University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books, 31225, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 12, 2025 - March 12, 2025
Page Size: 532 items in 22 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
288

T.Pickering DS 6 Days after Washington Resigns for Rations of Key Regiment

December 17, 1783 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
289

Patriot Paul Revere Creates Masthead for Boston Newspaper

February 11, 1771 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 812.50
290

Brit Sends News "Burgoynes Army at the time of the Capitulation" and Campbells Mistreatment in Jail, Fantastic Content 1777

February 14, 1777; November 25, 1777 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 16,250.00
291

Rare 1780 Rev. War Capt. Lemuel Clap's Company Pay Roll

ca. May-July 1780 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
292

Rare 1780 Rev. War Capt. Lemuel Clap's Company Muster Roll

July 29, 1780 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
293

Samuel B. Webb War-Dated DS Re: Wyman Parker, "a faithfull good Soldier" Plus Receipt for Pay

ca. June 1781 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
294

Rev. War-Dated DS for Pay to Soldier at Camp Continental Village

September 26, 1782 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
295

Post-Revolutionary War Distribution of Land to Veterans in Pennsylvania

1785-1797 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,750.00
296

Revolutionary War Promissory Notes & Bonds 1777-1785, Mentioning C. Biddle

ca. 1777-1785 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
297

Bill of Sale to Owen Biddle for 1/16 of the Brig Minerva

December 29, 1781 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,125.00
298

1775 PA Land Deed for 150 Acres Made Out to "Spinster" 1mo. Before Lexington & Concord

March 18, 1775 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
299

Udney Hay, Quartermaster Gen. of Ft. Ticonderoga, ALS Re: Gun Boats

June 22, 1778 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 275.00
300

Declaration-Signer Edward Rutledge Represents Client in Several Cases

ca. 1780s USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,500.00
302

"Mad" Anthony Wayne 1795 Receipt Signed to Clothier General

October 20, 1795 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,250.00
303

Rev War Account Book of Future Congressman and Senator Incl. Servants, Possibly Slaves

ca. 1764-1784 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
304

7 Cartes-de-Visite of Performing Little People in the 1870s and 1880s

ca. 1860s-1880s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
305

Little People in the 19th C. as Entertainers & Celebrities

ca. 1844-1885 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
306

Three Cartes-de-Visite Picture Oddities from 1870s---A Giant and Two Little People Couples

ca. 1870s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
307

19th Century Actors (6) Signed Cabinet Cards- Drag, Blackface, & Vaudeville

ca. 1871-1900 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 112.50
308

Group of 31 Celebrity Checks

1962-1984 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,125.00
309

Group of 40 Checks Signed by Actors: Barker, Kerr, Price, Wilder, and more!

ca. 1946 to 1989 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,125.00
310

Warren Beatty Group of 3 Signed Checks, 2 Twice-Signed!

ca. 1973-1974 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
311

David Belasco Signed Copy of Fred Melville's "Chats on Postage Stamps"

1930-05-22 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
312

Leonard Bernstein: 4 Signed Concert Programs from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center & Kennedy Center, ca. 1958-1973, All PSA Certified

ca. 1958-1973 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
313

Lenny Bruce Signed Production Contract For "A Wonderfully Sick Evening" at Los Angeles's Attic Theatre, PSA Certified

1958-11-14 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
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