. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
227 Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 3pp ALS Re: House of Refuge for Women

August 16, 1827 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
228 GeronimoA single sheet boldly signed in pencil as "

Legendary Apache Chief Geronimo Rare Clipped Signature Ex. Ken Rendell, Handsomely Displayed

n.d. USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,760.00
229 Benjamin Drake (1794-1841)

Unusual 1838 "The Life & Adventures of Black Hawk," Condemning U.S. Government Policy

Cincinnati 1838 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 544.00
230 Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Helen Keller War-Dated TLS: "Only as complete human beings warring for democracy can we be sure of real victory"

1942-12-09 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
231 Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Helen Keller Charming TLS on Her New "darling house," and Love for Dogs, "man's truest friends"

1939-11-20 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
232 Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed 1st Ed. of "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?"

New York 1967 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
234 Robert Moffat

Robert Moffat, Pioneering Missionary to Africa, 3pp ALS re: "God's messenger [tells]... how man can be saved & ...lost"

March 31, 1871 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
235 Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Mother Teresa Warmly Thanks a Supporter: "My gratitude to you is my prayer for you..."

1989-07-18 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
236 Richard Borden

Colonial Massachusetts Slaveholder Seeks Court Aid with Runaway Native American Servant

ca. October 1728 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 5,312.50
237

Colonial Massachusetts Justice of the Peace Issues Summons for Woman Accused of Selling Liquor to Native Americans

January 5, 1718/1719 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
238 Clerk Jonathan Evans

Quakers Meeting in Philadelphia Recommend Vigilance Against Abuse of Liquor and a Fund for Native American Education

ca. September/October, 1795 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
239 JOSEPH KELSO

Jews & Slavery in Student Journal 1790s at Dickinson College, 400 Handwritten Pages!

ca. 1792-1795 USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,250.00
240

"Giving Liquor to a Slave" Arrest Warrant Issued in Tennessee

ca. 1860 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
241 Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832)

Charles Carroll of Carrollton ALS on Land Disputes in Rochester

February 3, 1790 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
243 John Saffin

Colonial Massachusetts Judge and Poet Takes Deposition in Case of Stolen Silver

November 24, 1697 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
  • 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.
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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.