University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 50626, Wilton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 412 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph letter signed by Ernest Hemingway |
Key West, Florida | 1935 | USD 3,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 413 | Bullfight ticket from Plaza Toros de Valencia |
Plaza Toros de Valencia | 1959 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 414 | Helen Keller (1880-1968) | The Story of My Life |
Garden City, New York | n.d. | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 415 | Helen Keller (1880-1968) | Autograph letter signed by Helen Keller |
Denver, Colorado | 1914 | USD 800.00 - 0.00 | USD 5,312.50 |
| 416 | Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) | Lives of the Poets |
New York | ca. 1965 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 417 | Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) | Open Letter From A Television Viewer |
New York | ca. 1968 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 175.00 |
| 418 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | Christmas card signed by Harper Lee |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 468.75 | |
| 419 | Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953); G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936); T.S. Eliot (1885-1965); Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936); Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882); H.L. Mencken (1820-1956) | Dealer's Lot of Literary Signatures, 7 Pieces - Rudyard Kipling, T.S. Eliot & More! |
Baltimore, MD | various dates | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 420 | James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) | Commemoration Ode |
Cambridge, MA | 1891 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 421 | Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) | A Winter Ship |
Edinburgh | ca. 1960 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 422 | Ayn Rand (1905-1982) | The Season of Platitudes |
1962 | USD 15,000.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 423 | J.K. Rowling (born 1965) | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
New York | n.d. | USD 2,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 424 | J.D. Salinger (1919 2010) | Raise High The Roofbeams, Carpenters |
1962 | USD 15,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 425 | Shel Silverstein | A Light in the Attic |
New York | ca. 1981 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 426 | Samuel F. Smith | America |
n.d. | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 427 | Daniel Boone | Survey and Plat Map for Gaddis Winstone |
Fayette County | 1784 | USD 20,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 428 | William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-1917) | Autograph Letter to Julia Goodman |
London, England | 1903 | USD 1,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 429 | William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-1917) | Autograph Letter to Julia Goodman |
Newport, Rhode Island | 1916 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 430 | William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-1917) | Autograph Letter to J. P. Boggs |
Columbia, Tennessee | 1909 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 431 | Anthony Dey (1776-1859); William H. Sumner (1780-1861); George W. Curtis (1812-1894); W.M. Wilson | Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Scrip |
New York City | 1830 | USD 900.00 - 0.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 432 | Fernando Wood; George Opdyke; C. Godfrey Gunther; John T. Hoffman; A. Oakey Hall | Archive of New York City Mayors' Checks |
ca. 1856-1871 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 433 | Dewitt Clinton | Signed Check to Charles Duncan |
New York, NY | 1813 | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 434 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) | Autograph Note to Matthew Curran |
Washington, D.C. | ca. 1994 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 435 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) | Signed Photograph with Bill Clinton |
1993 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 436 | Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) | Free Frank Signature |
Washington, D.C. | 1871 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 112.50 |
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
