Sale 631: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#631) 12/14/2017 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/14/2017 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-28 of 28. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Unique slave emancipation document signed by an anti-slavery Virginia woman who was declared insane View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1822)AuthorBarbary [Barbara] WilsonHeadline1822 Document Emancipating slaves by a Virginia womanDate Published1822 Lot #5 Letter - Black woman, possible Underground Railroad fugitive from Massachusetts to Vermont View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1824)AuthorC. LeavittHeadline1824 letter - possible Black woman fugitive on the Underground Railroad Lot #7 Slave prices in Georgia and South Carolina, letter and document View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1844-63)HeadlineSlave prices in Georgia and South Carolina, 1844-1863Date Published1844-1863 Lot #8 New York inter-racial marriage scandal – letter to Ulysses Grant’s future brother-in-law View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1846)AuthorHollister, Mrs. AmosHeadline1846 letter, NY inter-racial marriage scandalDate Published1846 Lot #9 5 autograph documents about one (West) Virginia family’s slave-holding before and during the Civil War View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1849-62)AuthorAndrew Aldridge, et alHeadline5 autograph documents about a Virginia family’s slave-holdingsDate Published1849-1862 Lot #10 Mentally-ill North Carolina woman’s anti-slave “delusions” - letter from her husband to her Doctor View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1851)AuthorJohn W. NorwoodHeadlineMentally-ill N. Carolina woman’s anti-slave “delusions”, 1851 letterDate Published1851 Lot #11 Astonishing legal deposition about an Alabama slave owner who violently assaulted his wife for slighting his slave mistress View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1853)Headline1853 Testimony about man assaulting wife over slight to slave mistressDate Published1853 Lot #12 New York Quaker denounces Stephen’s Douglas’ “infamous” compromise allowing slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories – letter to a Republican Party founder View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1854)AuthorSearing, JohnHeadlineNY Quaker denounces Douglas’ compromise allowing territorial slaveryDate Published1854 Lot #13 Reactionary Alabama clergyman’s printed prospectus, with handwritten letter, for a pro-slavery magazine View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorWilliams, Rev. J.V.Headline1857 Alabama clergyman’s proposal for a pro-slavery magazineDate Published1857 Lot #14 President Washington descendant and namesake rents out his slave View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1859)AuthorDrew, F. W.Headline1859 George Washington descendant rents out his slaveDate Published1859 Lot #16 Letter as 20 year-old teacher View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1877)AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineBooker T. Washington letter as 20 year-old teacher, 1877Date Published1877 Lot #20 Alain Locke letter, "Father" of the Harlem Renaissance, passion for “Negro artistic and cultural development” View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1927)Headline1927 Alain Locke letter, "Father" of the Harlem RenaissanceDate Published1927 Lot #21 Famed Black woman sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance encounters racism on a Boston bus, 1928 letter View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1928)AuthorFuller, Meta V.W.HeadlineFamed Black woman sculptress of the Harlem Renaissance, 1928 letterDate Published1928 Lot #23 “Father” of Black history Carter Woodson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1928)AuthorWoodson, C.[arter] G.Headline“Father” of Black history Carter Woodson, 1928 letterDate Published1928 Lot #24 NAACP leader’s history of lynching in the South View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1929)AuthorWhite, Walter F.HeadlineNAACP leader’s history of lynching in the South, 1929 letterDate Published1929 Lot #33 Early American bank-note engraver whose firm designed the first US postage stamps, printed and handwritten Document Signed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(American Engraver)AuthorRawdon, FreemanHeadlineEarly American bank-note and postage stamp engraver, 1844 Document SignedDate Published1844 Lot #91 Psychiatrist, Stockton State Hospital [Mental Asylum] writes to Sacramento Bee publisher V. S. McClatchy, about his daughter's medical problems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(California - Mental Illness)AuthorHoisholt, M.D., A.[ndrew] W.HeadlineLetter to Sacramento Bee PublisherDate Published1909 Lot #124 Letter written at the start of an historic overland trek to the California gold fields in a wagon train led by famed Texas Ranger and Mexican-American War hero, “Jack” Hays, soon to become the first Sheriff of San Francisco. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorCaperton, JohnHeadline1849 letter from trek to gold fields led by Texas Ranger “Jack” HaysDate PublishedJune 4, 1849 Lot #254 Manuscript indenture on vellum, relating to the deed of conveyance transferring the province of East New Jersey from the estate of George Carteret to William Penn and his associates View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(New Jersey)HeadlineKey document in founding of New JerseyDate Publishedc.1681-1682 Lot #266 Novice New York photographer, 1859 Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Photography – Ambrotypist, 1859)AuthorDelos RobertsHeadline1859 letter, novice New York photographerDate Published1859 Lot #296 Military appointment signed by President Taft View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineWilliam Howard Taft signed military appointmentDate Published1913 Lot #318 Israel: A Personal History View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorBen-Gurion, DavidHeadlineBen-Gurion, Israel: A Personal History 1/2000PublisherFunk & Wagnalls / SabraDate Published[1971] Lot #348 Signature on vellum document authorizing the appointment of an Ensign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(England)AuthorGeorge III, King of EnglandHeadlineDocument signed by King George IIIDate PublishedJune 25, 1816 Lot #361 Manuscript survey with sketch map for land in Hamakua on the island of Hawaii View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorLyons, Curtis J.HeadlineManuscript survey of Hawaii 1851Date PublishedJune 13, 1851 Lot #366 Japanese hand-painted architectural manuscript plan of the Taki Gashira Mura Mitsu Zoin temple View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese hand-painted architectural plan 1880Date Published[c.1880] Lot #425 Six framed hand-colored views of California, mostly San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSix framed hand-colored views of California, mostly San FranciscoPublisher[Harper's Weekly]Date Published[Late 1800's] Lot #433 Eight hand-colored scenes of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California)Headline8 hand-colored California scenesDate Published[c. late 1800's] Lot #443 Five engraved plates from Captain Cook's Voyages View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorWebber, J.HeadlineFive engraved plates after J. WebberPublisher[Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell]Date Published[c.1784] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next