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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
384	L. Tolstoy	L. Tolstoy Bold Signature Dated 8 Months Before His Death	2010-03-01	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,625.00
385	Walt Whitman	Walt Whitman Signed Check While Residing at his Brother's NJ Home Recovering from a Stroke	January 30, 1875	USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00	USD 1,500.00
386	Walt Whitman	Walt Whitman Signature Clip - Beautifully Displayed	November 9, 1875	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,125.00
387	Tennessee Williams	Tennessee Williams Signed 1st Edition, 1st Printing of "The Glass Menagerie" in Lovely Custom Clamshell	ca. 1945	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,625.00
388	Tennessee Williams	Tennessee Williams Signed 1st Ed. Copy of "A Streetcar Named Desire"	ca. 1947	USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	USD 4,375.00
389	Tennessee Williams	Tennessee Williams on Sexual Relationship with Young Man	ca. August 1976	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,125.00
390	Amy Coney Barrett	Amy Coney Barrett Signed "Listening to the Law"	ca. 2025	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
391	Aaron Burr	Aaron Burr ALS to War of 1812 Naval Commander	April 8, 1824	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 640.00
392	Governor DeWitt Clinton	Governor DeWitt Clinton Appoints Van Rensselaer as Colonel in the Militia	July 8, 1819	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 350.00
393	Ruth Bader	Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court	ca. mid/late 20th C.	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 1,125.00
394	Charles Sumner	Charles Sumner Signed Check	November 16, 1867	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 375.00
395	Daniel Webster	Daniel Webster PSA GEM MT 10 Signature	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 468.75
396	Charles Babbage,	Charles Babbage, "Father of the Computer" - Fascinating!	December 1, 1832	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
397	James Watson	James Watson & Francis Crick Signed Card, 40th Anniversary of DNA Molecule Discovery - PSA SLAB MT 9	1993-03-17	USD 2,000.00 - 2,600.00	USD 4,375.00
398	Charles Darwin	Charles Darwin Seated CDV by E. Edwards, Ex. Karsh Estate	n.d. [ca. 1866]	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 704.00
399	Charles Darwin	Charles Darwin in 3D! Embossed Albumen Photograph After Lock & Whitfield, Ex. Karsh Estate	n.d. [ca. 1877]	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 175.00
400	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Formalizing Final Approach To Unified Field Theory, With 13 Mathematical Equations! PSA Slabbed	ca. 1940s	USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 25,000.00
401	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Signed 'Philosopher-Scientist' & Vintage Photograph Presented to Photographer Yousuf Karsh, Ex. Karsh Estate	ca. 1949	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 20,000.00
402	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein at Princeton (1948) Signed by Photographer Yousuf Karsh, Ex. Karsh Estate	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,000.00
403	Sigmund Freud	Sigmund Freud Outstanding Portrait Signed by Him & Artist Henry Major	ca. 1929	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,500.00
404	Albert Schweitzer	Albert Schweitzer Signed Photo Dedicated From Hopital Albert Schweitzer	1957-05-24	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
405	James D. Watson	James D. Watson Signed Deluxe Edition of "The Double Helix" With Easton Press COA	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 593.75
406		Collection of Signed Items: Golf, Olympics, Boxing, All American Football & Car Racers, Sugar Ray Robinson, Richard Petty, Alan Ameche, Dorothy Hamill & More!	ca. 1960-80s	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 625.00
407		Baseball Group Lot: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Nolan Ryan & More!	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 437.50
408	Yogi Berra & Phil Rizzuto	Yogi Berra & Phil Rizzuto Unique Signed Collection! "Holy Cow!" JSA Authentication	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 225.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.