Sale 279: Fine Americana, with Important Autographs from the Collection of the Late Brian Minasian (#279) 02/12/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/12/2004 1:00 PM 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 1-100 of 257. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Autograph Letter signed “John Adams” as U.S. Minister to Great Britain AuthorAdams, JohnDate PublishedSeptember 19, 1785 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #2 Autograph Letter signed “John Quincy Adams” as Secretary of State under President Monroe. AuthorAdams, John QuincyDate PublishedOctober 7, 1817 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #3 Manuscript Document signed “O. Ellsworth,” as a member of Connecticut’s Pay-table Committee Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, OliverDate PublishedJune 19, 1776. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #4 Autograph Letter signed “John Brown” AuthorBrown, JohnDate PublishedNovember 4, 1848 View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #5 Autograph Quotation signed by Bryant AuthorBryant, William CullenDate PublishedApril 10, 1877 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #6 Civil War dated Autograph Letter Signed shortly after resigning his position as U.S. Minister to Russia AuthorCameron, SimonDate PublishedDecember 7, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #7 Manuscript Document concerning the murder of Col. H.T. O’Brien of the 11th Regiment of New York Volunteers by Patrick Keegan and Patrick O’Brien Heading(Civil War - Union Officer’s Murder)Author**Date PublishedAugust 8, 1863 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #8 Partly-printed Document Signed “N.P. Banks” as Commander of the Department of the Gulf Heading(Civil War – African-American Appointment)AuthorBanks, Nathaniel P.Date PublishedAugust 15, 1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #9 Partly-printed Document completed in manuscript and signed Col A.B. Bartram Heading(Civil War – Colored Regiment - 20th U.S. Infantry)AuthorBartram, A.B.Date PublishedJune 1, 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #10 Printed Document issued by the War Department Heading(Civil War – General Orders No. 268)Author**Date PublishedAugust 3, 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #11 Typed Letter Signed, in full, as President AuthorCoolidge, CalvinDate PublishedJune 30, 1924 View details Estimate$500 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #12 Printed Stock Certificate Signed “Thos. A. Edison” AuthorEdison, Thomas A.Date PublishedAugust 17, 1914 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #13 Typed Letter Signed “Thomas A. Edison” on stationery of the Edison Laboratory AuthorEdison, Thomas A.Date PublishedMay 18, 1911 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #14 Manuscript Letter Signed “W.P. Fessendon.” AuthorFessendon, William P.Date PublishedDecember 5, 1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #15 Manuscript Document Signed by seven members of the Committee, including: Carnot, Fourcroy, Eschasseriau, Delmas, Thuriot and Laloy Heading(French Revolution)AuthorCommittee of Public SafetyDate PublishedSeptember 2, 1794 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #16 Autograph Quotation signed by Garrison AuthorGarrison, William LloydDate PublishedFebruary 6, 1879 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #17 Partly-printed Document signed twice by Geary AuthorGeary, John W.Date Publishedc.1850-52 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #18 Autograph Memorandum Signed “GR” as King of Great Britain AuthorGeorge III.Date PublishedOctober 27, 1783 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #19 Autograph Letter signed by Grant as commander of the Armies of the United States AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.Date PublishedMarch 14, 1865 View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #20 Manuscript letter, signed by U.S. Grant Jr., to a Mrs. Tyner AuthorGrant, Ulysses S., Jr.Date PublishedDec. 29, 1876 View details Estimate$250 - $400Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #21 Autograph Letter signed “Nath. Greene” as quartermaster general AuthorGreene, NathanielDate PublishedJune 22, 1780 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #22 Autograph Letter signed by Hamlin AuthorHamlin, HannibalDate PublishedApril 6, 1862 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #23 Autograph Letter signed “P. Henry” AuthorHenry, PatrickDate PublishedMay 30, 1777 View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #24 Civil War-dated Autograph Verse signed by Holmes AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellDate PublishedMarch 13, 1865 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #25 Civil War dated Autograph Verse signed by Holmes AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellDate PublishedAugust 10, 1862 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #26 Typed Letter Signed “Herbert Hoover” to Nebraska Congressman Robert G. Simmons, an opponent of the New Deal programs AuthorHoover, HerbertDate PublishedAugust 23, 1934 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #27 Typed Letter signed “Herbert Hoover” to George Lorimer of the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia AuthorHoover, HerbertDate PublishedJune 1, 1933 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #28 Autograph Quotation signed by Howe, from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic" AuthorHowe, Julia WardDate PublishedFebruary 26, 1865 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #29 Revolutionary War dated Autograph Letter signed by Jay the year he became President of the Continental Congress AuthorJay, John.Date PublishedFebruary 26, 1778 View details Estimate$2,500 - $4,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #30 Typed Letter signed “Lyndon B. Johnson” as President AuthorJohnson, Lyndon B.Date PublishedNovember 23, 1964 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #31 Manuscript Letter signed “H. Knox” as Secretary of War under President Washington AuthorKnox, HenryDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1791 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #32 Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portrait photograph Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)Author**Date Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #33 Carte-de-visite memorial mourning portrait Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)Author**Date Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #34 Autograph Letter signed by Cameron Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorCameron, SimonDate PublishedNovember 2, 1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #35 Draft Autograph Letter Signed “S.P. Chase” to President Lincoln. Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorChase, Salmon P.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #36 Autograph Note signed by Hamlin Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorHamlin, HannibalDate PublishedMarch 20, 1891 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #37 Autograph Document signed “Lincoln & Herndon.” Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorHerndon, WilliamDate PublishedJanuary 19, 1858 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #38 Autograph Note signed “W.H. Herndon.” Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorHerndon, WilliamDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #39 Typed Letter signed “Robert Lincoln” on his law office stationery Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorLincoln, Robert ToddDate PublishedMarch 29, 1887 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #40 Autograph Letter signed "O.H. Oldroyd." Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorOldroyd, Obsorn H.Date PublishedDecember 29, 1893. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #41 Partly-printed Document signed by Smith as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorSmith, CalebDate PublishedCirca 1861 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #42 Autograph Letter signed by Welles Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorWelles, GideonDate PublishedOctober 8, 1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #43 Autograph Letter signed containing a handwritten quotation AuthorLowell, James RussellDate PublishedDecember 4, 1885 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #44 Autograph Letter signed "James Madison" as President AuthorMadison, JamesDate PublishedSeptember 24, 1815 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #45 Autograph Letter signed by Madison AuthorMadison, JamesDate PublishedJuly 25, 1833 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #46 Autograph Letter Signed “Claude Monet” AuthorMonet, ClaudeDate PublishedDecember 14, 1905 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #47 Autograph Letter signed by Morris as United States Senator. AuthorMorris, RobertDate PublishedJuly 9, 1790 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Typed Letter Signed “Dick” AuthorNixon, RichardDate PublishedSeptember 21, 1962 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #49 Typed Letter signed by Nixon AuthorNixon, RichardDate PublishedSeptember 19, 1988 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #50 Typed Letter signed “Dick Nixon” AuthorNixon, RichardDate PublishedJune 1, 1963 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #51 Typed Letter signed “Richard Nixon” as Vice President. AuthorNixon, RichardDate PublishedMay 14, 1957 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #52 Autograph Verse signed by Phillips AuthorPhillips, WendellDate PublishedMay 12, 1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #53 Autograph Letter signed “C. Pissarro” AuthorPissarro, CamilleDate PublishedJuly 18, 1903 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #54 Typed Letter signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt” as Governor of New York. AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.Date PublishedFebruary 26, 1932 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #55 Typed Letter Signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as President AuthorRoosevelt Theodore.Date PublishedMay 6, 1908 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #56 Typed Letter signed “Theodore Roosevelt” AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreDate PublishedJuly 30, 1912 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #57 Typed Letter signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as President AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreDate PublishedJuly 15, 1908 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #58 Manuscript Letter signed by Seward as Secretary of State under Lincoln AuthorSeward, WilliamDate PublishedJanuary 9, 1863. View details Estimate$700 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #59 Manuscript Document signed by L.W.R. Phillips and Enoch Johnson. Heading(Slavery)Author**Date PublishedApril 4, 1829 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #60 Manuscript receipt signed by Ellen Lucas and witnessed by Jas. G. Smith Heading(Slavery)Author**Date PublishedAugust 30, 1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #61 Partly-printed Document completed in manuscript Heading(Slavery)Author**Date PublishedApril 26, 1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #62 Partly-printed Document signed by Henry Malone Heading(Slavery)Author**Date PublishedJanuary 3, 1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #63 Autograph Quotation signed by Stowe, from the 25th chapter of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” AuthorStowe, Harriett BeecherDate PublishedFebruary 9, 1894. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #64 Manuscript Letter to prominent lecturer Virginia Vaughn, signed by Sumner and others AuthorSumner, Charles and othersDate PublishedMarch 17, 1873 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #65 Typed Letter signed by Taft as President AuthorTaft, Willam H.Date PublishedJuly 7, 1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #66 Typed Letter signed by Taft AuthorTaft, William HowardDate PublishedMarch 11, 1917 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #67 Typed Letter signed as Presiding Judge of Jackson County Missouri AuthorTruman, Harry SDate PublishedOctober 24, 1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #68 Manuscript Document signed “G. Washington” as President AuthorWashington, GeorgeDate PublishedSeptember 26, 1789 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #69 Autograph Letter signed by Welles, to U.S. Senator and future Vice President Henry Wilson AuthorWelles, GideonDate PublishedNovember 22, 1871 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #70 Civil War dated Manuscript Letter signed by Welles as Secretary of the Navy. AuthorWelles, GideonDate PublishedOctober 10, 1864 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #71 War-dated Autograph Letter signed “Wellington” AuthorWellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of,Date PublishedFebruary 2, 1811 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Autograph Quotation signed, titled “Peace” AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafDate PublishedMarch 8, 1864 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #73 Civil War-dated Manuscript Quotation Signed. AuthorWhittier, John Greenleaf.Date PublishedJanuary 1, 1863 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #74 Typed Letter signed “Woodrow Wilson” as Governor of New Jersey AuthorWilson, WoodrowDate PublishedOctober 24, 1912. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #75 The Balance, and Columbian Repository Heading(Balance...)Author**PublisherSampson, Chittenden & CroswellDate PublishedAugust 30, 1803 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #76 The Boston Chronicle Heading(Boston Chronicle)Author**PublisherMein & FlemingDate PublishedJanuary 18 to January 25, 1768 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #77 Lot of four newspapers issued during or just prior to the American Civil War Heading(Civil War Newspapers)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #78 The Emancipator Heading(Emancipator)Author**Date PublishedJuly 20, 1837 & Dec. 17, 1845 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #79 Herald of Freedom Heading(Herald of Freedom)AuthorNew-Hampshire Anti-Slavery SocietyPublisherJ.H. Ela, Publishing AgentDate PublishedFeb. 28, 1845 & Jan. 30, 1846 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #80 The Liberator Heading(Liberator)AuthorGarrison, William LloydPublisherGarrison & Knapp/Henry W. WilliamsDate PublishedJune 7, 1834-Feb. 20, 1846 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Massachusetts Gazette Heading(Massachusetts Gazette)Author**PublisherSamuel HallDate PublishedDecember 26, 1786 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #82 Massachusetts Spy, or, The Worcester Gazette Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherPrinted by Isaiah ThomasDate PublishedMay 31, 1781 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #83 Massachusetts Spy, or, The Worcester Gazette Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate PublishedNov. 20, 1788 & Jan.14, 1795 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #84 The Massachusetts Spy: A Weekly, Political, and Commercial Paper: -- Open to All Parties, but Influenced by None Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherI. ThomasDate PublishedSeptember 26, 1771 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #85 Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Extra Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate PublishedJuly 8, 1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #86 National Anti-Slavery Standard Heading(National Anti-Slavery Standard)AuthorGay, Sidney Howard, ed.PublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate PublishedAugust 22, 1850 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #87 National Gazette Heading(National Gazette)AuthorFreneau, P.PublisherChilds & SwaineDate PublishedDecember 12, 1792 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #88 New York Clipper: The Oldest American Sporting and Theatrical Journal Heading(New York Clipper)AuthorQueen, Frank, ed.Date PublishedApril 15, 1865 to April 7, 1866 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #89 The Pennsylvania Gazette, Number 592 Heading(Pennsylvania Gazette)Author[Franklin, Benjamin]Date PublishedApril 17, 1740 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #90 The Philanthropist, Published by the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Anti-Slavery Society Heading(Philanthropist)AuthorBailey, Gamaliel, Jr., ed.PublisherSamuel A. Alley, printerDate PublishedApril 16 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #91 The Spectator Heading(Spectator)Author**PublisherE. Belden & Co.Date PublishedJanuary 25, 1800 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #92 Manuscript poem titled "Egypt" AuthorAldrich, Thomas BailyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #93 Typed letter, signed by Begin, to a Mr. Damon Bateman of Raymondville, Texas AuthorBegin, MenachimDate PublishedAugust 1, 1979 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$81.25StatusSold Lot #94 Signed steel-engraved portrait AuthorBurnside, General Ambrose EverettDate Published[c. 1870-1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Autograph album Heading(California Politics)Author**Date Published[1880] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #96 Sermons and Sketches of Sermons for My own private use. W.B. Priddy, Arcata, 1863 Heading(California Preacher's Diary)AuthorPriddy, W.B.Date Publishedc.1863 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #97 Archive of approximately 70 letters to Jefferson Wilcoxson Heading(California)Author[Wilcoxson, Jefferson]Date Published1880's-90's View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 Manuscript diary of a journey from California to Oregon on horseback Heading(California and Oregon Diary)Author**Date Published21 July - 16 August, [1880's] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #99 Archive of letters addressed to Daniel Harris Heading(Civil War)Author**Date Published1850's-60's View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #100 Marriage License from Pittsylvania County, Virginia Heading(Civil War Era Document)Author**Date PublishedMarch 18 & 25, 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next