University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books | Total Sales (USD) | 1,065,742.30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 921,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #50626 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 430 | ||
| Sold Lots | 425.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 951,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 98.84% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 5 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | Inf% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | Joseph Smith (1805-1844) | The Book of Mormon |
ca. 1830 | USD 220,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 168,750.00 |
| 212 | Frederick Douglass (ca. 1818-1895) | Frederick Douglass Letter on Slavery |
1893 | USD 50,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 247 | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan Handwritten Lyrics For "Wiggle Wiggle" |
ca. 1990 | USD 35,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 31,250.00 |
| 227 | Samuel Holten (1738-1816) | Samuel Holten Archive of Correspondence and Other Materials |
ca. 1741-1815 | USD 3,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 427 | Daniel Boone | Survey and Plat Map for Gaddis Winstone |
1784 | USD 20,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 244 | Paul McCartney; John Lennon; George Harrison; Ringo Starr | The Beatles Photo Signed on 1st Trip to "Ed Sullivan Show" |
ca. 1963 | USD 15,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 447 | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | Albert Einstein Unified Field Theory Manuscript |
n.d. but ca. 1940s | USD 30,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 214 | Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) | Martin Luther King Jr. Letter |
1963 | USD 18,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 105 | George Washington (1732-1799) | George Washington Free Frank Signature to Colonel Stephen Moylan |
1780 | USD 15,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 424 | J.D. Salinger (1919 2010) | Raise High The Roofbeams, Carpenters |
1962 | USD 15,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 45 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Check |
1861 | USD 12,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 233 | July 4, 1776 Receipt for Troop Provisions |
1776 | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 13,750.00 | |
| 34 | Thomas Jefferson | Autograph Letter Signed on Agriculture and Literature |
1816 | USD 12,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 107 | Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) | Woodrow Wilson Signed Letters to Edward N. Hurley |
ca. 1917-1918 | USD 4,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 196 | Howard Hughes (1905-1976); Howard Hawks (1896-1977) | Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks Caddo Company Contract |
1932 | USD 3,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 260 | Prince | Prince Handwritten Lyrics For "You're All I Want" |
ca. 1980s | USD 8,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 303 | James A. Garfield | James A. Garfield Signed CDV w/ Rank of Major General by C.D. Fredericks |
ca. 1863 | USD 3,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 72 | George Bush; Ronald Reagan; Jimmy Carter; Gerald R. Ford; Richard Nixon | Five Presidents Signed Photograph, Retained and Loved By Jimmy Carter One of a Few From His Estate |
1991 | USD 8,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 215 | Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) | Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story |
n.d. | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 115 | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) | Salvador Dali Original Signed Artwork in "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali" |
ca. 1943 | USD 1,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 1 | John Adams (1735-1826) | John Adams Full Clipped Signature Display |
n.d. | USD 3,500.00 - 0.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 15 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight D. Eisenhower D-Day Orders |
1944 | USD 5,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 39 | Inga Arvad | Typed Letter Signed from Inga Arvad to John F. Kennedy |
1943 | USD 4,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 46 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Military Commission for Thomas P. Haviland |
1864 | USD 9,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 333 | Robert E. Lee | Robert E. Lee Signed Farewell Address |
ca. 1865 | USD 10,000.00 - 0.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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 -
