University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 21826, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 385 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
59 Lincoln & Stanton

Lincoln & Stanton DS Appointing Assistant Quartermaster of 15th Ohio, With Brevet by Johnson

April 21, 1862 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,250.00
60 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln Appoints Captain Later Mortally Wounded at Battle of Gaines' Mill

August 14, 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
61 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Signs "From the President" and Addresses Envelope - Very Rare Form of Signature

[May 6, 1861?] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,937.50
62 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln Autograph Letter Sending Demand Notice, 60 Words in His Hand!

May 16, 1850 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,375.00
64 Alexander Gardner

Lincoln Conspirator Lewis Powell in Shackles CDV by Alexander Gardner, Rare & Dramatic

ca. 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,312.50
65 Henry Rathbone

Henry Rathbone, Guest of the Lincolns at Ford's Theatre, Signs Muster Form in 1864

June 23, 1864 USD 1,500.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,937.50
66 Boston Corbett

Boston Corbett Quotes Slavery Related Bible Verse, PSA MINT 9

n.d. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,250.00
68 Civil War

Civil War General Orders for Lincoln's Funeral: "In respect...all flags will be kept at half-mast"

April 18, 1865 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
69

Important Presidential Proclamation for Arrest of Jefferson Davis and Other Confederate Leaders for Murder of Abraham Lincoln

May 2, 1865 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,875.00
70

Earliest Known Abraham Lincoln Cabinet Card Photograph as Congressmen-Elect! Extreme Rarity! ex. Harpers Weekly Archives

ca. 1846 USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 20,000.00
71 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Penny Profile Meserve

February 9, 1864 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 1,088.00
72 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln for President in 1864! A Soldier's Used Mail-In Ballot from Ohio

November 8, 1864 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
73

Stereograph of Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre When Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated

ca. 1890s USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
75

Early Account of Lincoln Assassination from Philadelphia "True Crime" Publisher

ca. 1865 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 325.00
76

Pennsylvania Man Writes to Sister About Lincoln's Assassination

April 19, 1865 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,000.00
77

War Correspondent Letters Form Biography of John Wilkes Booth from Letters Written Immediately After Lincoln's Assassination

ca. 1865 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
78

Handbill Announces the Death of John Wilkes Booth with Patriotic Song

ca. April 1865 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,000.00
79

Scrapbook on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

ca. 1865, 1897, 1902 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
80 W. T. Sherman

W. T. Sherman Important Order Announcing Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

April 17, 1865 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 2,000.00
81

Early Account of the Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators from Philadelphia

ca. 1865 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
82

Scarce Copy of The Play Bill Addresses the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

April 21, 1865 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 544.00
83 Pennsylvania Soldier

Pennsylvania Soldier Writes of Seeing President Lincoln in Poignant Letter

May 24-25, 1862 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
84

CDV of "The Assassin's Vision" by Francis Hacker

ca. 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 256.00
85

Composite CDV of John Wilkes Booth & Other Lincoln Conspirators

ca. 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
86

Chicago Young Men's Association Eulogizes Abraham Lincoln

ca. April 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50