University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 111925, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025
Page Size: 462 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
424 Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, the "Bard of Bengal", Clipped Signature PSA Slabbed

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 416.00
425 Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson TLS Mentioning "The Rum Diary": "I...feel certain it will never be published. No matter. Just to finish...is enough"

1962-03-11 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,125.00
426 Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace, 'Ben-Hur' Author, ALS as Attorney Sending Affidavit

June 1, 1875 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
427 William Cody Buffalo Bill

William Cody "Buffalo Bill" Signed Clip

n.p. USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
428 Buffalo Bill Cody

Buffalo Bill Cody 1935 Original Store Display for Post Bran Flakes

ca. 1935 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
429 Newton Earp

Newton Earp Twice-Signed Subpoena Dated in 1883 While Serving as a Constable in Kansas with Original Tag from the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum

October 15, 1883 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
430 Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp Original Criminal Doc Citing Saloon Murder Witness Wyatt Earp -- A Primary Source Record of Earp's Wanderings after the Vendetta Ride Against those Responsible for Morgan Earp's Death

April 15, 1885 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
431 Sam Houston

Sam Houston Signed Treasury Warrant for Protection of Frontier Dated Less Than 1 Month Before Being Forced Out of Office for Refusing to Swear Allegiance to the Confederacy, PSA Certified

February 20, 1861 USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,304.00
432

19th C. Political Notables Dealer's Lot of 7 Letters & Ephemera: T. Corwin, R. Johnson, A. V. Brown & More

ca. 1841-1914 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
433 S.P. Chase

S.P. Chase ALS, PSA GEM MT 10, Promotes Lieut. Mortally Wounded at Battle of Cedar Creek

June 26, 1861 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 350.00
435 Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis To Vet of the Mex War On Pension for Battle Buena Vista Wounds Where Davis was Also Wounded

May 27, 1848 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
436 Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed 1976 Bicentennial Cover

1976-01-01 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
437 Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
438 John Jay

John Jay Records Prominent NYers Finances in Twice Signed Doc as Chief Justice! Fantastic!

December 14, 1792 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,625.00
439 Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy Sends Thanks to JFK's Former Secretary of Commerce

1966-09-06 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
440 Hanging-Judge Isaac Parker

"Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker PSA GEM MT 10 Signed Deputy Marshal's Oath of Office

April 5, 1890 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 593.75
441 William Seward's

William Seward's 1850 Slavery Speech Delivered in the Senate on the Admission of California,

March 11, 1850 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
442 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Writes 1878 Autograph Letter Signed to Western Union President

February 28, 1878 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
443 Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison PSA GEM MT 10 ALS Re: NJ Maps!

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
444 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Studio Portrait by Underwood & Underwood, Possible Type I

ca. 1920 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
445 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Family Financial Docs! 2 Signed Checks & Stock Cert!

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
446 Vintage

Scarce Vintage Edison Stock Certificate, Unissued

ca. 1907 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
447 Einstein

Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, Over 260 Words, With 18 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation," Superb!

ca. early 1940s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
448 Einstein

Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, Over 180 Words + 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"

ca. early 1940s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
449 Albert Einstein & Alfred Einstein

Albert Einstein & Alfred Einstein Signed Book On Mozart! Beckett LOA

ca. 1947 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,750.00
  • 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.