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
201	Skylab 4 NASA Red Number Type I Photo PSA Encapsulated	ca. 1973-1974	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 87.50
202	Gemini Spacecraft Informational Brochure, Signed by Aldrin, Schirra, Cooper, & Stafford	ca. 1960s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
203	Six Photos & FDCs Signed by Chuck Yeager & Five Astronauts: Glenn, Carpenter, Gordon & Cernan	ca. 1970s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 350.00
204	Amelia Earhart Prepares For Solo Hawaii to California Flight, PSA Type I Press Photo	1935-01-17	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 531.25
205	Amelia Earhart Welcomes Mary Pickford to National Air Races, PSA Type I Press Photo	1933-07-12	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 500.00
206	Signed Book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, with Charles Lindbergh 14 Book Collection	July, 1956	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
207	Charles Lindbergh ALS, "Another major war may easily cause an indefinite period of chaos in Europe", Great Pacifist Letter!	1937-03-11	USD 7,500.00 - 9,000.00	USD 8,750.00
208	Lindbergh's Baby Kidnapping Trial Ticket! The Trial of the Century! An Extreme Rarity!	1935-01-18	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 1,500.00
209	Charles & Anne Lindbergh ca. 1931, PSA Type I Press Photo	1932-03-02	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
210	Charles & Anne Lindbergh in Paris ca. 1933, PSA Type I Press photo	1933-11-02	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
211	Charles Lindbergh Poster Seeking Information Leading to the Kidnappers of His Son	ca. 1934	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 175.00
212	Fantastic Orville Wright Signed Photo Taken at Camp d'Auvours, Site of Many Aviation Milestones! Most Unique Signed Orville Item We've Seen in Years!	ca. September 1908	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	USD 5,312.50
213	Orville Wright PSA MINT 9 Signed Check	1946-07-06	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 448.00
214	Orville Wright Signed 1930 Check for "Aviation"!	1930-12-05	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 812.50
215	Wilbur Wright in Flight, An Incredible Silver Gelatin Photograph Taken at Camp d'Auvours Days After Wilbur's Crash Landing!	2008-09-10	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,072.00
216	John Astor's 1817 Fur Trading Agreement	March 17, 1817	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 544.00
217	Al Capone's Hutschenreuther "Royal Bavarian" Teacup From His Estate, With Granddaughter's Provenance	n.d.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,500.00
218	John Dillinger ALS: Facing 10 Years, Tells Sweetheart Not to Wait - Rare!	1933-10-01	USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 9,375.00
219	Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Signed Cabinet Card, ca. 1887	October 26, 1887	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 175.00
220	J. Edgar Hoover TLS Re: Jenner Committee Investigating Suspected Spy Harry Dexter White	1953-12-10	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
221	J. Edgar Hoover TLS On Joseph McCarthy: A Hero Valiantly Scourging "subversive elements" & Victim of "the most vicious smears" A Few Days After Army-McCarthy Hearings End	1954-06-22	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 406.25
222	Meyer Lansky's Casino Investments Little Brown Book, Notes on Stocks...and Wine!	various	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
223	A Shakespeare Play from Mob Accountant Meyer Lanksy's Library, Ex: Mob Collection!	n.d.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 89.60
224	J.P. Morgan Signed 1886 New Jersey Junction RR 100 Year Bond	June 30, 1886	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 2,125.00
225	Prohibition: Whiskey Prescription for Medical Liquor	2029-01-31	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 358.40

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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