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
101	Nixon Writes to Lewis Strauss After Cuban Missile Crisis: "Krushchev is always much more dangerous when he is smiling than when he is frowning..."	1963-09-09	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,500.00
102	Richard Nixon Signed Postcard from Important 1972 Visit to China, Also Signed by Pat Nixon and Rose Mary Woods	1972-02-25	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,500.00
103	Richard Nixon TLS to Robert McNamara addressing rumors about firing McNamara with Long Postscript!	1971-03-03	USD 800.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,625.00
104	Richard Nixon "I Am Not A Crook!" A Gorgeous Souvenir Typescript of his Disney World Speech, PSA Mint 9	1973-11-06	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
105	Emotional Nixon Letter in 1993 regarding His Wife Pat: "...in a spiritual sense she joins me..."	1993-07-07	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 225.00
106	Alexander Butterfield AMS On President Nixon's Involvement In Watergate	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 275.00
107	Barack Obama Rare ALS as Pres. & Self-Proclaimed "Commander-in-Chief!"	2010-03-02	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,625.00
108	Barack Obama PSA GEM MT 10 Check Signed as Senator	1997-06-03	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,375.00
109	Barack Obama Signed Check to "Phelps for Congress", Not Cashed!	2002-09-27	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,625.00
110	Franklin Pierce Re: Ostend Manifesto - Slaveholders Annexing Cuba Historic!	January 15, 1855	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,750.00
111	Franklin Pierce ALS as Pres. Assessing the "Know Nothings" Sweep of New Hampshire	March 3, 1856	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 8,750.00
112	President James K. Polk Finds Job for Young Clerk Who is "Deaf & Dumb"	October 20, 1845	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,312.50
113	James Polk ALS as President Scheduling a Meeting with Lewis Cass	June 9, 1846	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,375.00
114	James K. Polk ALS to Former University of NC Mathematics Professor	April 29, 1847	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,500.00
115	James K. Polk Signed Volume of HoR Documents, 23rd Congress April-May 1834	ca. 1834	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 875.00
116	Polk & Dallas 1844 Campaign Lithograph by Nathaniel Currier	ca. 1844	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 225.00
117	2 Clipped Signatures of Controversial Presidents Franklin Pierce and Richard Nixon	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
118	1901 Inaugural Souvenir Book with 1917 Woodrow Wilson Inaugural Program & Pin	ca. 1901-1917	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 200.00
119	Fantastic Presidents & First Ladies Collection- Cleveland to Reagan, 11 Signatures! PSA Authentication	ca. 1893-1985	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 640.00
120	Four Presidents: Truman, Nixon, Ford and Clinton	various	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 832.00
121	Ronald Reagan ALS as Pres. Re: Crime in Schools "...black students are the majority of victims"	1984-01-04	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,000.00
122	"...this time the 'Gipper' won one for me", Ronald Reagan ALS as President	n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,536.00
123	Ronald Reagan's Personal White House China - Spectacular Fitz & Floyd Saucer!	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,375.00
124	Ronald Reagan's Personal White House China - Spectacular Fitz & Floyd Cream Soup Bowl!	n.d.	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,000.00
125	Ronald Reagan Signed Knute Rockne Anniversary Program, Coach to "win one for the Gipper", w/ WH Staff Provenance!	1988-03-09	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 640.00

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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