Sale 765: Elite Americana & Rare Maps - a PBA Platinum Auction (#765) 06/30/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/30/2022 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog 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 1-22 of 22. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Manuscript document signed by Peter H. Burnett as Governor of California, appointing William McPherson Hill as a notary public in an unnamed California county AuthorBurnett, Peter HardemanHeadlineDocument signed by 1st California GovernorDate PublishedSeptember 3, 1850 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #6 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 Heading(California - Gold Rush Letter)AuthorBreedlove, Oliver H.HeadlineSuperb California Gold Rush letterDate PublishedJune 22, [1850?] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #7 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. Heading(California - Los Angeles)AuthorGarvey, Richard; Ozro W. Childs, et al.HeadlineLand speculation archive from old Los AngelesDate Published1860's to early 20th century View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Lot #8 Recopilacion de leyes, decretos, bandos, reglamentos, circulares y providencias de los supremos poderes y otras autoridades de la Repub́lica Mexicana... Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineLaw making Los Angeles capital of California 1835PublisherImprenta de J. M. Fernańdez de LaraDate Published1836 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #9 Three large manuscript ledger books recording court cases in Placer County, California, from 1855 to 1864 Heading(California - Placer County)HeadlinePlacer County court ledgers during Gold RushDate Published1855-1864 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #10 Archive of documents relating to the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California Heading(California - Quicksilver)HeadlineArchive on Napa Cal. Quicksilver Mine, 1870sDate Publishedc.1870-1880 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #11 Spanish document from the lost colony of Branciforte, in what is now Santa Cruz, California Heading(California - Villa de Branciforte)AuthorEstudillo, José MariaHeadlineFrom lost California town of Branciforte, 1810Date Published1809-1810 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$2,400StatusSold Lot #12 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" Heading(California - Yerba Buena Island)AuthorLeavenworth, Thaddeus M. & Nathan SpearHeadlineGoat Island goats sold to William Heath Davis 1848Date PublishedOct. 9, 1848 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$1,600StatusSold Lot #13 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 Heading(California)AuthorFigueroa, JoséHeadlineCoup against Cal. Gov. Figueroa revealed, 1834 ltr.Date PublishedJune 20, 1834 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #18 Crossing the Plains in 1852: Narrative of a Trip from Iowa to "The Land of Gold," as Told in Letters Written During the Journey AuthorCooke, Lucy RutledgeHeadlineRare account of crossing the plains in 1853PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1923 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$53,125StatusSold Lot #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... AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineForbes' California, Zamorano 80PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #59 Panorama of San Francisco, from California Street Hill AuthorMuybridge, EadweardHeadlineMuybridge's Panorama of San Francisco 1877PublisherEdw. MuybridgeDate Published1877 View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 View of the Conflagration of Marysville, On the Night of August 30th, 1851. Three Entire Squares Consumed - Loss Estimated $500,000 Heading(California - Marysville Pictorial Letter Sheet)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Marysville Fire 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before April 24, 1852] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #69 Wall's Second Addition to the City of Richmond (panel title) Heading(California - Richmond)HeadlineRichmond promo with bird's-eye view 1915PublisherNew Richmond Land CompanyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #70 Destruction of San Francisco by Earthquake & Fire Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineKurz & Allison litho of San Francisco EarthquakePublisherKurz & AllisonDate Published1906 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #71 Ansicht von San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1875PublisherJulius JacobsDate Published[1875?] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #72 Chinatown San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorChun, EthelHeadlinePictorial map of Chinatown in San Francisco 1939PublisherCalifornia Chinese Pioneer Historical SocietyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #74 Large photograph of a panoramic painting or print of San Francisco at night Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineMoulin photo of large S.F. panoramic viewPublisherGabriel Moulin StudioDate Publishedc.1920-30 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #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 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare post-earthquake map of San FranciscoPublisherU.S. Army, Corps of EngineersDate PublishedMay, 1906 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #76 May Turnfest San Francisco Cala. May 7th-8th 1854 Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSteinneger, HenryHeadlineRare litho of May Turnfest in S.F. 1854PublisherC.F. BecherenDate Published1854 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #77 Oak Park: The Superb Suburb. Owned and Developed by Koff Realty Co... Heading(California - San Mateo County)AuthorCarlisle, A., & Co.HeadlineRare brochure for real estate on S.F. PeninsulaPublisherA. Carlisle & Co.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #78 San Mateo House, A.G. Oakes Heading(California)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineC.B. Gifford litho of San Mateo HousePublisherL. Nagel PrintDate Publishedc.1865-70 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next