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
168	Alan Shepard	Alan Shepard Pair of Signed NASA Official Photos, Mercury & Apollo 14	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 750.00
169	Alan Shepard	Alan Shepard Ltd. Ed. Signed Photo of Kennedy Presenting Him With NASA Distinguished Service Medal	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
170	Jim McDivitt	Jim McDivitt Collection of 5 Signed Photos Incl. NASA Red & Black Number Gemini Mission Photos!	ca. 1965	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
171	Gemini 8	Gemini 8 Signed Photo Armstrong & Dick Gordon in NASA Coveralls	ca. 1966	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,875.00
172	Frank Borman	Frank Borman Signed Photo Collection Ft. NASA Black Number Photos	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 448.00
173	Shepard, Slayton and Armstrong	"All We Did Was Fly to the Moon" SB - Author, Shepard, Slayton and Armstrong	ca. 1983	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 812.50
174	Apollo 9	Apollo 9 Crew Signed Photos, Incl. NASA Red Number Photo	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 300.00
175	Apollo Astronaut	Collection of Apollo Astronaut Signed Photographs; 7 Moonwalkers Signatures!	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 937.50
176	Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin	Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin Boldly Signed Photo	ca. 1969	USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00	USD 4,375.00
177	Armstrong, Aldrin	Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins Signed Yousuf Karsh Crew Portrait, "With the Best Wishes of Apollo 11" - Ex. Karsh Estate, With Zarelli Cert!	n.d.	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 31,250.00
178	Neil Armstrong	Neil Armstrong Signed National Geographic Magazine & Superb Signature Slip	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,750.00
179	Neil Armstrong	Neil Armstrong Signed Official NASA Photo in Spacesuit	n.d.	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,125.00
180	Neil Armstrong	Neil Armstrong Boldly Signed Photo Posed in Space Suit	n.d.	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,062.50
181	Neil Armstrong	Neil Armstrong DS - Large, Bold Signature	ca. 1955	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 875.00
182	Neil Armstrong	Young Neil Armstrong Signed NASA Black Number Photo as Astronaut Trainee	ca. 1962	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 937.50
183	Neil Armstrong	Neil Armstrong Signed Photo Unusual Notation "Gemini VIII Apollo 11"	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,187.50
184	Neil Armstrong	Neil Armstrong Superb Signed NASA Apollo XI Portrait Photo	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,088.00
185	Neil Armstrong,	Neil Armstrong, White, & Crossfield Signed X-15 Test Pilot Photo	ca. 1960s	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 2,048.00
186	Richard Gordon & Charles Conrad	Richard Gordon & Charles Conrad Apollo 12 LLTV Signed Photo	ca. 1972	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 225.00
187		Pair of Apollo 12 Crew-Signed Photos: Crescent Earth NASA Red No. Photo & Lunar Lander on Earth	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 531.25
188		Pair of Apollo 12 Signed Photos: Flag on Moon NASA Red No. Photo & Lunar Lander on Earth	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 593.75
189	Apollo 12	Apollo 12 Crew-Signed "Moon Shot" Special Edition Magazine	ca. June 1994	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 175.00
190	Alan Bean	Alan Bean Signed & Inscribed Limited Edition Calendar	ca. 2003	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 250.00
191	Fred Haise	Fred Haise Collection of (3) Signed Photographs & Signed First Day Cover	1970-04-18	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00
192	Apollo 14	Apollo 14 on the Moon - Roosa, Shepard, Mitchell Signed NASA Photo	ca. 1971	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 812.50

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.