University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books, 12925, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2025 - January 29, 2025
Page Size: 415 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 John Adams

John Adams 1810 ALS on His Pear Trees & A Lost Portrait by Female Artist

November 10, 1810 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,625.00
2 John Adams

John Adams Partial 1798 Patent Signed, Large & Attractive Signature

May 28, 1798 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
3 J.Q. Adams

J.Q. Adams Poem - Beautifully Penned and Fully Signed

May, 1834 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,500.00
4 JQ Adams

JQ Adams ALS Re; Lecture "Asylum for coloured orphan children" Many who were Children of Slaves.

October 4, 1843 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,062.50
5 John Q. Adams

John Q. Adams Personally Owned Newspaper, "The American", March 1820

March 17, 1820 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
6 John Q. Adams

John Q. Adams Personally Owned Newspaper as Secretary of State

August 21, 1821 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
7

(8) White House Engravings Signed by Notable Cabinet Members of Cleveland, Roosevelt, & Taft Administrations

ca. 1885-1913 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
8 Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur Enormous 20" x 26" Presentation Photo to Union Solider Col. Charles Treichel

n.d. [ca. 1881] USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,000.00
9 Signed Chester Arthur

Signed Chester Arthur Extra Large Cabinet Photo - Incredible!

n.d. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 937.50
10 Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur Civil War Date Autograph Letter, Mentions George D. Morgan

April 25, 1861 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
11 Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur Cabinet Card and Book "State Papers of Chester A. Arthur"

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
12 Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur Signed Executive Mansion Card, Matted and Ideal for Display

n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,250.00
13 Joe Biden

Joe Biden Signed 1st Edition of "Promise Me, Dad"

New York: ca. 2017 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
14 James Buchanan

James Buchanan ALS A. Jackson and Polk Superb Content 5 pp!

May 28, 1851 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,375.00
15 Buchanan wants

Buchanan wants to be not "too warlike" but "military affairs point too directly to war" -- on Eve of Civil War

n.d. but ca. 1859 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 812.50
16 President James Buchanan

President James Buchanan Invites Colonel John Abert of the Corps of Topographical Engineers to Dine with Him at White House

February [1860] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 175.00
17 Bush v. Gore

Bush v. Gore "Hanging Chad" Florida Voting Machine from 2000 U.S. Presidential Election

ca. 2000 USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,250.00
18 George Bush

George Bush Signed Photograph as RNC Chair, Inscribed to MOC Bill Nelson

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
19 George Bush

George Bush 5 Signed Letters as VP to "steadfast, instrumental" Supporter

ca. 1981-1987 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
20 George Bush & Henry Kissinger

George Bush & Henry Kissinger Signed Republican Committee Dinner Programs

ca. 1980-1981 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
21 Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland Signed Executive Mansion Card, Ideal for Display

n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 325.00
22 Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland ALS Re: Invitation to Fundraising Dinner

2001-03-14 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
23 Cleveland

Cleveland Writes: "...I am not much of a politician..."

March 9, 1883 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
24 President Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton TLS to Paul Newman "We need the slogan Thanks!"

1995-10-25 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,500.00
25 Clinton

Clinton Seeks Natl. Sec. Info After Eliminating 9,000 Warheads During Post-Cold War Military Realignment.

1995-02-01 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
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