University Archives: Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia, 51524, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 15, 2024 - May 15, 2024
Page Size: 409 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
54 Lyndon Johnson

Lyndon Johnson Signed Naval Photo "For a pleasant lady"

n.d. USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
55 Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson TLS 3 Months Before JFK Assassination

1963-08-23 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
56 LBJ

LBJ Signed Photograph With Jim Brown to Cleveland Browns QB Frank Ryan

ca. December 16, 1963 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
57

LBJ Pen Used to Sign 1965 Act to Establish National Tech Institute for the Deaf

ca. June 8, 1965 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
59 John F. Kennedy's

Rep. John F. Kennedy's Statement in Support of Immigration Bill: "the U.S. to continue... 'open door' policy..."

ca. 1952 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
60 John F. Kennedy

10 Days After His Assassination JFK Signed W. H. letter, Fantastic! Among JFK's Last Acts in White House Post Dated Before Dallas Trip

1963-12-02 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,750.00
61 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy 1963 Texas Welcome Dinner Invitation

ca. November 22, 1963 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 480.00
63 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy ALS Ahead of Presidential Election: "I am hopeful we can win"

ca. October 1960 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,250.00
64 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Autographed Note on Personalized Stationary

n.d. USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 1,375.00
65 JFK

Rare JFK Inaugural Event Invites Incl. "Distinguished Ladies" & Mrs. FDR Event & Inaugural Concert

ca. 1961 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
67 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy TLS + 14-Word ANS "looking forward to getting back to Washington" After Receiving Last Rites!

1954-01-07 USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,875.00
68 JFK

JFK at Opening Day of 1963 Baseball Season, PSA Type I Photo by Cecil Stoughton.

April 8, 1963, USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
69 JFK

JFK TLS " we never would have survived the Eisenhower landslide..."

ca. January 6, 1953 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,750.00
70

JFK Assassination: Judge Sarah T Hughes Signed Statement "I loved him very much"

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,625.00
71 Mary Ann Moorman

Witness to JFK Assassination, Mary Ann Moorman, Handwritten Signed Essay With LOA

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
72 Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to His Mother from Russia, Warren Commission Evidence

1959-10-22 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,750.00
73 Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy Veterans of Foreign Wars card

ca. February 1960 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
74 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Photo After Mathew Brady, Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
75 Abraham Lincoln

Beardless Abraham Lincoln Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
76 Abraham Lincoln

Beardless Abraham Lincoln 1858 IL Senate Debates-Era Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
77 Lincoln Brady

Lincoln Brady Photo Study for Carpenter's "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation," Meserve Printed & Collected

Early 20th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 562.50
79

Lincoln for President, 1864- Union Presidential Ticket For Darke County, OH

November 8, 1864 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
80 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln DS For Twice Captured, and Wounded Soldier Who Captured Mosby's Rangers Veteran

August 1, 1864 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,875.00
81 Lincoln

Lincoln Proclaims Himself "Always for the Man Who Wishes to Work" in Fantastic Endorsement

August 15, 1864 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 18,750.00
83 William McKinley

William McKinley Bold TLS on Ohio "Executive Department" Stationery Less Than 1 Week After His Reelection

November 13, 1893 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
  • Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
    London auction, 11 June
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    Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
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