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
366 Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Signed 1994 South African General Elections Ballot Paper

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 812.50
367 Prince Rainier

Prince Rainier III ALS & Presentation Photo to Fashion Designer, Two Years After Grace's Death

 1984-11-23 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 358.40
368 Princess Grace of Monaco

Princess Grace of Monaco Regal Signed Print, ca. 1977

 ca. 1977 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
369 Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly (2) Christmas ANS to Fashion Designer Vera Maxwell

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 768.00
370 Yitzhak Rabin & Shimon Peres

Israeli Premiers Yitzhak Rabin & Shimon Peres Signed Nobel Prize First Day Cover

 n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
371 Maharaja Bhagvatsinghji

Maharaja Bhagvatsinghji Responds to Son's Tragic Death by Lion Mauling

 1937-11-10 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
372

10 letters, 41pp, Details Early Plantation & Postal History of the British Solomon Islands

 1872, 1909-1910, 1919, 1928 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 175.00
373 Margaret Thatcher

3 Thatcher-Era Autographs: 2 Margaret Thatcher & 1 Rex Hunt, With Great Falklands War & Chunnel Associations!

 n.d. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
374 Kurt Waldheim

Kurt Waldheim United Nations Retirement Letter to Suzanne Forgues, 1977

 1977-01-13 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
375 R. Wallenberg

R. Wallenberg Signed Schutz-Pass Doc, With Rare Full Signature

 1944-09-22 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
376

Volume of 26 Issues 1835 Select Circulating Library Literary Magazine from Philadelphia

 ca. January - June 1835 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
377

Tarzan the Ape Man! Creator Edgar R. Burroughs & Actor Johnny Weissmuller

 various USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 687.50
378 Samuel Clemens

Samuel Clemens ALS Sending Money During Lecture Tour for "Roughing It"

 January 10, 1872 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,750.00
379 Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser Signed 1st Ltd. Ed. "An American Tragedy", 2 Vols.

 New York: ca. 1925 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
380 Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne Boldly Signed Liverpool Consular Doc For Latter-Day Immigrant Ship

 March 27, 1857 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 750.00
381 Washington Irving

Washington Irving Archive of Manuscript Fragments from "Christopher Columbus" Ex-Forbes

 ca. 1829 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,750.00
382 Handwritten Letter

Handwritten Letter from 8-Year-Old Helen Keller to "Dear little boys"

 ca. July 1888 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,875.00
383 Margaret Mitchell:

Margaret Mitchell: "I am...author of Gone With the Wind" About Imposter Stealing Her Thunder, Fantastic

 1947-12-23 USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,500.00
384 Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Signed Groundbreaking Book, "A Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich" - Dedicated to Famous Russian Actress!

 Paris: 1987, 1/1/1994 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
385 Hunter Thompson

Hunter Thompson Hand Annotated Typed Letter, "...gave a display of mild violence for the crowd..."

 1961-03-24 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
386 Nathanael West

Nathanael West Ltd. Edition 348/500 of "The Dream Life of Balso Snell"

 Paris and New York: ca. 1931 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 153.60
387 William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan Signed Photo Card, Splendid!

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
388 William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan 5 ALS & Signed Postcard, ca. 1897-1920; Ex. Forbes

 ca. 1897-1920 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
389 Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax to Milton Bradley, His Son Plays "Game of Life"

 January 19, 1878 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 812.50
390 Chauncey Depew

Chauncey Depew Fine Signed CDV

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
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    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
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