University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 72926, Wilton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 28, 2026 - July 28, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | Dey Anthony;Sumner William H.;Curtis George W. | Rare Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Labor Scrip |
New York City | 1830 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | Unknown |
| 205 | Hoover J. Edgar | J. Edgar Hoover TLS: "… the Communist trials in New York … required my presence there" |
Washington, D.C. | 1955 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 206 | Hoover J. Edgar | J. Edgar Hoover TLS: 1957 "the Little Rock situation" Great Civil Rights, Integration Content |
Washington, D.C. | 1957 | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 207 | Meyer Lansky's Birthday Book w/ "Meyer" Inscription on his Birthday! Ex. Lansky Family with Provenance from his Grandson! |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | ||
| 208 | Messick Hank | Meyer Lansky's Personally Owned Copy of "Lansky" Ex. Lansky Family with Provenance from his Grandson! |
New York, NY | ca. 1971 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 209 | Prohibition-Era Drug Store Archive: 180pp of Permits, Applications, Prescriptions of Opium, Heroine & More |
Walpole, NH | 1916-1933 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 210 | Rockefeller John D.; Flagler Henry M.; Freeman Joel F. | Rockefeller & Flagler Signed Green Standard Oil Stock Certificate |
New York, NY | 1890 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 211 | Rockefeller John D.; Flagler Henry M.; Freeman Joel F. | Rockefeller & Flagler Signed Scarce Brown Standard Oil Stock Certificate |
New York, NY | 1888 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 212 | Woolworth Frank | Woolworth Leases a Storefront in 1912 Just Months Before Consolidating his 596 Stores! |
Webster, MA | 1912 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 213 | Richards Samuel Jr.; Williams William; Moore William | Free African-American Veterans & Poor in Late 18th C. New England |
Hartford, CT; Windham, CT; Boston, MA | 1780-1792 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 214 | May Jesse; Harrison Thomas | Georgia Requires Tavern Owners to Swear Not to Provide Liquor to Slaves or Free Blacks |
Decatur County, GA | 1845-1846 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 215 | Grist Richard | Georgia Farmer Writes to Guardian of Free Black Man |
Early County, GA | 1830 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 216 | Cole George W.; Dorsey Mary Elizabeth | Georgia Slaveowners & Freedpeople Adjust to the End of Slavery |
Webster County, GA; Clayton County, GA | 1867 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 217 | Griggs Samuel | Black Voters, 1846! New York Abolitionist Farmer Condemns State’s Attitude |
Levanna, NY | 1846 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 218 | Barton Clara | Clara Barton 3x Signed Receipt for Hospital Dividend! |
Glen Echo, MD | 1911 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 219 | Wallace Walter Benjamin | Racist Doctor's Letter with Coal Miner's Strike Content in Indian Territory: "As for Lehigh it is just as full of n**** as ever and just as undesirable a place to live in now as one would imagine" |
Lehigh, Indian Territory | 1900 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 221 | Teresa Mother | Mother Teresa Signed "Peace, Justice, Progress" Unique United Nations First Day Cover |
New York, NY | 1970 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 222 | Parks Rosa; Collins Paul | Rosa Parks Boldly Signed Portrait |
circa 1997 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 223 | Parks Rosa | Rosa Parks Signed First Edition of "My Story" |
New York | 1992 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 224 | Division & Valuation of Slaves in Wills & Estates |
1800-1864 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 225 | Holloway Catherine P.; Wright John G.; Kinney Jefferson | Antebellum Prenuptial Agreement Protects Bride’s Slaves from Control of Husband or His Creditors |
Augusta County, Virginia | 1831 | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 226 | Barron Henry A. | Values of Slaves Letter Discussing Legal Strategy on a Case Involving Ownership |
Barron's, Virginia | 1824 | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 227 | Redman Mary; Boynton James S. | Widow & Slaveowner Attempts to Distribute Slaves Among Heirs During Civil War |
Butts County, Georgia | 1861-1862 | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 228 | Jones Samuel B. | South Carolina Minister Helps Slaveowner Seek Compensation from State for Impressed Slave |
Cokesbury, South Carolina | 1863 | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 229 | Five Slaves in Georgia! Estate Inventory Lists & Values |
Fayette County, Georgia | ca. 1833-1837 | USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
