Sale at Public Auction by Selover & Sinton, on Thursday, August 17th, 1854, at 12 O'clock, the Interest of the State of California in Water Lot Property in the City of San Francisco, by Order of the California Land Commission (wrapper title)

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Sale 439: Rare Americana: The Alex Schwed Collection of Clipper Ship Cards, Gold Rush Ephemera & Hawaiiana (#439) 10/21/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #205Sale at Public Auction by Selover & Sinton, on Thursday, August 17th, 1854, at 12 O'clock, the Interest of the State of California in Water Lot Property in the City of San Francisco, by Order of the California Land Commission (wrapper title)

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,375

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Heading:

(San Francisco)

Title:

Sale at Public Auction by Selover & Sinton, on Thursday, August 17th, 1854, at 12 O'clock, the Interest of the State of California in Water Lot Property in the City of San Francisco, by Order of the California Land Commission (wrapper title)

Author:

**

Place Published:

[San Francisco]

Publisher:

Times and Transcipt-Power Presses

Date Published:

1854

Description:

[3]-24 pp. 23x14.5 cm. (9x5¾"), original printed wrappers.

Rare catalog for this notable auction of waterfront property in San Francisco, much of it reclaimed from the bay through landfill. This is the first of three issues listed by Cowan - there were also sales on Oct. 26, 1854, and Oct. 10, 1855. The first 9 pages of this copy with the prices and names of the purchaser's neatly, if faintly, penciled in. Cowan p.380.

Condition:

Light soiling to wrappers, top corner of front wrapper torn off, top page corners bent; very good.

Item#:

214991

Headline:

Auction of San Francisco Land 1854
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