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
110 McKinley & Roosevelt

McKinley & Roosevelt Signed 1901 Autograph Album Commemorating Inauguration, Plus Harrison- 97 Signatures Total!

ca. 1901 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,500.00
111 William McKinley & Congressmen

William McKinley & 250+ Congressmen Signed Mid-Term 1884 Album - Includes Both Black Members of HR, as well as Civil War Generals, Future Governors, Ministers & Cabinet Members!

ca. March 7, 1884 - April 24, 1884 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,750.00
112 William McKinley

William McKinley Signed Executive Mansion Card, Plus "Last Picture" Press Photo

n.d. USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 687.50
113 William McKinley

William McKinley ALS Re: Congressional Speeches, Probably Addressed To Local OH Postmaster

February 22, 1879 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
114 William McKinley

William McKinley 1896 TLS, Large & Bold Signature!

February 20, 1896 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 416.00
115 James Monroe

James Monroe Land Grant for 160 Acres Sold at Vincennes

April 24, 1820 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 512.00
116 James Monroe

James Monroe Signed As President Land Grant Near "mouth of the "Great Miami river"

September 28, 1819 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
117 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Signed Silver Certificate PSA Gem Mint 10, Authenticated by Patricia Nixon, PSA Gem Mint 10 Letter! Fantastic, One of a Kind Grouping!

1953-02-23 USD 700.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
119 Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce PSA MINT 9 ALS As Pres. Re: Burial Instructions Of Family Member At Mt. Auburn Cemetery!

n.d. but ca. February 1857 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
120 Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce Clipped Signature

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
121 Sarah Polk

Sarah Polk ALS Sending "autograph letter of my lamented husband"

June 11, 1857 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
122 Reagan PSA

Reagan PSA MINT 9 ALS as President: "The White House...hasn't looked so nice in 20 years..."

n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,750.00
123 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Re: Pronunciation of Reagan, Plus Irish Troubles!

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
124 Reagan

Reagan On Vietnam, "whose side God was on in that war" & Joe Louis to Civil Rights Leader!

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,062.50
125 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan 2p ALS Outlining Studio Contract with Warner Bros., PSA Encapsulated

January 26 [early 20th century] USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
126 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan ANS on Typed Speech "Business, Ballots, and Bureaus", PSA Authenticated

n.d. [ca. May 1959] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
127 Reagan White House

Reagan White House Letter to Friends Sam & Bertha Sisco

1987-11-23 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
128 Edith Roosevelt

Edith Roosevelt Free Frank, PSA/DNA Slabbed & Graded NM-MT 8

1930-06-17 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
129 FDR

FDR Rare Citation for Legion of Merit to Soviet Colonel Vlasenko

n.d. [ca. 1943] USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
130 Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt TLS on WH Stationery Re: Investments: "I am enough of a Dutchman to suggest that I leave this amount intact... [and] get a few additional dollars"

1941-11-24 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
131 FDR

FDR Signed Letter to Business Manager re: Keeping the Number of Patients Up at Warm Springs

2029-11-13 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
132 Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt Type 1 & Photo Archive feat. Pershing & Smith!

ca. 1920-1939 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
133 T. Roosevelt

T. Roosevelt PSA GEM MT 10 ALS ca. 1890s

n.d., "Tuesday a.m." USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,000.00
134 Theodore Roosevelt

Fantastic Theodore Roosevelt on Horseback Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition

ca. 1910 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
135 Helen Taft

Helen Taft Free Frank, PSA/DNA Encapsulated & Graded

1935-03-13 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
  • 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.