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
27	G. Ford	G. Ford Signed JFK: Assassination Report of the Warren Commission. A Rare Limited Edition Copy!	ca. 2004	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 448.00
30	James Garfield	President-Elect James Garfield Declines Senatorship After Surprise Election Results	December 23, 1880	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,750.00
31	Charles Guiteau	Charles Guiteau AQS "Love God and do right", PSA Encapsulated	April 14, 1882	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,125.00
32	U.S. Grant	U.S. Grant War-Dated AES Advising on Plan to Capture Mosby Near Fredericksburg, Exciting!	December 30, 1864	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 8,125.00
33	Warren Harding	Warren Harding Rare ALS as President Plus TLS to Attorney General Daugherty, PSA COA	2026-02-22	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,375.00
34	Warren Harding	Warren Harding Early Signed Check, 1896	April 9, 1896	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 325.00
35	Benjamin Harrison	Benjamin Harrison ALS on Death of Wife - Could Not "have stood the strains of a reelection"	November 14, 1892	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,000.00
36	Herbert Hoover	Herbert Hoover LS as President Drafted to Jewish Relief Campaign Leader on Day of Taft's Death	2030-03-08	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
37	Herbert Hoover	Herbert Hoover WWII-Dated TLS: "It is all very disheartening"	2042-05-06	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
38	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson ALS as Pres. to Washington Mayor Van Ness	May 3, 1834	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,250.00
39	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson Signed Patent Vital for Maintaining Readiness of Military Cavalry! Rare Document to Survive Patent Fire of 1836! JSA Authentication	June 22, 1832	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,750.00
40	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson as Pres. to Robert E. Lee's Father-In-Law Re: Potomac Bridge to His Plantation With 60 Slaves!	February 23, 1804	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,250.00
41	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Signed Foundational Act of Congress, Alexander Hamilton's Financial Revolution!	March 2, 1791	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 40,625.00
42	Andrew Johnson	Andrew Johnson Boldly Signed Land Grant As Tennessee Governor	December 1, 1854	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
43	LBJ	LBJ Vehemently Discredits Rumors That He "mortally wounded a mutual friend"	1952-09-18	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 350.00
44	Lyndon Johnson	Lyndon Johnson TLS as VP: "I will endeavor to... warrant your appraisal"	1963-02-08	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 437.50
45	Jacqueline Kennedy	Jacqueline Kennedy Signed & Inscribed Photo on Horseback	ca. 1993	USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,375.00
46	Jackie Kennedy & Family	Fantastic Jackie Kennedy & Family Photo Archive!	n.d.	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 875.00
48	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy Signed Presentation Photo, Ready For Display	n.d.	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,375.00
49	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy Hand-Corrected Letter as President to Phil Graham, "Washington Post" Publisher	1962-08-27	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 562.50
50	Gerald Ford & Malcolm Perry.	JFK: Warren Commission Proceedings Signed by Gerald Ford & Malcolm Perry.	1964-03-30	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 1,000.00
54	Kennedy White	Kennedy White House, Center Hall, Type 1 Vintage Photo by Camelot Photographer Mark Shaw, With Rare Studio Stamp	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 225.00
55	Kennedy White	Kennedy White House, Oval Office, Type 1 Vintage Photo by Camelot Photographer Mark Shaw, With Rare Studio Stamp	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
57		Unique Set of 5 CDVs of the Execution of the Conspirators by Alexander Gardner	July 7, 1865	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 20,000.00
58	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Writes to Future Biographer & Nominator, Appoints Illinois Supporter Who Later Worked in West - Superb Example as President!	May 6, 1861	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 25,000.00

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.