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
51	Campaign Ribbons - Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley...and a BBQ by Henry Clay!	various	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 332.80
52	William Henry Harrison As President Signed Ship's Passport for Doomed Whaling Ship. Finest Example of Few Known! True Rarity	April 30, 1841	USD 90,000.00 - 100,000.00	USD 118,750.00
53	William Henry Harrison 1835 ALS Re: Anti-Masons & Preparing for Presidential Campaign	November 25, 1835	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 25,000.00
54	Rutherford B. Hayes ALS on Exec. Mansion Stationary to Influential Woman	October 7, 1878	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,125.00
55	Rutherford B. Hayes Signed Song Sheet and Civil War Reunion Ribbon	n.d.	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 437.50
56	R.B. Hayes - Tilden "Stolen Election" Ticket, A Rarity!	February 24, 1877	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 375.00
57	Herbert Hoover & Cabinet Signed Photograph	ca. 1932	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,625.00
58	Herbert Hoover Four Signed & Inscribed Books, Three First Editions!	various	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
59	Herbert Hoover Encourages the Head of the Shipping Board to Remain in His Position	1930-02-21	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 500.00
60	Andrew Jackson As Pres. ALS Re: Soldier Accused of Failing to Defend or Save Wounded Men From Indians!	August 9, 1836	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,875.00
61	Jefferson As Pres. Circulates 12th Amendment for Ratification to Avoid a Crisis Like the 1801 Election	December 13, 1803	USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 22,500.00
62	Thomas Jefferson Signed Printed Act Addressing National Debt	March 2, 1791	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 16,250.00
63	Rare Jefferson Signed Transmission of Acts of Congress: 1st Penny, Copper Coinage Act, Frontier Protection, Whiskey Rebellion	May 21, 1792	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 31,250.00
64	Andrew Johnson Pardons the Top Rebel in the CSA!	July 5, 1865	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,125.00
65	Andrew Johnson Impeachment Ticket, Used During Trial!	April 23, 1868	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 325.00
66	LBJ Signed 1st Ed. of "Vantage Point" Published 2 Years Before His Death	ca. 1971	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 500.00
67	Pair of Typed Letters Signed by LBJ as VP and Texas Senator	September 5, 1958 & March 24, 1961	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
68	Jacqueline Kennedy's School Life in Farmington! Two Remarkable Yearbooks From Her Underclassmen Years, 1945-46	ca. 1945-46	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,250.00
69	Jacqueline Onassis Sends Thanks for a Book About Central Park	1975-04-05	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 640.00
70	Jacqueline Kennedy Receipts for Clothing - Including a Pink Suit!	various	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00
71	John F. Kennedy Extensively Hand-Corrected Draft for Chapter of "Why England Slept"	n.d. [ca. 1939]	USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
72	Riveting Contemporary Eyewitness and Sheriff's Office Reports of John F. Kennedy's Assassination. Unique!	ca. November 22-27, 1963	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 11,875.00
73	JFK Boldly Signed as Pres. Re: America's First Manned Space Flight	1961-05-16	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,875.00
74	JFK Assassination Teletype "PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS DEAD...MRS. KENNEDY CRADLED HER HUSBAND'S HEAD" Over 4 FT Long! The Finest We've Seen!	1963-11-22	USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	USD 1,500.00
75	Superb John F. Kennedy Signed Photo as Senator, with JSA LOA	n.d.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 4,687.50

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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