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
76	Norman Rockwell Signed Ltd. Ed. Lithograph, "Rockwell's Kennedy"	ca. 1976	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,125.00
77	Senator John F. Kennedy Receipt...Possibly Signed with Initials!	1959-11-06	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
78	John F. Kennedy 1959 Pharmacy Receipt...Possibly Initialed in His Hand!	1959-11-06	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 200.00
79	JFK 10k Gold Medal & Inaugural Ball Invite. Ex. Helen Keyes, Kennedy Assistant	1961-01-20	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 480.00
80	John F. Kennedy Homicide Report Copy, Signed by Oswald's Arresting Officer Nick McDonald	[November 23, 1963]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
81	Kennedy Assassination, Lot of 6 Signed Photos: Hill, Leavelle, Landis, & More!	various	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
82	JFK Assassination, Nick McDonald Signed Photo	[November 22, 1963]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
83	Jack Ruby Signed Check to Seven-Up Bottling Co. 5 Days Before An Arrest, PSA Slabbed	1953-07-21	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 375.00
84	Lincoln Signed Draft Call, Three Weeks after Gettysburg, Needs More Pennsylvania Troops, Superb!	July 24, 1863	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 34,375.00
85	Abraham Lincoln Signed Commission For Marine Corps First Lieutenant, 1862	April 1, 1862	USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 8,750.00
86	Abraham Lincoln 1864 Autograph Endorsement Signed As President	April 22, 1864	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,625.00
87	Lincoln War-Date Appointment of Salem Zouave Captain, WIA at Antietam and Author of Famed Diary	August 1, 1864	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 8,125.00
88	Abraham Lincoln Wood from "Lincoln's Log Cabin." CAG Encapsulated	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 332.80
89	Abraham Lincoln Photo After Gardner, Meserve Printed & Collected	Early 20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 175.00
90	Beardless Abraham Lincoln 1858 IL Senate Debates-Era Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected	ca. Early 20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
91	Abraham Lincoln Stereoviews of Statues Across the U.S.	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
92	Boston Corbett Signature, One Day After Shooting Booth!	April 27, 1865	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,000.00
93	James Madison Signed 1815 Patent for "Drawing and Curing Cancer"	September 12, 1815	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,500.00
94	William McKinley 2x Signed Stock Certificate for Canton Building Association	February 19, 1869	USD 600.00 - 700.00	USD 531.25
95	William McKinley as Pres. Thanks Bishop Walden for Sympathies Following Mother's Death	December 21, 1897	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 437.50
96	Rare 1900 Presidential Campaign Flag for McKinley & Roosevelt	ca. 1900	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 562.50
97	McKinley Campaign Ribbon 1896, and TLS on State Republican Committee Letterhead	various	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 225.00
98	William McKinley's Notary Public Appointment Signed by His Predecessor, OH Gov. E.F. Noyes, in 1873	June 4, 1873	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 468.75
99	One of the Earliest Publications of the Monroe Doctrine in the "Daily National Intelligencer", The Day After Delivered to Congress	December 3, 1828	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
100	James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Signed Patent for Pressing Chewing Tobacco	April 2, 1824	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,875.00

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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