Sale 407: Americana with Photographs & Manuscript Materials

Sale 407: Americana with Photographs & Manuscript Materials (#407) 07/09/2009 1:00 PM PDT CLOSED!

Sale closed

Sort

Previous|1234|Next **Results:** Viewing items 1-100 of 373. Items per page:
Image	Lot	Item Title	Author	Heading	Headline	Date	Estimate	Price
Previous\|1234\|Next Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 373. Items per page:
	1	Three autograph letters signed by William Waldorf Astor	Astor, William Waldorf	AAA	3 letters signed by William Waldorf Astor	1880-1893	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	2	28 manuscript volumes of 'Automatic Writing' by psychic A.T. Reynolds	Reynolds, A.T.	AAA(Automatic Writing)	Large collection of 'Automatic Writings'	1929-1957	$1,000 - $1,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,200	CLOSED!
	3	Autograph Letter signed by Henry Bergh, to a Mr. Morris.	Bergh, Henry	AAA	Letter from founder of ASPCA	July 21, 1880	$200 - $300	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $120	CLOSED!
	4	Autograph Letter signed by John Bigler, to Governor Henry H. Haight of California	Bigler, John		Letter from John Bigler to Henry Haight	July 11, 1868	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	5	Archive of approximately 20 autograph letters signed by Benjamin Bourne, plus 2 signed promissory notes	Bourne, Benjamin	AAA	Archve of Benhamin Bourne letters 1783-1796	c.1783-1796	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,200	CLOSED!
	18	Partially printed deed, accomplished in ink, for sale of land in Stockton, California, by John Appleby Walker to Daniel Gibb	Walker, John Appleby	(California - Stockton)	Stockton Land Deed 1850	March 26, 1850	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	19	Ledger from the Porterville City Water Works, 1910-11	**	AAA(California - Tulare County)	Ledger from the Portervill City Water Works, 1910	1910-11	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	20	Collection of approximately 50 autographed items by Canadians or relating to Canada	**	AAA(Canada)	Ms. items relating to Canada	19th/early 20th centuries	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,320	CLOSED!
	21	Autograph Letter signed by Carter Hickock & Joseph H. Munson, advising the government of Lower Canada on the best route for a turnpike to the Canada-Vermont border	Hickock, Carter & Joseph H. Munson	(Canada-Vermont Road)	ALs advising route of Canada-Vermont Road 1800	c.1800	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	22	ALs from Jonathan Carmichael, Collector at Fort Adams, Mississippi, to Comptroller General of the United States John Steele	Carmichael, Jonathan F.	AAA	Rare letter from Fort Adams Mississippi	1801	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	23	Manuscript Regiment Order Book 4th Regt. Tenn. Vols. (written on front flyleaf)	**	AAA(Civil War - Confederate)	Confederate ms. Regimental Order Book	1861-1862	$2,000 - $3,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,200	CLOSED!
	24	Collection of approximately 50 autograph letters signed by American clergymen from the 18th & 19th centuries	**	AAA(Clergymen)	Letters from American clergymen 18th/19th cents.	18th-19th centuries	$1,000 - $1,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600	CLOSED!
	25	Document signed by George Clinton as Governor of New York	Clinton, George		Signed by George Clinton as Governor of New York	1792	$150 - $250	Unsold	CLOSED!
	26	Archive of material relating to the life and family of cartoonist Irvin Dugan	Dugan, Irvin	AAA	Irving Dugan Archive	Various dates	$150 - $250	Unsold	CLOSED!
	27	Dutch Sweeney Mining Company Ledger Book 1914-1915		(Dutch Sweeney Mining Company)	Dutch Sweeney Mining Company Ledger Book 1914-15	1914-15	$100 - $150	Unsold	CLOSED!
	28	Manuscript mortgage deed for one fifth of the Long Bar Water Company	**	AAA(Gold Rush)	Mortgage for Long Bar Water Co. CA 1852	1852	$200 - $300	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $120	CLOSED!
	29	Autograph Letter signed by Henry H. Haight, to his brother Dugald C. Haight.	Haight, Henry	AAA	Letter from Henry Haight to his brother 1851	August 30, 1851	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	30	Two letters written to future California Governor Henry Haight	**	AAA(Haight, Henry)	Letters to future California Gov. Henry Haight	1848 & 1849	$400 - $600	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $240	CLOSED!
	31	Autograph benediction in Hawaiian, followed by a salutation, signed by Charles S. Stewart, former missionary to Hawaii	Stewart, Charles Samuel	AAA(Hawaii)	Benediction in Hawaiian by former missionary	June 10th, 1837	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	32	Ms. Minutes of the Committee of Correspondence of Warwick, MA, with letter from Lemuel Hedge to Joseph Warren, & related material	Hedge, Lemuel	AAA	Revolutionary War letter from Tory, 1775	July 13, 1775	$400 - $600	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,680	CLOSED!
	33	Archive of photos, awards, etc. from Republican U.S. Representative from California Patrick Hillings	Hillings, Patrick	AAA	Congressman Patrick Hillings Archive	1950s-1990s	$2,000 - $3,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,200	CLOSED!
	34	Two ledgers of Insurance Policies for properties in Clinton, Illinois	**	AAA(Illinois)	Illinois Insurance Policy Ledgers 1890s-1920s	1890s-1920s	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	35	Document signed by John Jay, appointing Walter Finney a Captain in the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment	Jay, John	AAA	Document signed by John Jay, 1779	April 10, 1779	$1,500 - $2,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,040	CLOSED!
	36	Large archive of letters to Joseph R. and William F. Knowland	Knowland, Joseph R. and William F.	AAA	Archive of letters to Joseph and William Knowland	1910s-1940s	$1,000 - $1,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600	CLOSED!
	37	Four autograph letters signed by Lyman, to various recipients	Lyman, Samuel	AAA	Letters from Mass. Congressman Samuel Lyman	1796-1800	$400 - $600	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	38	Archive of 18 letters, articles & other correspondence of Thomas McKenney, most to Peter Force	McKenney, Thomas	AAA	Letters from Thomas McKenney to Peter Force	c.1824-26	$4,000 - $6,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,400	CLOSED!
	39	Autograph Letter signed by Louis McLane, to Nicholas Biddle	McLane, Louis	AAA	ALs for Louis McLane to Nicholas Biddle	Oct. 1, 1835	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $330	CLOSED!
	40	Manuscript account of a journey from Wilmington to Baltimore, and a brief sate in Baltimore	"Rustic"	AAA(Maryland - Baltimore)	Journey from Wilmington to Baltimore, 1818	May 12 & May 14, 1818	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $330	CLOSED!
	41	Ms. Document apprising the country treasurer of tax assessment of the inhabitants of Deerfield, Mass.	**	AAA(Massachusetts - Deerfield)	Taxing inhabitants of Deerfield Mass. 1763	[c.1763]	$200 - $300	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $120	CLOSED!
	42	Manuscript address, a retained copy, sent by the government of New Hampshire to King George II, congratulating him on the birth of his grandson, the future George III	**	AAA(New Hampshire)	New Hampshire lauds George II on grandson's birth	1738	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,560	CLOSED!
	43	Manuscript Letter signed by Meshech Weare, to the Congress of New Hampshire	Weare, Meshech	AAA(New Hampshire)	Letter from Meshech Weare of New Hampshire	June 5, 1784	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900	CLOSED!
	44	Manuscript Document signed by Joseph Bloomfield as Governor of New Jersey	Bloomfield, Joseph	AAA(New Jersey)	Doc. signed by New Jersey Governor 1806	Nov. 14, 1806	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	45	Autograph Letter signed by Daniel Hale, to Ebenezer Foote, critical of emerging politician DeWitt Clinton	Hale, Daniel	(New York Politics)	ALs criticizing young DeWitt Clinton	2 September 1801	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	46	Lot of 7 autograph letters signed by politicians and statesmen	**	(Politicians & Statesmen)	7 letters signed by politicians and statesmen	1802-1884	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	47	Archive of approximately 200 letters, documents, and other items signed by various U.S. politicians, statesmen, generals, and other important personages	**	AAA(Politicians, Statesmen, etc.)	200 items signed by U.S. Politicians & Statesmen	19th/early 20th centuries	$600 - $900	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $360	CLOSED!
	48	Manuscript family history and autobiographical writings	Powers, Grant, Rev.		Powers Family History Connecticut 1840s	July, 1840 - April, 1841	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	51	Archive of 12 autograph letters, some signed or initialed, from William Sullivan to various persons	Sullivan, William	AAA	Letters from Lawyer William Sullivan 1796-1822	1796-1822	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720	CLOSED!
	52	Archive of approximately 35 letters to Boston lawyer William Sullivan, and 12 retained copies of Sullivan's letters to others	**	AAA(Sullivan, William)	Letters toLawyer William Sullivan 1795-18440	c.1795-1840	$1,000 - $1,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600	CLOSED!
	53	Manuscript bill of sale of lots in Vernon, California from John A. Sutter and Beyer Simmons to J.D. Steinberger and Ormiston	**	AAA(Sutter, John A., et al.)	Sutter sells land in California 1849	Nov. 27, 1849	$200 - $300	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $450	CLOSED!
	54	Autograph Document signed by William Thompson as Justice of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania	Thompson, William		ADS of Revolutionary War General William Thompson	23 Oct. 1771	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	55	Autograph Letter signed by John Trumbull, to Col. [Jeremiah] Wadsworth.	Trumbull, John	AAA	Letter from John Turnbull, Painter of Revolution	March 7, 1795	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $780	CLOSED!
	58	Archive of approximately 68 letters from a soldier to his sweetheart/wife	Postoian, Harry	AAA(World War II)	World War II archive of letters to a sweetheart	1943	$150 - $250	Unsold	CLOSED!
	59	Original Print of a Photograph of George Cardiff	Adams, Ansel	AAC	Ansel Adams portrait of George Cardiff	[c. 1962]	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $330	CLOSED!
	61	Photo album of Alaska, Salt Lake, etc.	**	AAC(Alaska)	C. 1905 Alaska Photo Album	c. 1905	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	62	Tinted silver photograph of a small village by an inlet, possibly Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Aleutians		(Alaska)	Photo of Dutch Harbor, c.1910	c.1910	$150 - $250	Unsold	CLOSED!
	63	Collection of 18 original photographs of the Klondike during the Alaska Gold Rush	Hegg, Eric A., & Goetzmann	AAC(Alaska - Gold Rush)	Photos of Alaska Gold Rush 1898-1900	1898-1900	$1,000 - $1,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $960	CLOSED!
	64	Photo album of the Anaconda Copper Works, Anaconda, Montana	**	AAC(Anaconda Copper Works)	Anaconda Copper Works photo album c. 1890	c. 1890	$5,000 - $8,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $5,400	CLOSED!
	65	11 Stereo glass negatives of, or taken from, a biplane	**	AAC(Aviation)	11 Stereo glass negatives of early aviation	c. 1915	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	66	The Potter House, Atlanta	Barnard, George N.	AAC	George Barnard photo of the Potter House	c. 1864	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	67	Outside Book Store	Berman, Josef (1892-1941)	AAC	Josef Berman photo of Book Store	1920s-1940s	$1,500 - $2,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	68	Archive of photograph of the Bingham family and a copy of Helen Bingham's 'In Tamal Land'	Bingham, Helen	AAC	Helen Bingham family photo archive	19th-20th centuries	$400 - $600	Unsold	CLOSED!
	69	U.S. Frigates Constitution and Santee	Black, James Wallace	AAC	Albumen photo US Frigates Constitution & Santee	[c. 1862]	$1,000 - $1,500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	70	Triptych of Mountain Peaks	Bourke-White, Margaret	AAC	Margaret Bourke-White photos of Mountain Peaks	1930s	$2,000 - $3,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,680	CLOSED!
	71	Bradley & Rulofson's Celebrities	Bradley, Henry William and William Herman Rulofson	AAC	Photo of Bradley & Rulofson's Celebrities	1876	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	72	36 Cartes de Viste, all with U.S. Revenue stamps	**	AAC(CDVs)	36 Cartes de Viste, all with U.S. Revenue stamps	19th century	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	73	From Mt. Shasta to Mt. Lowe: Twenty-four Views of California "The Beautiful"	**	AAC(California)	24 photographs of California the beautiful 1912	[c.1912]	$100 - $150	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $72	CLOSED!
	74	Negatives of photographs from the 1907 San Francisco Car Strike and 1921 Newsboys Strike	**	AAC(California)	Negatives of San Francisco Labor Strikes 1907-21	1907 & 1921	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	75	Three real-photo postcards of the ghost town of Darwin, California	**	AAC(California - Darwin)	postcards of the ghost town of Darwin, California	c.1908	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	76	Sepia-tone gelatin silver photograph of Mill Valley California	**	AAC(California - Mill Valley)	Photograph of Mill Valley California 1930's	c.1930s	$100 - $150	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $60	CLOSED!
	77	Two books of photographs of San Francisco	**	AAC(California - San Francisco)	Photo book of SF circa 1909 Cunningham&Curtiss	[c.1910]	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $360	CLOSED!
	79	46 stereoview cards of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake	**	AAC(California - San Francisco)	San Francisco Earthquake Stereoview cards	c. 1906	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	80	Vintage albumen photograph of California Street Cable Railroad barn with personnel massed in front, with several cable cars	**	AAC(California - San Francisco)	Cable cars and barn in San Francisco c.1890	c.1890	$100 - $150	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $120	CLOSED!
	81	University of California at Berkeley Class of 1887 - Collection of photographs	**	AAC(California - University of California Berkeley)	Photos of the U.C. Berkeley Class of 1887	c. 1887	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	82	Large Ambrotype of Vallejo, California, hand-tinted	**	AAC(California - Vallejo)	Large Ambrotype of Vallejo California, handtinted	c.1865	$1,500 - $2,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	83	Monument Valley, Utah	Caponigro, Paul	AAC	Paul Caponigro Photo of Monument Valley Utah	c. 1970	$2,000 - $3,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	84	Collection of tin-types and CDVs	**	AAC(Cased photographs)	Collection of tin-types and CDVs	19th century	$200 - $300	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $144	CLOSED!
	85	Over 250 Cartes de Visite of American Children	**	AAC(Children)	Over 250 Cartes de Visite of American Children	19th century	$800 - $1,200	Unsold	CLOSED!
	86	Album containing 41 cartes-de-visite, most of U.S. naval officers, which belonged to Lt. Pierre Giraud, commander at one time of the ironclad ram U.S.S. Tennessee	**	AAC(Civil War – Carte-de-visite album)	Civil War album with 41 cdv photographs	c.1861-65	$7,000 - $10,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	87	Pair of photographs given as Cream of Wheat premiums		(Cream of Wheat)	2 photographs given as Cream of Wheat premiums	Early 20th century	$100 - $150	Unsold	CLOSED!
	88	Hand-Colored photo of Snoqualmie Falls	Curtis, Asahel	AAC	Asahel Curtis Colored photo of Snoqualmie Falls	1915	$700 - $1,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600	CLOSED!
	89	Hand-colored photograph of Mount Ranier	Curtis, Asahel	AAC	Hand-colored photgraph of Mount Ranier	1911	$700 - $1,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720	CLOSED!
	90	Lot of four albumen photographs by C.C. Curtis, very likely of members of the Kaweah Colony in Tulare County	Curtis, C.C.	AAC	Photos by C.C. Curtis of Kaweah Colony	c.1886-92	$150 - $250	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $96	CLOSED!
	91	Sand Dunes California	Evans, Floyd Butler	AAC	Floyd Butler Evans Photo of Sand Dunes	1930s	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	92	Two albums from the family of William P. Finney, with cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite & tintypes	**	AAC(Finney Family Albums)	Two albums from the family of William P. Finney	c.1860-1900	$800 - $1,200	Unsold	CLOSED!
	93	Indian Wranglers	Fiske, Frank Bennett	AAC	Frank Bennett Fiske photo Indian Wranglers	Image c. 1900; Print c. 1983	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	94	Kicks-the-Iron	Fiske, Frank Bennett	AAC	Frank Bennett Fiske photo Indian Wranglers	Image c. 1900; Print c. 1983	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	95	Three portrait photographs	Genthe, Arnold	zzh(Photograph)	3 portrait photographs by Arnold Genthes-3photos	1907	$100 - $150	Unsold	CLOSED!
	96	Two photographic portraits	Hanscom, Adelaide	zzh(Photograph)	2 photographic portraits by Adelaide Hanscom	[c.1906]	$100 - $150	Unsold	CLOSED!
	97	Cabinet Card of a late 19th century sportsmen with a Winchester Model 1886 Rifle and his hound dog	**	AAC(Hunting)	Cabinet Card of hunter with gun and dog	c. 1890	$250 - $350	Unsold	CLOSED!
	98	Four cabinet card photographs of hunters and their dogs	**	AAC(Hunting)	4 cabinet photographs of hunters and their dogs	c. 1890	$400 - $700	Unsold	CLOSED!
	99	Lot of 14 silver photographs of the interior of an early 20th century home	**	AAC(Interiors)	Photos of ornate interiors c.1910	c.1910	$250 - $350	Unsold	CLOSED!
	100	The Royal Gorge	Jackson, William Henry	AAC	William Henry Jackson photo Royal Gorge	[c. 1883]	$700 - $1,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $570	CLOSED!
	101	Negro Family & Their Old Home	Lee, Russell	AAC	Original Russell Lee Photograph	c. 1937	$2,000 - $3,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	102	Portrait photograph of Rebecca Porter	Matthews, Kate	AAC	photo by Kate Matthews of "Mom Beck" c.1904	[c.1904]	$200 - $300	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $204	CLOSED!
	103	Glass plate negative of a group of Mennonites	**	AAC(Mennonites)	Glass plate negative of a group of Mennonites	Late 19th century	$150 - $250	Unsold	CLOSED!
	104	Blackfoot Chief	Meyer, Fred R.	AAC	Fred Meyer photo of a Blackfoot Chief	c. 1910	$600 - $900	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $360	CLOSED!
	105	Album of 48 original photographs of Montana Indians, Forts, Mining, Scenery, etc.	**	AAC(Montana)	Photos of Montana Indians, Forts, Scenery, etc.	c.1895	$5,000 - $8,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $7,800	CLOSED!
	106	Lot of seven photographs of Montana, most of mining and milling facilities	**	AAC(Montana)	Lot of seven photographs of Montana	c.1890-1910	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	107	Two panoramic photos of U.S. military troops	**	AAC(Military)	Two panoramic photos of U.S. military troops	1920s, 1940s	$200 - $300	Unsold	CLOSED!
	108	Cho-bah-begay (The Wolf), Navajo	Moon, Carl	AAC	Carl Moon photo of Navajo "The Wolf"	c. 1905	$800 - $1,200	Unsold	CLOSED!
	109	Vicente, Chief of All the Navajos	Moon, Carl	AAC	Carl Moon photo of Navajo Chief Vicente	c. 1905	$800 - $1,200	Unsold	CLOSED!
	110	Village Drummer of San Juan	Moon, Carl	AAC	Carl Moon photo 'Village Drummer of San Juan'	c. 1915	$800 - $1,200	Unsold	CLOSED!
	111	Hand-tinted photograph of Lakota Chief Crow Dog	Anderson, J[ohn] A.	AAC(Native American)	Hand-tinted photograph of Lakota Chief Crow Dog	1900	$400 - $700	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $660	CLOSED!
	112	Collection of photographs and lithographs of Native Americans and Cowboys in collage style	**	AAC(Native American)	Western Collages of photos and lithographs	Early 20th century	$1,500 - $2,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	113	Photographs of Hairy Moccasin and White Man Runs Him, George Armstrong Custer's Little Bighorn Crow Scouts	**	AAC(Native American)	Photographs of Custer's Crow Scouts	c. 1907	$2,500 - $3,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,560	CLOSED!
	114	Taber photograph of Jicorrillas Indians	**	AAC(Native American)	Taber photograph of Jicorrillas Indians	c. 1890	$200 - $300	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $120	CLOSED!
	115	Six photographs of The Great Freshet in New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 24, 1882	Scott, J.C.	AAC(New Jersey)	Great Freshet in New Brunswick, New Jersey 1882	1888	$150 - $250	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $96	CLOSED!
	116	View of San Francisco (Russian Hill)	Noskowiak, Sonya	AAC	Sonya Noskowiak photo of Russian Hill	c. 1937	$1,200 - $1,800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	117	Two glass-plate stereo negatives of a female nude	**	AAC(Nudes)	Two glass-plate stereo negatives of a female nude	1920s?	$700 - $1,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	118	Panorama of Portland, Oregon	Wulzen, A.H.	AAC(Oregon - Portland)	Albert Wulzen Panorama of Portland Oregon 1878	1878	$30,000 - $50,000	Unsold	CLOSED!