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

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 385 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
253 Abolitionist W. Wilberforce

Abolitionist W. Wilberforce 1830 LS "...I still take a deep interest in the much injured fellow Creatures..."

 June 7, 1830 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
254

Rare 1697 Colonial Tavern License Restricting the Sale of "any Strong Drink wine or Liquors to any apprentices Servants Indians or Negros"

 April 13, 1697 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
255

New Hampshire Governor Signs Marriage License

 March 16, 1767 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
256 Elisha Cooke

Elisha Cooke Jr. ADS Regarding Discounting Land 1721

 May 3, 1721 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
257 Louis Marie, Viscount de Noailles

Louis Marie, Viscount de Noailles 1797 ALS

 August 19, 1797 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
259 John Hancock

John Hancock PSA NM-MT 8 Cut Signature, Absolutely Fabulous!

 n.d. USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
260 Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette ALS With Great Political & Literary Content: "events of the Revolution" To Parisian Publisher

 July 2, 1823 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
261 John Morton

Declaration Signer John Morton 2x Signed DS, Rare 1776 Example!

 January 18, 1776 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
262 Samuel Osgood

Samuel Osgood DS Importing Madeira Wine as Officer of Port of New York

 June 20, 1803 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
263 Francois Joseph Paul, Comte De Grasse

French Admiral Francois Joseph Paul, Comte De Grasse 1784 Scarce ALS

 July 20, 1784 USD 600.00 - 700.00 Unknown
264 Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine

Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Veteran of American & French Revolutions Later Guillotined During the Reign of Terror

 November 2, 1792 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
265 Timothy Pickering

Timothy Pickering PSA MINT 9 Signed Rev. War Receipt Dated 3 Days After Washington's Resignation

 December 26, 1783 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
266 Samuel Kennedy

Rev. War Surgeon Samuel Kennedy ALS to Major P. Frazer on Treating Wounded Men

 February 17, 1777 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
267

Boston Massacre Engraving of Revere's Emblematic Image 1832, Ex. Sotheby's

 ca. 1832 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
268

Duportail, Amer. Rev. War Chief Engineer, Signed Military Directive Dating From French Revolution

 January 13, 1791 USD 700.00 - 800.00 Unknown
269 Dumas, Amer. Rev. Veteran,

Dumas, Amer. Rev. Veteran, Signed Military Directive Dating From Napoleonic Wars

 September 7, 1810 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
270 Jean-Baptiste, Comte

Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Rochambeau ADS Re: Artillery & Troop Preparations

 July 24, [n.y.] USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
271 Jonathan Trumbull

Jonathan Trumbull Writes to Thomas Fitch During a Critical Period in the French and Indian War, PSA Encapsulated

 May 7, 1756 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
272

19th C. Theater Actors Signed Cabinet Cards & Letters, Edwin Booth, Lillie Langtry and More with Lovely Frames

 ca. 1800s USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
273 Sabine Baring-Gould

Sabine Baring-Gould AQS, "Onward, Christian Soldiers"

 n.d. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
274 Irving Berlin, Cole Porter

Irving Berlin, Cole Porter & More! Group-Signed Commemorative Cover

 2040-05-13 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
275 Harry Blackstone

Harry Blackstone PSA NM-MT 8 Endorsed Check

 2049-02-19 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
276 Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms ALS to Fellow Composer, Fantastic Musical Content

 n.d. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
278 Douglas Fairbanks Sr. & Jr

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. & Jr Signed Checks & Financial Archive!

 ca. 1956 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
279

The Greatest Ballet Partnership of All Time: Margot Fonteyn & Rudolf Nureyev Signed Photo

 n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
  • <b><center>Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Balthus, Emily Brontë. <i>Wuthering Heights,</i> New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens. <i>Complete Works,</i> Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Winston Churchill. First edition of <i>War Speeches,</i> Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. <i>Holy Cats</i> First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Online: India<br>Ends 19th February 2026</center></b> <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 40<br>Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). <i>A Digest of the Different Castes of India,</i> 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 50<br>Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. <i>The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan,</i> 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 53<br>Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). <i>An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul,</i> first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 57<br>[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). <i>Views in the Mysore Country,</i> [1794]. £2,000-3,000 <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Online: India<br>Ends 19th February 2026</center></b> <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 76<br>Bird (James). <i>Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions...,</i> first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 100<br>Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). <i>A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 123<br>D'Oyly (Charles). <i>Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book,</i> lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 139<br>Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Online: India<br>Ends 19th February 2026</center></b> <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 140<br>Gantz (John). <i>Indian Microcosm,</i> first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 146<br>Grierson (Sir George Abraham). <i>Linguistic Survey of India,</i> 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 195<br>Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 <b>Forum, Feb. 19:</b> Lot 205<br>Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. <i>The Monuments of Sanchi,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000