University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, and Books, 31523, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
03/15/2023 - 03/15/2023
Page Size: 375 items in 15 pages

Lot NumberAuthor NameBook TitlePlace PrintedYear PublishedEstimateActual Price
1John Adams

John Adams ALS, Confronts International Trade in 1800

July 10, 1800USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00USD 8,750.00
2John Quincy Adams

1826 John Quincy Adams Signed Grant For Lands Offered In Indiana

October 5, 1826USD 300.00 - 400.00USD 812.50
3J.Q. Adams Signed

J.Q. Adams Signed Scalloped Ships Papers for Father of Epes Sargent VI

March 31, 1828USD 600.00 - 700.00USD 12,500.00
4J. Q. Adams Lauds

J. Q. Adams Lauds "intellectual improvement already burning in the bosoms of students" Just Before His Defense of Amistad

November 9, 1838USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00Not Sold
5Fantastic J.Q. Adams

Fantastic J.Q. Adams LS, on Discharge of Prisoner Pardoned by James Monroe. PSA Encapsulated

January 4, 1822USD 800.00 - 900.00USD 1,500.00
6Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur Signed Engraving, Very Attractive

n.d.USD 300.00 - 400.00USD 468.75
7James Buchanan

James Buchanan 1840 ALS Re: The Lineage of PA Governor Simon Snyder, PSA Authenticated

November 9, 1840USD 400.00 - 500.00USD 500.00
9George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush TLS Announcing His Run for President

November 23, 1987USD 200.00 - 300.00USD 275.00
11George W. Bush and Laura Bush

George W. Bush and Laura Bush Signed Photo. PSA Encapsulated.

n.d.USD 400.00 - 500.00USD 225.00
12Grover & Frances Cleveland

Grover & Frances Cleveland Dual Signed Page, PSA Authenticated

April 18 & 23, 1889USD 300.00 - 400.00USD 593.75
13Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Signed Birthplace Inauguration Cover, Ca. 1993

January 20, 1993USD 200.00 - 300.00USD 437.50
14Fantastic Bill Clinton

Fantastic Bill Clinton 38pc Letter Archive to Campaign Worker; [32] TLS, [2] ALS, [4] Christmas Cards

ca. 1981-2000USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00USD 2,800.00
15Bill & Hillary Clinton

Bill & Hillary Clinton Signed Book Pair- "My Life", "An Invitation to the White House"

ca. 2000, 2004USD 300.00 - 400.00USD 175.00
16Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge 1924 TLS to Boston Artist Walter Gilman Page, JSA Authenticated

December 8, 1924USD 300.00 - 400.00USD 325.00
17Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge TLS On Lincoln Portrait in Delano Homestead "I am particularly interested in anything which relates to (Lincoln)." Written to FDR's Uncle!

December 30, 1925USD 600.00 - 700.00USD 437.50
18Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower 1952 TLS as 1st Allied Commander Europe

April 9, 1952USD 300.00 - 400.00USD 350.00
19Eisenhower

Eisenhower TLS as President On D-Day "Field Marshal Montgomery…the Other Norman Invasion"

May 15, 1957USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00USD 1,000.00
20

A Timely Subject! Two Speeches on Counting Electoral Votes, 1877 In Wake of Hayes/Tilden Disputed Election

ca. 1877USD 200.00 - 300.00USD 125.00
21Caroline Fillmore

Caroline Fillmore's Copiously Signed "Life of Michael Angelo", 2-Vol. Set

ca. January 1880USD 200.00 - 300.00USD 125.00
22Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore Signed & Annotated His Copy of President Van Buren’s 1839 State of the Union Address Which Is Included in His Bound Collection of “Loco Foco Congressional Speeches 1840”

ca. 1840USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00USD 1,875.00
23Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore 1849 ALS Written Months Before Vice Presidency

November 8, 1849USD 400.00 - 500.00USD 937.50
24Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford Signed Photo

n.d.USD 200.00 - 300.00USD 250.00
25James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield Memorial Service Engraving, Ca. 1882

ca. 1882USD 200.00 - 300.00USD 175.00
26Collection of

Collection of 6 Barry Goldwater Signed Checks, PSA Encapsulated

January 22, 1986USD 300.00 - 400.00USD 150.00
27Wonderful U.S. Grant

Wonderful U.S. Grant 3pc Archive, CDV & "Grant Day" Items

variousUSD 400.00 - 500.00USD 325.00
  • <b><center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung<br>Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film<br>March 28, 2023</b>
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Autograph album leaf signed, 1826. €9,000 to €12,000.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Franz Kafka: Autograph letter unsigned, 1924. €15,000 to €20,000.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Torquato Tasso: Autograph poem signed, no date. €12,000 to €16,000.
    <b><center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung<br>Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film<br>March 28, 2023</b>
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Charles Darwin: Autograph letter signed, 1866. €4,500 to €6,000.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Albert Einstein: Autograph letter signed, 1933. €6,000 to €8,000.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Heinrich Hertz: Autograph manuscript signed, 1889. €18,000 to €24,000.
    <b><center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung<br>Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film<br>March 28, 2023</b>
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Giambattista Bodoni: Autograph letter signed, 1787. €900 to €1,200.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Francisco de Goya: Autograph letter signed, 1789. €18,750 to €25,000.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Martin Luther: Notes from his desk, no date. €30,000 to €40,000.
    <b><center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung<br>Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film<br>March 28, 2023</b>
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Ludwig van Beethoven: Autograph letter signed, 1816. €22,500 to €30,000.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Gustav Mahler: Foto portrait signed and annotated, 1907(?). €7,500 to €10,000.
    <b>Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28:</b> Bed?ich Smetana: Autograph letter signed, 1883. €4,500 to €6,000.
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Roman binding.- Pindar. <i>Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia,</i> translated by Johannes Lonicer, contemporary Roman binding by Niccolo Franzese, Basel, 1535. £40,000 to £60,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Raverat (Gwen). Comprehensive album of 530 wood engravings, circa 1909-1950. £40,000 to £60,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Hemingway (Ernest). <i>Fiesta,</i> first English edition, first impression dust-jacket, 1927. £15,000 to £20,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Fleming (Ian). <i>Casino Royale,</i> first edition, first impression, 1953. £12,000 to £18,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Dickens (Charles). <i>Great Expectations,</i> 3 vol., first edition, first impression, Chapman and Hall, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Campbell (Colen) & others. <i>Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect...,</i> 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, [?1731]-31-67-71. £10,000 to £15,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Geography.- Mela (Pomponius). <i>Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis,</i> Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)]. <i>Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792,</i> 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, Madrid, 1802. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. <i>Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes,</i> 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>30th March 2023</b>
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Botany.- Curtis (William). <i>The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed,</i> 83 vol. in 62, 1794-1956. £8,000 to £12,000.
    <b>Forum, Mar. 30:</b> Darwin (Charles).- Lecky (W.E.H.) <i>The Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe,</i> 2 vol., Darwin's copy with inscription "Charles Darwin 1865", pencil marginalia and pencil notes, 1865. £7,000 to £10,000.
  • <b><center>Swann Auction Galleries<br>Printed & Manuscript African Americana:<br>March 30, 2023</b>
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Victor H. Green, <i>The Negro Motorist Green Book,</i> New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> E. Simms Campbell, <i>A Night-Club Map of Harlem,</i> New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.
    <b>Swann March 30:</b> Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.
  • <b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>29 March 2023</b>
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> DADA - <i>Cabaret Voltaire.</i> A collection of artistic and literary contributions. Edited by Hugo Ball. CHF 5,000 to 8,000.
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> EXPRESSIONISM - <i>Der Sturm.</i> Weekly magazine for culture and the arts. Almost complete suite from the years 1910 to 1932. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> LISBON EARTHQUAKE - <i>Augsburg collection of copper engravings of Lisbon. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Hamilton, William. <i>Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London.</i> Naples, 1776-1779. CHF 50,000 to 70,000.
    <b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>29 March 2023</b>
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Leonardi, Domenico Felice. <i>Le Delizie della villa di Castellazzo descritte in verso dall'abbate Domenico Felice Leonardi lucchese fra gli Arcadi Ildosio Foloetico.</i> Milan, 1743. CHF 12,000 to 18,000.
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Zwingli, Huldrych. <i>Von erkiesen und freyhait der speisen. Von ergernusz und Verbößerung. Ob man gewalt hab die speyß zu etlichen zeyten verbieten [...]</i>. CHF 2,500 to 4,000.
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> HENDRIK VAN VULLENHOE, UMKREIS. Benedictional and other texts for Johannes von Venningen, Bishop of Basel. Latin manuscript on parchment. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    <b>Koller, Mar. 29:</b> Gujer, Hans Rudolf. Master typist's book by Hans Rudolf Gujer from Wermetschweil (Wermatswil). German manuscript on paper. CHF 3,000 to 5,000.
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