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Manuscript document signed by Peter H. Burnett as Governor of California, appointing William McPherson Hill as a notary public in an unnamed California county |
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Burnett, Peter Hardeman |
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Document signed by 1st California Governor |
September 3, 1850 |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,500 |
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Letter from gold seeker Oliver Breedlove to "Friend Jose," replete with fascinating and interesting details of California in the early days of the gold rush |
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Breedlove, Oliver H. |
(California - Gold Rush Letter) |
Superb California Gold Rush letter |
June 22, [1850?] |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,125 |
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Archive of material pertaining to early Los Angeles development, primarily relating to Richard Garvey, one-time Pony Express rider and Southern California land speculator and developer; Ozro W. Childs, horticulturist, merchant, land speculator, and a founder of the University of Southern California; and others. |
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Garvey, Richard; Ozro W. Childs, et al. |
(California - Los Angeles) |
Land speculation archive from old Los Angeles |
1860's to early 20th century |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $16,250 |
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Recopilacion de leyes, decretos, bandos, reglamentos, circulares y providencias de los supremos poderes y otras autoridades de la Repub́lica Mexicana... |
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(California - Los Angeles) |
Law making Los Angeles capital of California 1835 |
1836 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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Three large manuscript ledger books recording court cases in Placer County, California, from 1855 to 1864 |
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(California - Placer County) |
Placer County court ledgers during Gold Rush |
1855-1864 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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Archive of documents relating to the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California |
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(California - Quicksilver) |
Archive on Napa Cal. Quicksilver Mine, 1870s |
c.1870-1880 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,125 |
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Spanish document from the lost colony of Branciforte, in what is now Santa Cruz, California |
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Estudillo, José Maria |
(California - Villa de Branciforte) |
From lost California town of Branciforte, 1810 |
1809-1810 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,400 |
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Manuscript receipt for sale by Nathan Spear to William Heath Davis of "one half of my flock of Goats now upon the island of Yerba Buena," revealing why the island in San Francisco Bay was then and is still called "Goat Island" |
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Leavenworth, Thaddeus M. & Nathan Spear |
(California - Yerba Buena Island) |
Goat Island goats sold to William Heath Davis 1848 |
Oct. 9, 1848 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,600 |
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Manuscript letter signed by José Figueroa as Governor of California, to the Secretary of Justice in Mexico City, revealing details of an attempted coup against Figueroa, and requesting the President order the arrest and expulsion of the conspirators |
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Figueroa, José |
(California) |
Coup against Cal. Gov. Figueroa revealed, 1834 ltr. |
June 20, 1834 |
$40,000 - $60,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $31,250 |
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Crossing the Plains in 1852: Narrative of a Trip from Iowa to "The Land of Gold," as Told in Letters Written During the Journey |
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Cooke, Lucy Rutledge |
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Rare account of crossing the plains in 1853 |
1923 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $53,125 |
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23 |
California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... |
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Forbes, Alexander |
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Forbes' California, Zamorano 80 |
1839 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,875 |
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59 |
Panorama of San Francisco, from California Street Hill |
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Muybridge, Eadweard |
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Muybridge's Panorama of San Francisco 1877 |
1877 |
$50,000 - $80,000 |
Unsold |
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68 |
View of the Conflagration of Marysville, On the Night of August 30th, 1851. Three Entire Squares Consumed - Loss Estimated $500,000 |
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(California - Marysville Pictorial Letter Sheet) |
Pictorial Letter Sheet Marysville Fire 1851 |
[before April 24, 1852] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
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69 |
Wall's Second Addition to the City of Richmond (panel title) |
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(California - Richmond) |
Richmond promo with bird's-eye view 1915 |
1915 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,375 |
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70 |
Destruction of San Francisco by Earthquake & Fire |
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Kurz & Allison |
(California - San Francisco Earthquake) |
Kurz & Allison litho of San Francisco Earthquake |
1906 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,812.50 |
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71 |
Ansicht von San Francisco |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Rare bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1875 |
[1875?] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,125 |
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72 |
Chinatown San Francisco |
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Chun, Ethel |
(California - San Francisco) |
Pictorial map of Chinatown in San Francisco 1939 |
1939 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,000 |
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74 |
Large photograph of a panoramic painting or print of San Francisco at night |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Moulin photo of large S.F. panoramic view |
c.1920-30 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,125 |
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75 |
Map of San Francisco, California. Showing limits of the burned area destroyed by the fire of April 18th-21st, 1906, following the earthquake of April 18th, 1906 |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Rare post-earthquake map of San Francisco |
May, 1906 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,875 |
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76 |
May Turnfest San Francisco Cala. May 7th-8th 1854 |
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Steinneger, Henry |
(California - San Francisco) |
Rare litho of May Turnfest in S.F. 1854 |
1854 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,125 |
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77 |
Oak Park: The Superb Suburb. Owned and Developed by Koff Realty Co... |
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Carlisle, A., & Co. |
(California - San Mateo County) |
Rare brochure for real estate on S.F. Peninsula |
1926 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
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78 |
San Mateo House, A.G. Oakes |
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Gifford, Charles B., artist |
(California) |
C.B. Gifford litho of San Mateo House |
c.1865-70 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $812.50 |
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