Rare Americana
including California & the West
Over 450 lots of important and varied materials on the Americas, covering the discovery, history, culture, society, cartography, and more. Included are books, maps, manuscript material, photographs, ephemera, and much that is unusual and esoteric. There is much material on California and Mexico, before, during, and after the Gold Rush, and the eastern U.S. as well, with the lands in-between.
Previews:
Monday, April 29th, 1 - 5pm
Tuesday, April 30th, 9am - 5pm
Wednesday, May 1st, 9am - 5pm
Thursday, May 2nd, 9 - 11am
PBA Dynamic Bidding
When you place an absentee bid online, PBA's Dynamic Bidding will calculate your absentee bid against competing absentee bids and determine the current high bid amount. So, for example, if you place an absentee bid of $200 on an item with a minimum bid of $100, you will be notified that you are the high bidder and the bid is at $100. If a second bidder then places a bid of $150, your bid will be incremented up to $160. The under bidder will also be notified by email that their bid was outbid with a link to the item to enter a higher bid if desired. The current high bid will be the starting bid when the lot comes up in the live auction itself. In addition to providing full transparency, Dynamic Bidding will allow you to make more informed decisions.