University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 21826, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 385 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 John Adams

John Adams - Big & Beautiful Signature, More Than 3" Long!

November 24, 1800 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 6,875.00
2 J.Q. Adams

J.Q. Adams 4x Signed ALS, With Scathing Dismissal of Jefferson's Govt.: "As popularity is the fundamental principle both of our Legislature and Executive, they will be satisfied to provide for the occasions of the day, and leave future times to take care

January 18-25, 1802 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,875.00
3 J.Q. Adams

J.Q. Adams ALS to Brother Thomas: "[We are] as well as people roasting at a slow... fire can be"

July 2, 1825 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
4 J.Q. Adams & Henry Clay

J.Q. Adams & Henry Clay Signed Ships Papers For Brig "Golden Grove"

January 19, 1828 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
5 Joe Biden

Joe Biden Signed Typescript re: U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
6 James Buchanan

James Buchanan (6) ALS, One as Pres, to Henry Wise re: Secession, Politics & Diplomatic Appointments

ca. 1851-1857 USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 Not Sold
7 James Buchanan

James Buchanan ALS on Niece Harriet's Honeymoon to Cuba

March 6, 1866 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
8 George W. Bush

George W. Bush Sends Personal Thanks & Appreciation to Staff

2004-12-26 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
9 George W. Bush

George W. Bush ALS As President, Baseball Content to Bobby Bragan, "You were a heck of a manager..."

2005-08-29 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
10 George W. Bush

George W. Bush 9/11 Typescripts w/ Bin Laden Mugshot and Iconic Speech! Two Tragic & Defining Events of 9/11. BAS Slabbed!

ca. 2001 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
12 George Bush

George Bush & Gerald Ford Signed Photo w/ Ticket to Astros Game Where Bush Signed!

2010-04-27 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 384.00
13 Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton ALS Reminiscing on Kindergarten Days, With Archive of Related Material

1993-09-10 USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
14 Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton ALS to Comedian Richard Lewis on Newly Found "happiness and peace"

2000-08-17 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
15 Yousuf Karsh

Huge Bill Clinton Presidential Portrait Signed by Photographer Yousuf Karsh, Ex. Karsh Estate

ca. May 1993 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
16 Stunning Hillary

Stunning Hillary Clinton Portrait as First Lady Signed by Photographer Yousuf Karsh, Ex. Karsh Estate

ca. May 1993 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
17 Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Impeachment Signed House Report Typescript

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
18 Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower War-Dated ALS From Algiers: "Last night I had a hunch we'd get a good bombing" With Beautiful Censorship Signature

[June 14, 1943] USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,000.00
19 Eisenhower

Eisenhower Up Late with Churchill "I was at PMs for dinner. I got home earlier than usual - 1245." Undoubtedly Planning Operation Torch, Oct. 1942

October 21, [1942] USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,687.50
20 Eisenhower

Eisenhower Free Frank Addressed to Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower

ca. 1940-1945 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
21 Eisenhower

Eisenhower Signed Photograph

n.d. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
22 Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower Free Frank with Image of Lincoln

ca. 1940-1945 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
23 Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower 2x Signed TLS to White House Correspondent Merriman Smith

1962-03-26 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 256.00
24 Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore Signed Carte de Visite with PSA COA - Exceptionally Rare!

ca. 1867 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
25 Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore As Pres. Lengthy 1852 ALS Re: "slavery question...is of more importance to the perpetuity of our institution's and the future prosperity of the country, than every other"

April 27, 1852 USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,875.00
26

Gerald Ford's Chinese Hua Yan Work! Likely Gifted to Gerald Ford by China During Mao Zedong Visit

ca. 1975 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 960.00
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
    Collection Georgette J. Salles
    Open for bidding 8-29 April
    Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.