University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 32526, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 25, 2026 - March 25, 2026
Page Size: 428 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
344 Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott Signed Circular Drumming Up Support For His 1844 Whig Presidential Bid, Dated 6 Weeks After Pres. Tyler Was Expelled From Party in 1841!

ca. October 25, 1841 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
345 JEB Stuart

JEB Stuart Writes His Own Letter of Recommendation, Signed 3x Within "most attentive and industrious officer"

March 18, 1857 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
346

Rare and Unusual Confederate Parole Signed Days After Lee's Surrender, for Superintendent of Lee's Only Remaining Railroad

April 21, 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
347 Phan Ti Kim Phuc

Phan Ti Kim Phuc "Napalm Girl" Signed Photograph

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
348

War of 1812 Naval Commanders Lot of 5: Porter, Hull, Bainbridge & More!

ca. 1816-1839 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
349 Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte At Peak of His Power Increases Salaries in 1810 - Magnificent Display

ca. August 23, 1810 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
350 Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill "Roaring Lion" Iconic Portrait, Yousuf Karsh Signed, Ex. Karsh Estate. Monumental 24" x 30"!

n.d. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
351 Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle TLS Awarding French Foreign Legion Honor Upon British Vice-Admiral Who Had Evacuated Norwegian King Haakon VII!

2042-04-13 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
352 Joseph Fouche

Joseph Fouche ALS Ordering Arrest of Joseph & Jerome Bonaparte During Second Restoration! 2 Days After Napoleon Embarked For St. Helena

August 9, [1815] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
353 Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi PSA NM-MT 8 Double Hindi / English Signature, With Great Provenance, Finest Known!

n.d. USD 12,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
354 Gandhi

1889 Gandhi Letter - The Earliest We Have Seen, Signed Twice!

January 22, 1889 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
355 William Gladstone

William Gladstone Signed Envelope Sent to Fellow Reformist in House of Commons

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
356

TV WWII Drama or Nazi Apologism? Leon Uris Condemns CBS/Rod Serling Production - "Yiddish Uncle Toms" in the Warsaw Ghetto 15 Years After Holocaust

ca. May 19, 1960 - June 13, 1960 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
357 V. Emmanuel III

V. Emmanuel III Writes Re: the Death of His Father Umberto I "...victim of a wicked attack..."

2000-08-02 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
358

Rare Pair of Signed Portraits of Emperor Hirohito & Empress Kojun, Presented to Guests

n.d. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
359 Louis Kossuth

Louis Kossuth ALS During 1852 U.S. Tour With Great Freemason Content! "Yours truly & fraternally Louis Kossuth"

May 24, 1852 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
360 Andrei Gromyko

Andrei Gromyko "Spirit of Camp David" Presidential Dinner Place Card From Khrushchev Dinner!

September 25-26, 1959 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
361 Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Signed Collector's Ed. "Long Walk to Freedom"

ca. 2000 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
362 Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin

Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin Signed Photo, Probably Dating From Camp David Accords Era

n.d. but probably ca. 1978 USD 600.00 - 700.00 Unknown
363 Poale

Poale Zionists & Holocaust Survivors - Remarkable Post-WWII ALS on Charitable Giving: "The majority of them are old revolutionaries used to give everything and receive nothing"

2046-07-11 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
364 Truman Capote

Truman Capote Limited 1st. Ed. of "Music for Chameleons"

ca. 1980 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
365 James Fenimore Cooper,

James Fenimore Cooper, Orig. MS from The Oak Openings: "...I took his scalp..."

n.d. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
366 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens 2x Signed Note in French, PSA MT-MT 8

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
367 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens 3rd Person ALS On Christmas Eve, Same Month Spooky "Mugby Junction" Was Published! PSA Slabbed

December 24, 1866 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
368 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gorgeous Ralph Waldo Emerson Signed Display

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.