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

Auction Details

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
85	A. Lincoln	A. Lincoln CDV with Slavery Abolition Imagery in Iconic $5 Bill Pose by Brady Gallery.		ca. February 1864	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00
86	Abraham Lincoln	Beardless Abraham Lincoln Presidential Nomination-Era Photo, Meserve Printed & Collected		Early 20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
87	Abraham Lincoln:	Abraham Lincoln: Ticket to Diorama of the Funeral Obsequies of Lincoln		ca. 1865	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 437.50
88		Lincoln & the Contrabands, An Incredible Engraving Symbolizing Liberation!		ca. 1908	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
90	James Madison	James Madison Personally Owned Engraving of Napoleon, Impeccable Provenance!		ca. 1811	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,750.00
91	William McKinley	William McKinley Signed Military Commission		June 7th, 1899	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
92	Richard Nixon	Richard Nixon Signed Moon Landing Plaque with Apollo Lunar Module Kapton Foil, PSA Encapsulated		ca. 1969	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 812.50
93	Richard Nixon	Richard Nixon & Watergate Fantastic Autograph Collection, 12 Signatures!		ca. 1970s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
94		Pair of Nixon Watergate Scandal Photographs		ca. 1974-1984	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 275.00
95	Richard Nixon	Richard Nixon Letter as Vice President, Thanking a Fan for Her Poetry		1956-07-14	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 225.00
96	Franklin Pierce	Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Re: Water Rights, 1846, With Initialed Address Leaf		December 3, 1846	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,750.00
97	Franklin Pierce	Franklin Pierce ALS Thanking Michigander After Democratic National Convention & Before 1852 Presidential Election - He Would Win the State!		October 21, 1852	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 812.50
98	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan 1976 Signed Consent to Use His Name		1976-03-23	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 531.25
99	Reagan	Reagan Writes: "After reading the article, I now have an excuse for getting to the ranch more often", to his Presidential Collection Manager		August, 1981	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 593.75
100	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan 4 Huge Scrapbook Albums: Hollywood to Presidency, 1938-1982		ca. 1938-1982	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 2,750.00
101	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan Talking Points for White House Receptions, Two Drafts with Corrections in His Hand		ca. June, 1981	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,250.00
102	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan & Margaret Thatcher Dual Signed Business Card		n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 687.50
104	Reagan	Reagan Writes to Helene Safire, Wife of Influential Political Writer Bill Safire		n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 350.00
105	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan & Bob Hope Fantastic Signed Photo		n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 406.25
106	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan Autograph From 1948 San Francisco Album		ca. 1948	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 350.00
107	Elliott Roosevelt	Elliott Roosevelt Archive with Medals & Unpublished Personal Photographs of the Roosevelt Family - Incredible!		various	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,800.00
108	FDR:	FDR: "The War Message" 1st Ed, "a date which will live in infamy", Very Fine and Incredibly Rare, Only 9 Have Ever Surfaced!	Philadelphia	ca. 1942	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,625.00
109	FDR Signed	FDR Signed Ltd. Ed. Etching Also Signed by Artist Gordon Grant! The Pair had Previously Collaborated in WWI U.S. Navy Binocular Drive		n.d.	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 687.50
110	Franklin D. Roosevelt	New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt Considers Appointees to Narcotics Commission		ca. 1930	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 406.25
111	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Franklin D. Roosevelt Boldly Signed As NY Gov., American Red Cross 50th Anniversary FDC		n.d.	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50

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Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

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

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

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Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR

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