University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 72826, Wilton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 28, 2026 - July 28, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 390 | Greeley Horace (1811-1872) | Horace Greeley ALS: "I have done all I can, and the result is nothing" |
1860 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 391 | Dealer's Lot of 35 Cut Signatures of Civil War-Era Notables! |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 593.75 | ||
| 392 | NY Politicians & Notables Collection: Conkling, Seymour, Tilden & More! |
New York, NY | 1860; 1873 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 393 | Seymour Horatio (1810-1886); Fish Hamilton (1808-1893) | Hamilton Fish & Horatio Seymour ALSs to Famed Attorney |
Utica, NY; Garrison, NY | 1860 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 394 | McLean John (1785-1861); Miller Samuel (1816-1890); Waite Morrison (1816-1888); Cardozo Benjamin (1870-1938); Frankfurter Felix (1882-1965); Burton Harold (1888-1964) | Supreme Court Dealer's Lot of 6: Waite, McLean, Frankfurter & More! |
1815-1946 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 395 | Webster Daniel (1782-1852); Seward William (1801-1872) | William Seward & (2) Daniel Webster Signed Cut Displays - Great Group! |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 416.00 | |
| 396 | Wright Silas (1795-1847) | S. Wright Important ALS on Jacksonian Dems, Corruption, Patriotism & "principles of our fathers" and "factitious effects of an unscrupulous opposition" |
Washington, DC | 1834 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 397 | Berners-Lee Tim (b. 1955) | Tim Berners-Lee Signed 1st Edition Book "This Is For Everyone" |
London | 2025 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 350.00 |
| 398 | Edison Thomas | Edison Sends Samples of Platinum & Iridosmine (included) in Hopes of Securing More for Use to Develop the Lightbulb! |
Menlo Park, New Jersey | 1879 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 399 | Edison Thomas | Thomas Edison TLS Reminiscing on Early Days in Newark |
Orange, New Jersey | 1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 400 | Einstein Albert (1879-1955) | Albert Einstein AM Formalizing Final Approach To Unified Field Theory: “I want to try to show that a truly natural choice for field equations exists,” PSA Slabbed |
ca. 1940s | USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 | |
| 401 | Einstein Albert | Einstein Defends the Theory of Relativity Against a Proponent of Universal Time! Fantastic ALS |
Berlin, Germany | ca. July 1920 | USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 402 | Einstein Albert (1879-1955) | A. Einstein TLS "the general theory of relativity" Rejecting Lande's Quantum Mechanics Interpretation As Related - Part of Much Larger Rift In Physics Community! |
Princeton, New Jersey | 1935 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 403 | Einstein Albert | Albert Einstein TLS to Turkish Physicist Studying Unified Field Theory |
Princeton, New Jersey | 1953 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 404 | Einstein Albert | Albert Einstein Envelope to Critic of Theory of Relativity, PSA Slabbed |
Berlin, Germany | 1920 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 405 | Einstein Albert | Einstein Requests Ride to Visit with Prominent Jewish Philanthropist, Henry Morgenthau, Sr. |
Princeton, New Jersey | 1940 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 406 | Freud Sigmund (1856-1939) | Sigmund Freud 1921 ALS: "I could still accept you for analysis… you must have at least four months for it" |
Vienna, Austria | 1921 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 407 | Heimlich Henry J. (1920-2016) | H. Heimlich Signed Early Broadside on his Life-Saving Heimlich Maneuver, Still Pending Trademark! |
1976 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 408 | Hill Archibald V. (1886-1977) | Archibald Hill TLS to Robert Chambers |
London, UK | 1929 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 409 | Jacobi Jolande; Adler Gerhard; Freeman John | Carl Jung's "Man and His Symbols" Collaborators: 3 TLSs From Jacobi, Adler, Freeman |
1960-1961 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 410 | Middeldorpf Albrecht Theodor (1824-1868) | Prussian Surgeon Albrecht Theodor Middeldorpf ALS Dated 3 Months Before His Death |
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia | 1868 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 411 | Pauling Linus | Nobel Winner Linus Pauling Signed 1931 Offprint of a Groundbreaking Paper! |
1931 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 412 | Robitzek Edward Heinrich (1912-1984) | E. H. Robitzek, Physician Who Developed Cure for TB, Archive of 3 ALS & Signed Pamphlets |
1952; 1956; 1978 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 413 | Sherrington Charles Scott (1857-1952) | Charles Scott Sherrington TLS to Robert Chambers with Fantastic Content |
Ipswich, UK | 1940 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 414 | Tesla Nikola (1856-1943) | Nikola Tesla 1901 TLS: "I have undertaken to establish… wireless telegraphic communication with Europe… [a] stepping stone to further realizations of still greater importance" Days After Securing $150,000 |
New York, New York | 1901 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
-
Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.