University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books - Just In Time For The Holidays!, 121124, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024

Page Size: 518 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
302	Cole Porter TLS to Publisher Re: New Song He Is Writing	1949-04-20	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 375.00
303	Giacomo Puccini Autograph Musical Quotation Signed From "Il Tabarro," Along With Opening Night Program & Other Extras - Beautiful Presentation - With JSA	ca. 1918-1920	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 937.50
304	Hollywood Legend Robert Redford Signed Check	1982-05-01	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
305	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Signed & Inscribed Cabinet Card	ca. 1890s	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
306	Johann Strauss Signed Photo & Musical Quote from Beloved Work, 3 Months Before Death, To An Opera Star! PSA/DNA	March 17, 1899	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,062.50
307	Igor Stravinsky Signed Photograph, ca. 1947	ca. 1947	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
308	Thurston The Magician to Smith & Wesson Re: Repair of Revolvers	ca. 1925-1926	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 350.00
309	Thurston The Magician TLS to Smith & Wesson: "These guns play a big part in our performances..."	2026-07-16	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 531.25
310	Eddie Van Halen Signed 1983 Check	1983-01-01	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 1,152.00
311	Rock Star Eddie Van Halen Signed 1983 Check	1983-05-01	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,000.00
312	John Wayne Boldly Signed Autograph Page, PSA Authenticated	n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 1,000.00
313	Orson Welles Signed 1960 Cancelled Check While Overseas, PSA/DNA	1960-07-12	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00
314	Rare Hank Williams Signed MGM Publicity Photo	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,500.00
315	Brian Wilson Signed Malibu Check, 1986	1986-10-21	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
316	Natalie Wood Rare Signed Magazine Photo, PSA Authenticated	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 437.50
317	Antebellum Map of New York City by Humphrey Phelps	ca. 1857-1860	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 325.00
318	Autograph Album of 19th Century Notables, 150+ Pages: Academics, Clergymen, Writers, & More!	ca. 1780s-1890s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
319	Tool That Built the Atomic Bomb! Used by Oppenheimer's Foreman at Los Alamos During the Manhattan Project, Ex. Gus Schultz	ca. 1943-45	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 2,000.00
320	509th Composite Group Pair of Signed Books: Sweeney, Plus Crew Members of 393rd Bomb Squadron	ca. 1995-2009	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
321	Daniel Butterfield Signed CDV	n.d.	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 937.50
322	Civil War Soldiers Letter Grouping - Racist Language, Frustration and Gloating!	ca. 1862-1864	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 300.00
323	12 Confederate Covers - Great Dealer's Lot!	ca. 1850s/1860s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 325.00
324	Sultana Disaster! Capt. Frederic Speed, Implicated in Maritime Accident, Rare Cabinet Photo in Uniform	ca. 1860s	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 1,152.00
325	Pair of Agnew Sanitary Commission Cards Signed by U.S. Grant, John Jay, & more; 48 Signatures Total!	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 593.75
326	Union Soldier 4pp ALS: "a man sentenced to be shot...he let a rebel come through the lines"	March 23, 1863	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 500.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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