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 101-200 of 257. Previous|123|Next Lot #101 Signature on a White House visiting card AuthorCleveland, GroverDate Published[c. 1888] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #102 Carte-de-visite photograph, signed Heading(Davis, Jefferson)AuthorAnnan, ThomasDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #103 Original inscribed and signed photograph AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.Date Published[c. 1956] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #104 Autograph letter signed by Floyd, to U.S. Representative Horace Maynard AuthorFloyd, John B., Secretary of WarDate PublishedApril 28, 1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #105 "Challenges to American Policy" from Thinking About America: The United States in the 1990s AuthorFord, Gerald R.PublisherHoover Institution, Stanford UniversityDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #106 Two Manuscript Letters, signed by Frick, to William G. McAdoo AuthorFrick, Henry ClayDate PublishedMay 23 & June 3, 1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #107 Partially-printed land grant, filled out in ink, with ms. plat & large beeswax seal attached Heading(Georgia Land Grant)Author**Date PublishedMay 11, 1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #108 Original inscribed and signed photograph AuthorHarding, Warren G.PublisherBaker Art GalleryDate Published[c. 1921-23] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #109 Typed letter signed AuthorHarrison, BenjaminDate Published12 July 1888 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #110 Lincoln Tomb Heading(Hoover, Herbert)AuthorDepartment of Public Works and BuildingsPublisherState of IllinoisDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #111 United States Public Land Grant Document, signed AuthorJackson, AndrewPublisher[United States Government]Date PublishedDecember 2, 1830 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #112 Autographed inscription, signed AuthorJames, WillDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #113 Manuscript Document Signed by Thomas Jefferson as President and by James Madison as Secretary of State. AuthorJefferson, Thomas & James MadisonDate PublishedNovember 22, 1804 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #114 Archive of a Korean War Army medic Heading(Korean War)AuthorDalgas, Dale R.Date Published[1950-52] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #115 Partly-printed Document Signed “James Madison” as President. AuthorMadison, JamesDate PublishedMarch 6, 1809 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #116 Manuscript Sheriff's Ledger AuthorMcKenzie, DDate Published1865-1870's View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #117 Signed color photograph AuthorMurphy, AudieDate Published[c. 1950] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #118 Arrest Warrant, partially printed, filled out in ink Heading(New Mexico)Author**Date Published1856 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #119 Collection of two New York documents Author(New York documents)Date PublishedApril 28, 1749 & May 1, 1827 View details Estimate$100 - $200Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #120 Land Deed Author(New York Document)PublisherM. Ward & Co., PrintersDate PublishedJune 27 & August 8, 1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #121 Original manuscript land deed indenture Author(Philadelphia document)Date PublishedJanuary 22, 1719 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #122 Typed Letter signed by Rockefeller to William G. McAdoo AuthorRockefeller, John D., Jr.Date PublishedMarch 23, 1917 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #123 Original inscribed and signed photograph AuthorRoosevelt, FranklinPublisherHarris & EwingDate Published[c. 1933] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #124 Official imprinted White House card, inscribed and signed by Roosevelt AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreDate Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #125 Assembly Bill No. 238: An Act to Give Further Powers to the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco Heading(San Francisco)Author**Date Published[April 1856] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #126 Carte-de-visite photograph, signed on the matting AuthorScott, WinifieldPublisherChas. D. Fredricks & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #127 Four Aspects of Civic Duty AuthorTaft, William HowardPublisherScribner'sDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #128 Signed steel-engraved portrait AuthorTaft, William HowardDate PublishedApril 2, 1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #129 Autograph letter, signed by Webster, to Thomas Aspinwall AuthorWebster, DanielDate PublishedMay 12, 1846 (but 1843] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #130 Autograph Letter, signed by Wilson with his initials, to Willam McAdoo AuthorWilson, WoodrowDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #131 Typed Letter signed by Wilson, to William G. McAdoo AuthorWilson, WoodrowDate PublishedApril 19, 1913 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #132 Printed playbill for “Bryant’s Minstrels – From Mechanic’s Hall – Monster Concert, Tin-pan-o-ni-on – The Rival Darkies…” Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedJuly 9, 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #133 Printed playbill for “Niblo’s Saloon - Geo. Christie’s Minstrels – Artful Dodger – A varied program of New Songs, Acts, Dances, Plantation Scenes, etc.” Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedDecember 22, 1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #134 Printed playbill for “Smith’s Ethiopian Minstrels!” National Theatre, benefit concert. Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedDecember 21, 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #135 Printed playbill for “Strand Theatre – American Opera Troupe – First Appearance of Lucy Long in Character.” Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedSeptember 13, 1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #136 Printed playbill for “Woman of the World – Messrs. Walter Bray and Edmonds.” Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedMarch 1, 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #137 Catholic Prayers & Hymns in the Tinneh Language Heading(Alaska)Author**PublisherIndian Boys' Press, Holy Cross MissionDate Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #138 Art Work of Seattle & Alaska Heading(Alaska and Seattle)Author[Harney, W. D.]PublisherThe W. D. Harney Photogravure Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #139 Adventures with Indians and Game, or Twenty Years in the Rocky Mountains AuthorAllen, William A.PublisherA.W. BowenDate Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #140 Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World Heading(Atlas)AuthorCram, George F.PublisherGeorge F. CramDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #141 Gray's Atlas of the United States... Heading(Atlas)AuthorGray, O.W.PublisherStedman, Brown & LyonDate Published1874 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #142 Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with descriptions, geographical, statistical, and historical... Heading(Atlas)AuthorJohnson, A.J. and A.H. ColtonPublisherJohnson and BrowningDate Published1861 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #143 Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. Heading(Atlas)AuthorMitchell, [Samuel Augustus]PublisherA. R. Keller Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #144 Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. Heading(Atlas)AuthorMitchell, [Samuel Augustus]PublisherBradley & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #145 Inaugural Address of the Governor of the State of California, January 8, 1852 AuthorBigler, JohnPublisherEugene Casserly, State PrinterDate Published1852 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #146 Rod, Gun, and Palette in the High Rockies: Being a record of an Artist's Impressions in the Land of the Red Gods AuthorBlomfield, JamesPublisherW.E. WroeDate Published1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #147 Views of Louisiana; Together with a Journal of a Voyage Up the Missouri River, in 1814 AuthorBrackenridge, H[enry] M[arie]PublisherCramer, Spear & RichbaumDate Published1814 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #148 The Life and Adventures of Robert McKimie. Alias "Little Reddy," From Texas. The Dare-Devil Desperado of the Black Hills Region, Chief of the Murderous Gang of Treasure Coach Robbers. Also, a full Account of the Robberies Committed by him and his Gang in Highland, Pike and Ross Counties... AuthorBridwell, J.W.PublisherHillsboro Gazette OfficeDate Published1878 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #149 [Printed decree]: "...El Gobierno Nombrara Comisionados que Vayan a las Dos Californias..." Heading(California)AuthorCervantes, MiguelDate Published29 May 1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #150 Six photographs of Calistoga and Clearlake Author(California - Photographs)Date PublishedOctober 22, 1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #151 In the International Arbitral Court of the Hague. The Case of the Pious Fund of California Heading(California - Pious Fund)AuthorDoyle, John T.PublisherGeo. Spaulding & Co., PrintersDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #152 Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd. Private Code for use Between Its Own Offices. Vol. C. Author(California)PublisherYokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.Date Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #153 Reglamento de la Direccion de Colonizacion Heading(California and the Southwest)Author**PublisherImprenta del AguilaDate Published1846 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #154 Recollections AuthorChambers, Andrew JacksonDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #155 Cabinet card AuthorCody, William F.Date Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #156 By-Laws of the Federal Union Mining Company, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Organized March 27, 1866. Capital Stock $100,000 Heading(Colorado)Author**PublisherFranklin Job Printing OfficeDate Published1866 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #157 The Constitution of the State of Colorado, Adopted in Convention, March 14, 1876; Also the Address of the Convention to the People of Colorado. Election, Saturday, July 1, 1876 Author(Colorado)PublisherTribune Book and Job Printing HouseDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #158 Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and its Sad Results... AuthorColt, Miriam DavisPublisherPrinted by L. Ingalls & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #159 Three Years in California AuthorColton, WalterPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #160 Scenes and Adventures in the Army; or, Romance of Military Life AuthorCooke, Philip St. GeorgePublisherLindsay and BlakistonDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #161 Prayers in the Crow Indian Language, Composed by the Missionaries of the Society of Jesus (wrapper title) Heading(Crow Indians)Author[Cremont, Raphael; Joseph Cataldo; & Peter Prando]PublisherDe Smet Mission PrintDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #162 California Scenery. Seal Rocks - Point Lobos AuthorCurrier & IvesPublisherCurrier & IvesDate Published[c. 1873] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #163 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea AuthorDana, Richard HenryPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #164 El Gringo, or New Mexico amd Her People AuthorDavis, W[illiam] W.H.PublisherHarperDate Published1857 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #165 Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements with Reference to a Road Across the Sierra Nevada, Submitted April 10, 1855 AuthorDay, ShermanPublisherB.B. Redding, State PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #166 An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America AuthorDelafield, JohnPublisherJ.C. Colt, et al.Date Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #167 Sketches of Modern Indian Life (caption title) AuthorDiomedi, AlexanderDate Publishedc.1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #168 Report on Indians Taxed and Indians Not Taxed in the United States (except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Author[Donaldson, Thomas C.]PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1894 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #169 Official Dispatches and Letters of Rear Admiral Du Pont U.S. Navy. 1846-48. 1861-63 AuthorDupont, [Samuel F.]PublisherPress of Ferris Bros., PrintersDate Published1883 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #170 7 election tickets and a 1888 Republican National Convention ticket Heading(Election Tickets)Author**Date Published[1850's-1880's] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #171 Representative Men: Seven Lectures AuthorEmerson, R[alph] W[aldo]PublisherPhillips, Samson and CompanyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #172 Antonio Escovedo, Gobernador Constitucional del Departamento de Jalisco, á todos sus habitantes, sabed: que Por el Ministerio de Hacienda se ha communicado á este Gobierno el decreto siguiente... AuthorEscovedo, AntonioDate PublishedSeptember 26, 1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #173 Travels in the Californias, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean AuthorFarnham, Thomas J.PublisherSaxton & MilesDate Published1844 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #174 Eighth Annual Session. Third Annual Message of Governor A. J. Faulk, to the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota. Delivered, December 1868 AuthorFaulk, A. J.PublisherGeo. W. Kingsbury, Public Printer, Union and Dakotaian OfficeDate Published1868-9 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #175 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, with Other Sketches...to Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Hon. George C. Gorham AuthorField, Stephen J.PublisherPrinted for a few friendsDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #176 Neuste Officielle Berichte an die Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten über die Lage und Zukfunt Californiens, Veröffenlicht durch... AuthorFleischmann, J. Carl LudwigPublisherVerlag von Franz KöhlerDate Published1850 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #177 Report of the Secretary of the Interior...communicating a report and map of A.B. Gray, relative to the Mexican Boundary AuthorGray, Andrew B.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #178 Recollections of a Handcart Pioneer of 1860. With Some Account of Frontier Life in Utah and Nevada AuthorHafen, Mary AnnPublisherPrivately Printed for Her DescendantsDate Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #179 Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828 AuthorHall, BasilPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1830 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #180 Pioneer Life AuthorHandsaker, SamuelPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1908 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #181 The Cruise of a Schooner AuthorHarris, Albert W.PublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #182 The New Republic: A Discourse of the Prospects, Dangers, Duties and Safeties of the Times AuthorHarris, Thomas LakePublisherFountaingrove PressDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #183 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published1854 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #184 [Printed decree]: "Ministerio de Justica y Negocios Eglesiasticos... Que en obvio de las difficultades que la aplicacion del decreto de 29 de agosto..." AuthorHerrera, Jose Manuel deDate Published7 September 1829 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #185 Across the Plains and Over the Divide: A Mule Train Journey from East to West in 1862, and Incidents Connected Therewith AuthorHewitt, Randall H.PublisherBroadway PublishingDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #186 The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist AuthorHolder, Charles F[rederick]PublisherA.C. McClurgDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #187 Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives AuthorIves, Joseph C.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #188 Indian Basketry AuthorJames, George WhartonPublisherPrinted Privately for the AuthorDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #189 Message from the President of the United States Communicating Further Information in Relation to the Affairs of the United States with Great Britain AuthorJefferson, ThomasPublisherA. & G. Way, PrintersDate PublishedJanuary 17, 1809 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #190 Life of Sitting Bull and the History of the Indian War of 1890-'91 AuthorJohnson, W. FletcherPublisherEdgewood Publishing Co.Date Published[1891] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #191 Southern Boundary Line of Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the report of Colonel Johnston's survey of the southern boundary line of Kansas AuthorJohnston, Joseph E.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #192 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California AuthorKneeland, SamuelPublisherAlexander Moore, Lee & ShepardDate Published1872 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #193 Report of a Visit to Some of the Tribes of Indians, Located West of the Mississippi River AuthorLang, John D. and Samuel Taylor, Jun.PublisherM. Day & Co.Date Published1843 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Rambler in North America AuthorLatrobe, Charles JosephPublisherSeeley and BurnsideDate Published1835 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #195 The Field Notes of Captain William Clark, 1803-1805 Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorClark, WilliamPublisherYale University PressDate Published1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #196 The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. August 30, 1803--August 24, 1804 Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorMoulton, Gary E., ed.PublisherUniversity of Nebraska PressDate Published[1983-1996] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #197 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, ed.PublisherArno PressDate Published1969 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #198 Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorMiddleton, E.C.Date Published[1864] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #199 Frauds in Lands of California: Decision of Secretary of Interior. Resolution of Assembly of Califorina Legislature. Ace of Legislature "To Provide for an examination into the Sale and Disposal of State Lands"... Protest of State Land Commission. Petition of a Thousand Citizens of Los Angeles Valley, California, AND FACTS (wrapper title) Heading(Los Angeles - Land Fraud)Author**Date Publishedc.1876 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #200 With Stevenson to California 1846 Author[Lynch, James K.]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$625StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next