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
59	Lincoln & Stanton	Lincoln & Stanton DS Appointing Assistant Quartermaster of 15th Ohio, With Brevet by Johnson	April 21, 1862	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,250.00
60	A. Lincoln	A. Lincoln Appoints Captain Later Mortally Wounded at Battle of Gaines' Mill	August 14, 1861	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,750.00
61	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signs "From the President" and Addresses Envelope - Very Rare Form of Signature	[May 6, 1861?]	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,937.50
62	A. Lincoln	A. Lincoln Autograph Letter Sending Demand Notice, 60 Words in His Hand!	May 16, 1850	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,375.00
64	Alexander Gardner	Lincoln Conspirator Lewis Powell in Shackles CDV by Alexander Gardner, Rare & Dramatic	ca. 1865	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,312.50
65	Henry Rathbone	Henry Rathbone, Guest of the Lincolns at Ford's Theatre, Signs Muster Form in 1864	June 23, 1864	USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00	USD 5,937.50
66	Boston Corbett	Boston Corbett Quotes Slavery Related Bible Verse, PSA MINT 9	n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,250.00
68	Civil War	Civil War General Orders for Lincoln's Funeral: "In respect...all flags will be kept at half-mast"	April 18, 1865	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,500.00
69		Important Presidential Proclamation for Arrest of Jefferson Davis and Other Confederate Leaders for Murder of Abraham Lincoln	May 2, 1865	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 6,875.00
70		Earliest Known Abraham Lincoln Cabinet Card Photograph as Congressmen-Elect! Extreme Rarity! ex. Harpers Weekly Archives	ca. 1846	USD 900.00 - 1,000.00	USD 20,000.00
71	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Penny Profile Meserve	February 9, 1864	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 1,088.00
72	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln for President in 1864! A Soldier's Used Mail-In Ballot from Ohio	November 8, 1864	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75
73		Stereograph of Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre When Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated	ca. 1890s	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 437.50
75		Early Account of Lincoln Assassination from Philadelphia "True Crime" Publisher	ca. 1865	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 325.00
76		Pennsylvania Man Writes to Sister About Lincoln's Assassination	April 19, 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,000.00
77		War Correspondent Letters Form Biography of John Wilkes Booth from Letters Written Immediately After Lincoln's Assassination	ca. 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
78		Handbill Announces the Death of John Wilkes Booth with Patriotic Song	ca. April 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,000.00
79		Scrapbook on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln	ca. 1865, 1897, 1902	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 531.25
80	W. T. Sherman	W. T. Sherman Important Order Announcing Assassination of Abraham Lincoln	April 17, 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 2,000.00
81		Early Account of the Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators from Philadelphia	ca. 1865	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 750.00
82		Scarce Copy of The Play Bill Addresses the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln	April 21, 1865	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 544.00
83	Pennsylvania Soldier	Pennsylvania Soldier Writes of Seeing President Lincoln in Poignant Letter	May 24-25, 1862	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 468.75
84		CDV of "The Assassin's Vision" by Francis Hacker	ca. 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 256.00
85		Composite CDV of John Wilkes Booth & Other Lincoln Conspirators	ca. 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 750.00
86		Chicago Young Men's Association Eulogizes Abraham Lincoln	ca. April 1865	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50

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.