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NEIL ARMSTRONG PEN SKETCH, NEWTON MANUSCRIPT AND ITEMS SIGNED BY WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON AND ROBERT C. MERTON FOR UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AUCTION SALE

A large historic pen sketch hand-drawn and signed by Apollo XI astronaut Neil Armstrong, a manuscript fragment in George Washington’s hand from the first draft of his first Inaugural Address in 1789, and the Black-Scholes-Merton formula handwritten and signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert C. Merton are just a few of the [Read More]

ITEMS FROM THE ESTATE OF OIL TYCOON T. BOONE PICKENS, PLUS EXCEPTIONAL PIECES FROM THE GERMAN CASTLE SCHLOSS HAFENPREPPACH AND OTHER PROMINENT ESTATES FOR AUCTION

A second round of period antiques, fine art and personal items from the late Texas and Oklahoma oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens (1928-2019) will be auctioned in a two-day, online-only event slated for September 10th and 11th by J. Garrett Auctioneers, based in Dallas. It was almost exactly two years ago, in [Read More]

ITEMS SIGNED BY WASHINGTON, JFK, DANIEL BOONE, BEN FRANKLIN, LINCOLN AND OTHERS FOR UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ONLINE AUCTION

WILTON, Conn. – Rare items signed by George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Armstrong Custer and many more of history’s brightest stars are just a few of the highlights in University Archives’ next big online-only auction, slated for Wednesday, August 17th, by University Archives, starting at 10:30 [Read More]