Sale 647: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#647) 07/12/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/12/2018 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-29 of 29. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 New Jersey slave set free, Document of Manumission Heading(African-American, 1833)AuthorHagaman, AbrahamHeadlineNew Jersey slave set free in 1833Date Published1833 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #3 New York Irish Democrat vs. ‘Wide Awake’ Lincoln Republican leads to murder: Letter Heading(African-American, 1860)AuthorBall, S. H.HeadlineNew York murder after Lincoln-Douglas hotheads election fightDate PublishedOctober 7, [1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #4 Virginia Black man shoots white Doctor, Reconstruction era: Letter Heading(African-American, 1874)AuthorRoberts, G.E.HeadlineVirginia Black man shoots white Doctor in Reconstruction eraDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #5 Ex-slave, rich Nashville merchant, Jim Crow-era Black politician - letter to Republican Vice Presidential nominee Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorHadley, B.[en] J.HeadlineEx-slave, rich Nashville merchant, Black Republican politicianDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #6 Second Black U.S. Congressman from North Carolina as Republican presidential field agent in Ohio Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorO’Hara, J.[ames] E.HeadlineBlack US Congressman from North Carolina as Republican agent in OhioDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #7 Foremost African-American intellectual 'puzzled' by white Racism Heading(African-American, 1910)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.HeadlineW.E.B. DuBois on the 'Souls of White Folk'Date Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 Who's Who Among the Colored Baptists of the United States Heading(African-American, 1913)AuthorBacote, Samuel William, editorHeadline1913 Colored Baptists of the US Who's WhoPublisherFranklin Hudson Publishing Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #9 Black Man and White Ladyship, An Anniversary (Inter-racial scandal of British noblewoman and African-American jazz musician) Heading(African-American, 1931)AuthorCunard, NancyHeadlineBritish noblewoman and American Black Jazz musician - inter-racial scandalPublisher“ Privately Printed” (Utopia Press)Date Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #10 Josephine Baker and Black Jazz band in Paris, Program with Paul Colin art Heading(African-American, 1932)HeadlineJosephine Baker Program with Paul Colin artDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #11 Black poet's ode to African-American history Heading(African-American, 1952)AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineBlack poet Langston Hughes, 'Ballad of Negro History'PublisherCentral State College Press: Association for the Study of Negro Life and HistoryDate Published1952 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #13 Wife of Alaska mining prospector, entrepreneur, government official in Gold Rush Nome Heading(Alaska Gold Rush)AuthorSwanton, Ella [Leota Smith]HeadlineUnhappy miner wife writes about life in AlaskaDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #36 Chinese in California Gold Rush country during the Civil War: Document Heading(Asian-American – Chinese, 1864)AuthorLyon, WilliamHeadlineChinese in California Gold Rush country during the Civil WarDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #37 California missionary at Hawaii, sailing to China with Chinese returning to their homeland from America: Shipboard letter Heading(Asian-American – Chinese, 1903)AuthorHerriott, Rev. Clarence D.HeadlineCalifornia missionary at Hawaii, sailing to China after the Boxer RebellionDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #38 Collection of miscellaneous autographs Heading(Autographs)HeadlineCollection of miscellaneous autographsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #63 Letter from a Sacramento business man on a visit to Portland in 1853, discussing both California and Oregon Heading(California & Oregon)AuthorSmith, Enos A.HeadlineLetter from Oregon with California content 1853Date PublishedFebruary 1st, 1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #91 Letter from a survivor of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, to his sister, describing his experiences in great detail Heading(Chicago Fire)HeadlineLetter describing Great Chicago Fire of 1871Date PublishedOct. 19th, 1871 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 Sarah Peterson Demmings Music Book, Her Work AuthorDemmings, Sarah PetersonHeadlineVolume of manuscript musical scores circa 1820'sDate Published[c.1820's] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #131 Four page manuscript letter by David Farragut, signed AuthorFarragut, DavidHeadlineManuscript letter by David Farragut, signed 1858Date Published1858 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #147 La Science Du Bonhomme Richard, Ou Moyen Facile De Payer Les Impôts. Author[Franklin, Benjamin]Headline3rd French Edition of Ben Franklin's The Way to WealthPublisherChez Ruault, LibraireDate Published1778 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #204 Two items inscribed and signed by Lady Bird Johnson Heading(Johnson, Lady Bird)HeadlineTwo items inscribed by Lady Bird JohnsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #265 Poema guadalupano en forma de idilio análogo á las ocurrencias del día, que compuso el dr. d. Luis de Mendizabal y Zubialdea... Heading(Mexico)AuthorMendizábal y Zubialdea, Luis deHeadlineMS. poem from Mexican War of Independence c 1811Date Publishedc.1811 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #278 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President Heading(Monroe, James)HeadlineLand Grant signed by James MonroeDate Published1824 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #319 All Aboard Santa Fe: "Service All the Way" on all Santa Fe tourist sleepers Heading(Railroads)HeadlineTrain travel in a Santa Fe "Tourist Sleeper"Publisher[Santa Fe System Lines]Date Published[1935] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #387 The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People - signed AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWoodrow Wilson's The New Freedom, signedPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #425 Letter from T. Bainbridge in Macao to Moses Wetmore in Canton, asking for assistance in returning to the United States via Calcutta Heading(China)AuthorBainbridge, T.HeadlineAmerican stranded in Macao, 1834 letterDate PublishedNov. 29, 1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #426 Letter from T. Bainbridge to Moses Wetmore concerning business matters and enclosed boarding bill, with manuscript Chinese character docketing on flap Heading(China)AuthorBainbridge, T.HeadlineChina letter regarding a bill, 1834Date PublishedDec. 5 & 16, 1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #429 Manuscript letter from a Spanish man to his parents Heading(Cuba)AuthorFabre, JuanHeadline1853 manuscript letter from a Spanish man to his parentsDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #473 Letter from English economist Dudley North to his cousin, discussing family matters and also the upcoming trial of Lord Warwick AuthorNorth, DudleyHeadlineLetter from English economist Dudley North 1691Date PublishedMarch 14, 1691 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #611 Marie; ou L'Esclavage aux États-Unis, Tableau de Moeurs Américaines Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorBeaumont, Gustave Auguste deHeadlineEarly novel about slavery in AmericaPublisherLibrairie de Charles GosselinDate Published1836 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next