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
87

Quaker Woman Writes to Her Cousin About Lincoln Assassination on April 16!

April 16, 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
89

CDV of Abraham Lincoln & Mary Lincoln in Separate Oval Images

ca. 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
90

A. Lincoln Death Room Wallpaper Swatch From Peterson House

ca. 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
91

CDV of "Death-Bed of Lincoln" by John H. Littlefield

ca. 1866 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
92 Abraham Lincoln

Beardless Abraham Lincoln 1858 IL Senate Debates-Era Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected

ca. Early 20th C. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
93 Abraham Lincoln

Beardless Abraham Lincoln 1858 IL Senate Debates-Era Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected

ca. Early 20th C. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
94 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln Writes to Get Abraham Lincoln's Salary Just Months After His Death!

January 1, 1866 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
95 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln Invites a "real old fogy crowd" to Lincoln Home, Slabbed PSA 10!

ca. 1858-1860 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
96 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln 1865 LS, 1 of 2 Known Within a Month of Assassination, Privately Held!

May 15, 1865 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
97 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln as 1st Lady Orders Fancy Hat from New York City Milliner

November 22, 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
98 Robert Todd

Robert Todd Lincoln ALS & Hand Addressed Envelope

March 20, 1885 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
99 James Madison

James Madison Rare Appointment of Naval Captain Daniel T. Patterson

February 28, 1815 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
100 James Monroe

James Monroe ALS Re: Salary as President, Very Unusual

July 22, 1823 USD 2,600.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
101 James Monroe

James Monroe ALS as Minister to France with Engraved Portrait in Handsome Frame

July 28, 1796 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Unknown
102 James Monroe

James Monroe Signed 1824 Land Grant, Framed & Ready for Display

November 10, 1824 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
103 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Consoling TLS to Aerospace Adviser

1971-06-23 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
104 James K. Polk

James K. Polk As Pres. ALS To James Buchanan! : "I must answer the Resolutions to day" Re: Mexican War-Ending

March 20, 1848 USD 5,000.00 - 6,500.00 Unknown
105 James K. Polk

James K. Polk AL as President re: Mexican American War & "burning desire to wield the sword of Genl. Jackson"

April 28, 1847 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
106 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan ALS x2 Signed to Former Co-Star Barbara Stanwyck

1981-08-02 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
107 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan ALS as President "Dutch" With Hand Addressed Envelope

1985-10-26 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
108

"Four Presidents" Photo Signed by All Four Men, Incl. Huge Folder of Provenance of How & When Signatures Obtained

ca. 1984-1989 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
109 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Incredible Assassination Account! "... the bullet, which had glanced off the side of the car, hit a rib before entering the lung which helped stop it about one inch from my heart" Included Among (3) ALSs

ca. April 1981 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
110 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Signed Address to National Urban League: "expand opportunities for young black Americans"

1980-08-05 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
111 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan ALS After Failed Assassination Attempt: "I've really bounced back in a way that has surprised the Dr's." To Fellow Actor-Politician George Murphy

ca. April 1981 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
112 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan ALS To James Clavell Re: Dystopian Short Story: "...what you have written has happened + is happening already in so many other lands"

ca. September 1981 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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